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8 October 2002
Dundee, Tay Ferries, uniface brass check, No.58, 38mm (Smith –; ST –). Very fine and extremely rare (£50-80)
Hammer Price: £75
Rothesay, Postal Telegraphs, uniface zinc check, postal telegraphs around crown, 32mm (Smith –; ST –); Post Office Telegraphs Messengers’ zinc checks (3), p.o. telegraphs messengers token around crown both sides, 32mm, 26mm (2, one plated) (Smith 760A, 760C but plain edge; ST 678) [4]. Generally about very fine and better, but one 26mm token pierced (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £35
Helensburgh, Helensburgh and Gareloch Steamers, copper check by Glassford, rev. return ticket available only on the day of issue, or the day following, 24mm (Smith 510FB; D & W 332/16; ST 674); oval pewter checks by Glassford (2), similar, but one an obv. brockage (Smith 510FA, 510ZA; ST 674; D & W 332/16) [3]. Very fine and better, a very rare group (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £120
Dunfermline, Dunfermline & District Tramways Co, brass Twopence, dunf. & dist. trys. co around value, employees below, rev. stamped 136 incuse, 30mm (Smith 330AA; ST 635). Good fine, very rare (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £50
Kirkcaldy, Kirkaldy or Dysart Ferry, uniface bronze Cabin checks (2), stamped b108, and st g162, both 37mm (Smith 580SA, 580SB; ST 687); Leith and Newhaven Ferry, a uniface oblong bronze check, stamped queen d in two lines, 53 x 39mm (Smith –; ST –) [3]. Generally fine, all rare (£80-100)
Hammer Price: £150
St Andrews, Hamilton’s Excursions, an oval zinc Shilling ticket, rev. second class one shilling, 46 x 35mm (Smith –; ST –). Fine, very rare (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £70
Carstairs, London, Midland & Scottish Railway, uniface brass pay check, stamped 118, 35mm. About fine, scarce (£10-15)
Hammer Price: £8
Glasgow (Bearsden), The George Bennie Rail Plane, a uniface gilt-bronze medalet, electric train on monorail above steam locomotive, opening june 1930 below, 27mm. About very fine, scarce; with clip and ring for suspension (£15-25)
Glasgow (Clydebank), U.C.B.S., uniface brass check, renfrew ferry, stamped 4d, No.145, 29mm. Holed as issued, fine (£10-15)
Glasgow, Clyde Navigation, brass Twopence, and Halfpence (3), in brass (2, different dies, one with star punctuation, other with sexfoils) and zinc-plated iron with star punctuation, anchor, rev. ferries and value, 32, 26 and 27mm respectively (Smith 420FH, 420FI [2], 420FJ; ST 661, 662; D & W 331/6; MG 1352; cf. Noble II, 1116, 1127) [4]. Generally very fine, last with cancellation notch in edge (£30-40)
£30–£40
Glasgow, Cowan & Co, a uniface brass check, cowan & co ferry, 30mm (Smith 420FC; ST 664). Very fine, rare (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £25
Glasgow, Crosshill Omnibus Co, oval brass Twopence and Penny, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, both 20 x 14mm (Smith –, 420F; ST –, 656); First Glasgow, bronze-alloy check for a Single Journey, logo both sides, 30mm [3]. Last practically as struck, others very fine or better and very rare, particularly the first (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £100
Glasgow, Glasgow & Paisley Canal Co, uniface oblong lead checks (2), legend in four lines, both 27 x 20mm (Smith 420ZA; ST 684) [2]. One extremely fine, other very fine, both very rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £80
Glasgow, Glasgow & Partick Omnibus Co Ltd, brass checks (3), oval, rev. outside, 31 x 24mm; round (2), revs. inside, with arrow counterstamp, 25mm, and half fare, 20mm (Smith –, 420A, 420B; ST 652; cf. Noble II, 1115) [3]. First fine, others very fine, a very rare group (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £90
Glasgow, Glasgow & South Western Railway Co, uniface white metal checks (2), oval, 29 x 20mm, and oblong, parcels, 27 x 20mm (Smith –; ST 685, –) [2]. Extremely fine, both rare (£50-70)
Glasgow, Glasgow Corporation Tramways, brass checks (11), diamond-shaped (3), arms, backs stamped sub 96 dr, sub 97 dr, p.h. 393 m.n, all 45 x 34mm (Smith 420PA); oval (3), similar, backs stamped cop. 52 def., p’head 79 dep, p.w. 147, all 40 x 28mm (Smith 420 PB); round, similar, back stamped p.h. 383 c.r., 39mm (Smith –); rectangular, similar, back stamped p.w. 1334, 41 x 29mm (Smith –); uniface rectangular, stamped g.c.t 370, 40 x 29mm; round work tickets (2), legend only, one...
