FOREIGN
Items which have sold or are otherwise no longer available have been moved to the Sold Items Archive
AUSTRALIA
RFG-929. Oriental Bank Corporation Second of Exchange, Sydney, Australia 25-Jul 1856
No.61476 Second Of Exchange payable to William J. Brown for 50 pounds signed by Sam Ingelen(?), Manager. This document is an important document from the Australia Gold Rush. About 1851 a gold rush broke out south of Sydney at Ballerat, which rivaled the California Gold Rush. A number of California miners went to Ballerat and were quite successful. Documents only rarely show up from this period of the Australia Gold Rush. Very Fine. $500.
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
RFG-931. Brazil. E. Johnston & Co. Limited and Santos Coffee Company First of Exchange, Santos, Brazil 1-Dec 1916
No.396 First exchange check payable at the National City Bank of New York, signed Geoffrey G. Watson for $24,747.76 and a Santos Coffee Company first of exchange. These are two interesting coffee company exchanges from the Brazilian coffee market. Santos is a municipality in the São Paulo state of Brazil, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese nobleman Brás Cubas. It is partially located on the island of São Vicente and partially on the mainland. It is the main metropolitan of Baixada Santista. The city of Santos is home to the Coffee Museum, where coffee prices were once negotiated. In 1899, Santos was the point of entry for the bubonic plague into Brazil. Both of these pieces are Very Fine. Two pieces $150.
RFG-932. Equador. First of Exchange Payable in London, Guayaquil, Equador 11-May 1888
No. 2727 First of exchange signed by E.Rohder & Co. and payable in London for L 800. $75.
RFG-933. Peru. London Bank of Mexico & South America (limited) Second of Exchange, Lima, Peru 27-Oct 1871
No.1861 Second Exchange Check for $200.00 Gold Mrs. F.A. Ainsworth . Fine. $75.
RFG-934. Santo Domingo. Friedheim & Clasing First of Exchange, San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo, 14-Oct 1910
No.11916 Exchange check for $400.00 Signed - illegible. Fine. $75.