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LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

392

PSE

QUEENSLAND: 1911-12 group comprising postcard backs x17 and makeshift postcards x20 all hand-illustrated in India ink & signed in various forms "SH Sheard", most featuring young stylish women or cartoons with very brief messages signed "Saville", the majority apparently posted in transparent envelopes but many are franked ½d only & probably didn't go through the mail, varying degrees of soiling/aging mostly from the acidic paper of the album in which they were originally stored. A unique group. (37)

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

393

QUEENSLAND: Townsville T Willmett & Sons (Townsville and Charters Towers) coloured photographic types featuring streetscapes, transport, the wharves, local beauty spots etc, one creased otherwise very fine to superb unused; and the original 'Souvenir of Townsville' album. Sold at our auction of 2.12.2022 for $271. (25 + album)

Grade A/A+ (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

394

TASMANIA: Small box of mostly topographicals with many by Walch & Sons or Spurling, a few small local publishers noted, a good number of Undivided Backs & real photo types including several of Queenstown, M&L Series 'Hotel Mt Wellington...1910' that has the appearance of a Niven, marvellous interior of Grattan's Picture Arcade, advert for Leon's Crown Patent Leather Cycle Toe Clips on the address-side (a bit soiled), a few inscriptional errors, etc, condition variable. (140 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$650.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

395

TASMANIA: 1910 (circa) high quality real photo of Magnet township featuring the denuded hillside, miners' cottages, a brick house, a hotel (?) and in the middle ground LW Wyatt's Store & the Post Office, used under cover with message headed "Magnet" commenting on the aspect of the photo, minor imperfections. A terrific card. [At Mount Magnet, 6km W of Waratah: silver, lead & zinc mining. PO 1.5.1902; burned-down 8.8.1910]

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

396

WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Attractive selection including chromolitho of 'St George's Terrace/Library Institute', Messageries Maritimes 'Governement House' [sic], real photo card of children & maid outside a home at Kalamunda (surface blemishes), King's Theatre (Fremantle) advertising artist card for 'The Woman in the Case' with 'PRINTED MATTER ONLY' h/s, 'Waterhouse Timber Mills/Millers Karri and Jarrah', 'Post Office Broome' with caption also in Japanese, WA 'stamp cards' Zieher flat-plate (unused), VSM embossed with 'Burt Street, Boulder' inset view and Sanatoria Homes (superb unused), and a few others, some postal history/postmark interest, mostly very fine to superb. (12) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$480.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

SUBJECTS

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

397

ADVERTISING: Swallow & Ariell Cake Walk cartoon card, & a standard PPC with their advertising on the reverse; A.I. House Coal (woman in front of fire) used in 1911; Hoyt's Pictures 'Funeral of King Edward VII' printed by Fraser & Jenkinson (Melbourne); and PPC-size trade card for Longmore's Chemists (Melbourne) 'Henley[-on-Yarra] House Boats 1912'. Scarce to rare group. (5)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

398

NAVAL: Batch of mostly real photo cards of HMAS 'Australia' x2, 'Challenger' x2 (in Brisbane or Hobart), 'Encounter' x2 (at Thursday Island or in dry dock at Sydney), 'Euryalus' x2, 'Melbourne', 'Powerful' x3 and 'HMAS Yarra in dock after collision' (with HMAS 'Huon' in the Adriatic), also 'Battle-Cruiser Renown/Australian Tour 1920' and six with unnamed ships at Sydney x5 or Brisbane, fine to very fine. (20)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

399

RAILWAYS: Marvellous batch of railway stations with Melbourne & Sydney suburbans including very fine 1911 1d Postal Card 'FLINDERS ST MELB' (expansive railyards), character-filled rural stations, passenger & goods trains, Trans-Australian Railway group including several views we have not previously seen (and we thought we knew all of them), many from local publishers, generally fine to very fine. (79) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$900.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

