1869 John Frazer (Gulf of Carpentaria) Sight Note aVF

1869 John Frazer (Gulf of Carpentaria) Sight Note aVFIssued on May 15th, 1869, this John Frazer sight note from Rockland near the Gulf of Carpentaria represents a tangible piece of Queenslands colonial past. Denominated at One Pound and 13 pence and made payable to the uncertain R. B. Edwins Esquire, it reflects Frazers extensive pastoral and commercial interests during the late 1860s. A prominent merchant and politician, Frazer rose from humble beginnings to establish a leading Sydney importing firm

with precise engraving techniques that bring this extraordinary landscape to life

Coloured rabbit design

de Millo Grade good Very Fine

It has been observed with varying degrees of success around the planet

was a British Army general and official

the design also includes the romantic inscriptions ‘two hearts • two lives’ and ‘One Love’ and the 2022 year-date

Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia

The design features a coloured privy mark of a bison

Muttaburrasaurus langdoni is a large-bodied ornithopod from the Cretaceous period that lived 105 to 100 million years ago

Grade Uncirculated

5% Tin Grade about Extremely Fine

off Australia's east coast