Description:

This rare store note was payable at the stores of 'James Burns Normanton & Sydney, J & J Burns Brisbane, R(obert) Philp Townsville & E I Brown Thursday Island.'

    Exhibited:
  • 396
  • Literature:
  • Collectibles
  • Medium:
  • Coins, Monies & Stamps
  • Circa:
  • Paper Money, Australia & New Zealand
  • Notes:
  • "In April 1883 James Burns and Robert Philp began a trading partnership, originally named the "Burns, Philp & Company Limited" They were the first company to offer tourism to New Guinea, in 1884, advertising the 'New Guinea Excursion Trip'. This consisted of a five-week trip from Thursday Island and has been described as the official beginning of tourist cruises in the South Pacific."(Wikipedia)
  • Condition:
  • Spike hole in body of note

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