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999001
  • Title
    Wax seals, [ca. 1813-1859 ?] / collected by Sir William Dixson
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1813-1859 ?
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    999001
  • Physical Description
    15 seals - wax impressions - various sizes
  • Scope and Content
    Small collection of red wax seals mounted on cards.

    ITEM 01
    Post Office mail bag seal “IPSWICH NEW S. WALES” oval with crown in centre.
    [seal produced before Queensland separated from New South Wales]

    ITEM 02
    First impression of the seal of TOWN OF GEELONG INCORPORATED
    A.D. 1849 with Coat of Arms, taken by George Thomas Lloyd while in
    England. In round wooden box.

    ITEM 03
    Great Seal of the Trustees of the Clergy and School Lands of N.S.W. (1826-1833), with note ‘Original die in possession of the Dept. of Lands in 1918.

    ITEM 04
    Portrait [Captain Cook?]

    ITEM 05
    Seal of [William] Lawson, Australian Explorer, Blue Mountains 1813. In envelope stamped ‘W.D.’
    [Verified from wax impression of Lawson's seal in William Lawson - Journal of an expedition across the Blue Mountains, 11 May - 6 June 1813. Safe 1/97]

    ITEM 06
    Seal of ‘B. Levey Theatre Royal Sydney’.
    2 impressions

    ITEM 07
    9 seals from the Cardinal Moran collection
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Created before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • Description source

    Listing complied by Mark Hildebrand & Barbara Hancock, February 1999
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