Hammer Price: £95
Glasgow, Glasgow Corporation Tramways, brass checks (2), Penny, rectangular, 24 x 21mm, and Halfpenny, oval, 25 x 21mm, both revs. blind (Smith 420K, 420L; ST 659); silver and blue enamel badge by J.R. Gaunt, arms, rev. permit no.49, hallmarked Birmingham 1922, 30 x 24mm; Inspector’s openwork cap badges (2), gilt, no.92, and plated, no.215, both 57 x 55mm; Auxiliary Conductor, white celluloid badge, no.163, 39mm [6]. Permit about fine, others very fine and better, some rare (£50-70)
Hammer Price: £45
Glasgow, Glasgow Tramway & Omnibus Co Ltd, brass checks (4), bracteate, 33mm (Smith –); uniface Sand ticket, 25mm (Smith –); oval, rev. letter carrier in uniform, 28 x 18mm (Smith 420I; ST 658); oblong, rev. telegraph boy in uniform, 27 x 16mm (Smith 420J; ST 658); red celluloid checks (2), for One Penny Fare, both 22mm (Smith 420W; ST 667) [6]. One celluloid check extremely fine, others generally about very fine, some rare (£60-80)
Hammer Price: £85
Glasgow, MacEwens City Omnibus, oval copper Twopence, rev. value, 25 x 20mm (Smith 420C; ST 653; cf. Swan 170). Extremely fine, rare (£25-35)
Hammer Price: £40
Glasgow, Andrew Menzies, copper checks (4), Twopence-Halfpenny, 1856 (2), both oblong, funeral undertaker and job master, rev. value, second with fraction erased and punch-mark by 2, both 25 x 19mm (Smith 420D; ST 654); oval Twopence (2), 1859, funeral undertaker coach proprietor, rev. value, and undated, value, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, both 28 x 18mm (Smith 420E, 420G; MG 1372; ST 655, 657; cf. Swan 170; cf. Noble II, 1115) [4]. Very fine and a very rare group (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £140
Glasgow, M/M Ferry, uniface brass check, 29mm (Smith 420FE; ST 665); Orient [Steamship] Co Ltd, brass check, obv. stamped 588, rev. price of ticket to replace this · sixpence ·, 37mm; James Shaw, uniface oblong brass check, contractor, 39 x 26mm [3]. Last good very fine, others fine to very fine, second and third holed as issued (£30-40)
Glasgow, South Portland Street Suspension Bridge, 1853, an oval white metal check, rev. city arms, 23 x 13mm (Smith 420RA; ST 682; cf. Noble II, 1127); I.W., G.S., W.B., uniface oval white metal Sixpence, value in centre, 28 x 20mm [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine and very rare (£30-50)
Glasgow, James Walker, a rectangular copper Fourpence, james walker funeral undertaker above, 4d tontine in centre, and 104 & 108 west nile st below, rev. horse, post & job master glasgow around, 28 x 14mm (Smith –; ST –; Swan –). Fine, of the highest rarity, believed the only known specimen (£200-300)
Hammer Price: £320
Motherwell, Central Scottish Motor Traction Co Ltd, white celluloid Shilling, value both sides, 25mm; Lanarkshire Tramways Co, red celluloid Penny, tramcar, rev. value, 22mm (Smith 690AE; ST 676) [2]. First very fine, second better (£10-15)
Hammer Price: £20
Edinburgh, Edinburgh Conveyance Co, copper Twopence and Penny, rev. tollcross to register office, both 24mm (Smith 360C, 360D; ST 638; cf. Noble II, 1115) [2]. First with cuts to rim but about very fine, second about extremely fine with a little original colour, both very rare (£40-60)
Edinburgh, London & Edinburgh Shipping Co Ltd, uniface brass check, un-numbered, 35mm; Peebles Motor Co Ltd, uniface cupro-nickel check, stamped No.19, 33 x 20mm; Edinburgh and Dalkeith, J. Young, brass check, rev. railway coach, 29mm (cf. Noble II, 1112, this piece) [3]. First good very fine, others good fine and fine, the last extremely rare (£60-80)