400

SHIPPING: Entrancing collection with many artist/advertising cards for the various coastal & international shipping lines, some Undivided Backs & many real photo cards, a group of Sanitarium PPC-size trade cards, some faults but most are fine to very fine. Another excellent lot. Weighs 4kg. (290 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

World Picture Postcards

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

401

'Golden Age' cards removed from an original but decrepit family album with numerous Undivided Backs including from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Egypt & France 1900 Paris Exposition x12, odd cards from Canada, South Africa, India, Singapore, Philippines, Korea, China & Japan etc, the other half are 'ladies subjects' with Art, Actresses, Children, Relationships & Animals including an unusual Louis Wain of Cats & Canaries, condition a bit variable but many are fine to very fine. (150 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$210.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

402

British Empire selection with many better cards including indigenous subjects, from North Borneo x2, Sarawak x4, Singapore x25, Aden x3, Gibraltar x11, Cyprus x2, Tanganyika x3, Sudan x2, South Africa x15, Gold Coast x2, Sierra Leone x6 & a few others, generally fine to very fine. (80+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$200.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

403

Modern advertising & promotional postcards and small flyers accumulation in three archive boxes, mainly Australian but some World, including various albums sorted by subject. Lots of thematic interest here and deserves a look. Weight 35kg+. (Qty) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

404

Small box with a diverse group including mission cards from Solomon Islands & Rhodesia & a few Methodist missionaries, some very attractive shipping cards with Dutch KPM group including two versions of a Port Moresby artist card & a superb 1911 advertising card used at Singapore with Straits perfin, a few New Guinea including Orient Exhibition 'An Island Station...', 1938 boring real photo card of a Nauruan beach, PNG 'maximum' cards for the 1952 Pictorials 9d Copra-Making & 1/6d Rubber-Tapping, etc, plus a few photographs, generally fine to very fine. Ex Rev Roger Lee. (37 + photos) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

405

ADEN: Small collection with a wide range of subjects many of which we have not seen before, numerous c.1920 real photo cards, fine to very fine unused. A very appealing lot. (100 approx)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

406

ANTARCTICA: 1907-08 British Antarctic Expedition 'THE RETURN OF THE SOUTHERN PARTY' (Wild, Shackleton, Marshall & Adams), unused. [Kevin Dwyer's example sold at our auction of 13.9.2008 for $220]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$145.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

407

ANTARCTICA: 1907-08 British Antarctic Expedition 'SS Nimrod' with inset portrait of 'Lieut Shackleton' at upper-left, light toning on the reverse, unused.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

408

ANTARCTICA: 1910-13 British Antarctic Expedition 'Captain Oates' portrait by HG Ponting, minor blemishes on the reverse, unused.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

409

ASCENSION: c.1910 set (?) of 12 with captions on white panel at right including settlements at George Town & Green Mountain, buildings including Sanatorium, Admiralty Cottage, Telegraph Station, scenery including 'Devil's Ash Pitt [sic]' & the remarkable 'Turtle Turners/and Turtle', and a couple from another series, all with major adhesions on the reverse but facially very fine.

Grade A-/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

410

BALKANS: Fascinating group from Albania x9; Greece with Athens x36 mostly Acropolis & other ancient monuments, Crete x5 & Salonika x24 with several World War I subjects & 1917 Great Fire x2; pre-Yugoslavia x42 with cards from Bosnia Croatia Macedonia & Serbia; & a few unidentified, many Undivided Backs & real photo types, ethnic subjects, etc, generally very fine to superb. (120 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

411

BENELUX: Box of cards mostly from Belgium x280+ with many World War I subjects including Patriotics & a mostly humorous Camp Beverloo group x12, advertising cards for Lebrun x12 & Toselli x30 featuring tourist destinations in Italy & Croatia etc; Luxemburg x8; and Netherlands x56 including some marvellous Art Deco advertising; condition variable but most are fine to very fine. (350+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31)

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Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

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