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Lot 3833    SESSION 12 (Thursday 7.30pm)    Private Bank Issues

Estimate $1,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au

WHALING, Advance Note, Hobart Town, May 24 1867, ship "Planter", five pounds payable to Richard Groves, signed John Anbroon, Commander; drawn on mr Francis Anderson, No. 15 Macquarie St, Hobart Town, green threepence stamp affixed to front, crossed with Payable at 15 Macquarie Street Hobart town Frcs Anderson; back endorsed with signature of Richard H. Groves. Vertical folds otherwise very fine and rare.

Ex Tasmanian Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 65 (lot 3260). The "Planter" was a 231 ton barque, built at Grimsby, England. It is noted as being registered at Hobart Town in 1867, sailing from this port as a whaler and trader under Captain Anderson until it was wrecked off Babel Island in 1877. Advance notes were given to the whaler's spouse and were a form of income while her man was at sea.

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