Checks, Discount, & Special Purpose Tokens - Passes &
Lot 4883 SESSION 17 (9.30AM FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER) Checks, Discount, & Special Purpose Tokens - Passes & T
Estimate $1,200
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CH.CH. (Christchurch) Tramway Board, Free Pass, c1903, struck uniface in voided gold (9ct, 2.9g, 30x17mm), no maker (possibly Moller & Young, Dunedin), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Free/Pass/A.W.Beaven/Member' (G.-; TMR.-). Very fine and excessively rare.
Unlisted in Grant or Roker. With research.
Arthur Ward Beaven (1856-1944) was a partner in Andrews & Beaven Limited, along with William Andrews, Agricultural Implement Manufacturers, South Belt, Christchurch. This firm's business was established in 1878. Messrs Andrews and Beaven took the highest award for chaff-cutters at the Sydney Centennial Show (1888), Melbourne International Exhibition (1888), New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin (1890), Brisbane National Show (1889), and Launceston Exhibition (1892).
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Lot 4881
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Lot 4882
CANTERBURY GRAND STAND, 1863 pass, uniface, struck in silver (32mm), no maker, pierced at top ...
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Lot 4883 This lot
CH.CH. (Christchurch) Tramway Board, Free Pass, c1903, struck uniface in voided gold (9ct, 2.9g, 30x17mm), ...
Estimate $1,200
Lot 4884
CHRISTCHURCH TRAMWAY BOARD, pass, uniface, struck in silver (27x28mm), by M. & Y. Ch. (Moller ...
Estimate $750
Lot 4885
CORPORATION OF INVERCARGILL N.Z., 1871, Tramway Pass, struck in silver (26mm), inscribed on reverse '28' ...
Estimate $350