£60–£80
Perth, London, Midland & Scottish Railway, Carriage & Wagon Dept, hexagonal uniface brass check, stamped 38, 37mm. About very fine (£10-20)
Greenock, Murray, copper Twopence, horse-drawn omnibus, rev. fare two pence in crowned wreath, 23mm (Smith 450A; ST 670; Swan 170, this piece). Extremely fine and nicely patinated (£30-50)
Hammer Price: £65
Greenock, James Orr, copper check, railway coach office, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, 22mm (Smith 450B; ST 671); Dugald McFarlane, brass Twopence, 1866, coach proprietor & funeral undertaker, rev. value, 25mm (Smith 450D; ST –; cf. Noble II, 1185) [2]. First about very fine, second extremely fine (£30-50)
Paisley, W. Cumming, uniface rectangular checks (2), in brass and white metal, both 40 x 26mm (Smith 420FA, 420FB); Paisley District Tramways Co, hexagonal aluminium Halfpenny, arms, rev. value, 22mm (Smith 720AA; ST 677) [3]. Fine to very fine (£30-40)
Port Glasgow, Murdoch Murray & Co, uniface brass check, stamped 13, 33mm. Holed as issued, very fine, rare (£10-20)
Hammer Price: £15
Falkirk, W. Alexander & Sons Ltd, uniface brass Threepence, 32mm (Smith 390, denomination not listed), white enamelled uniface iron Duty Passes (2), Nos. 287, 291, both 60mm [3]. First fine, others very fine and holed as issued (£25-35)
London, Midland & Scottish Railway, uniface pay checks (3), in brass (2), both hexagonal, stamped 581 g.p.c., 1529 p.c., 32 and 33mm, and in galvanised iron, stamped 405 p, 38mm [3]. Fine to very fine (£10-15)
An early uniface pewter check, fourth class in two lines, 37mm. Good very fine and very rare (£30-40)
Celluloid tokens (178), of Aberdeen Corporation Tramways (12), Aberdeen Corporation Transport (2), Dundee City Tramways (4), Dundee Corporation Transport (7), Edinburgh Corporation Tramways (10), Edinburgh Corporation Transport (84), Glasgow Corporation Tramways (20), Glasgow Corporation Transport (34), Greater Glasgow Public Transport Executive (2), Grampian Regional Transport (1), Lothian Regional Transport (2) [178]. A good range of denominations, fine and better; all contained in an...
Bogside, an octagonal bracteate copper check, bogside drive 4 loads in three lines, 25mm. Almost very fine, very rare (£40-50)
Bourtreehill, 1846, a uniface octagonal copper check, bourtreehill colliery, date below, 27 x 21mm. Good fine, rare (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £130
Broomlands, a bracteate copper check, broomlands: around 16-rayed star, 25mm (D & W 284/21a; ST 693). Almost very fine and extremely rare (£50-70)
Corshouse [Crosshouse], 1841, an octagonal bracteate brass check, corshouse ship ticket, date below, countermarked with the arms of the Boyd family subsumed by the town of Kilmarnock, 28 x 27mm (cf. Hawkins, SNC October 1973, p.380, no.2). Check and countermark fine and clear, extremely rare (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £170
Corshouse [Crosshouse], 1841, an octagonal bracteate brass check, corshouse ship ticket, date below, countermarked with the arms of the Boyd family subsumed by the town of Kilmarnock, 28 x 25mm (Hawkins, SNC October 1973, p.380, no.2, this piece). Check about fine, countermark very fine but obliterating last figure of date, extremely rare (£90-120)
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