AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS Australian Picture Postcards
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2679
Symbol: C
VSM 'stamp cards' embossed set (no Queensland but both NSW types) plus with views NSW 'Gulburn' [sic], Queensland 'Ruthven Street, Toowoomba' & 'Warwick', South Australia 'Port Pirie', Tasmania 'Burnie', 'Brisbane Street', 'Elizabeth Street', 'Liverpool Street' & 'West Devonport', Victoria 'Collins Street' (two different), 'GPO' & 'Old White Hart & Grand Hotels' and Western Australia 'Burt Street, Boulder' (used with 'POSTED CONTRARY TO REGULATIONS' h/s), fine to very fine used or unused. Scarce cards.
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Box of mostly topographicals from Queensland x49, South Australia x41, Tasmania x43 & Western Australia x11, including streetscapes, towns, railways, & many interesting early Valentine/Murray/Rose types, some Undivided Backs & real photo cards, most are fine to very fine used or unused. Weighs 1kg.
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Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 480.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2681
Symbol: C
1905 (circa) Robert Jolley Undivided Backs 'set' (?) of twelve vignette-view cards with State Emblems, two from each State comprising Sydney City & Harbour, Brisbane (2), Adelaide City & Exhibition Building, Hobart (warship) & Launceston (bridge), Melbourne (2) and Perth (2), a few minor corner bends otherwise very fine unused.
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Better cards including South Australia Burra 'Commercial Street', 'Market Square', 'The Bridge', 'Burra Creek in Flood' and a general view (those captioned 'Kooringa' endorsed "Burra"), Aberdeen real photo with dilapidated tennis courts (minor aging marks), four SA Railways cards including Glenelg Regatta, Tasmania 'Beauty Point' with shipping, Victoria 'The Old Castle' (Maribyrnong) published by J Aitken Moonee Ponds, Philip Island 'from San Remo Harbour' with fishing trawler, 'Churchill Island', Port Fairy 'Moyne River', Rosebud with 'Mt Arthur in Distance' showing the main road with two houses only (!), Western Australia 'Lower Terrace Kings Park' Undivided Back, P&O Steamer endorsed from "RMS Mongolia/April 6 1904" posted at Adelaide, etc, quite a number used including to Europe, Canada & the USA, some postmark interest, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2683
Symbol: C
AUSTRALIAN STATES - NEW SOUTH WALES: Box with lots of topographicals including towns, streetscapes, Sydney Harbour & Suburbs, Railways, etc, about half are Blue Mountains including towns, guesthouses & Waterfalls a-plenty, some Undivided Backs & real photo cards & many very interesting early Rose views, 1908 1d Postal Card for Visit of the American Fleet (superb unused), condition variable but most are fine to very fine used or unused. Weighs 2kg.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 700.00
Sold...AU$ 1,050.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1050
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2684
Symbol: CPS
AUSTRALIAN STATES - VICTORIA: Box with lots of topographicals including towns, streetscapes, Melbourne Suburbs, Gippsland, Dandenong Ranges, etc, some Undivided Backs & real photo cards & many very interesting early Rose views, 1911 1d Postal Cards 'BUFFALO MTS' & 'PHANTOM FALLS', a few 1908 Visit of the American Fleet including official-issue with Coats of Arms & Flags with 'TO/MELBOURNE' at L/L, etc, also Glamour Cards with adverts on reverse for Melbourne representative of the 'Havana & British Borneo Cigar Company' x5 (superb!), condition variable but most are fine to very fine used or unused. Weighs 1kg.
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Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2685
Symbol: C
AUSTRALIAN STATES - VICTORIA: 1908 Niven 'HOPETOUN HOTEL, BENDIGO/J CARR PROPRIETOR' view of the building with an open-faced tram in the foreground, minor imperfections, used at Bendigo. Gorgeous!
AUSTRALIAN STATES - VICTORIA: 1911 JC Bartlett real photo card 'Our Lady's School/Barkly St, North Fitzroy' with horse-drawn buggy in the foreground & adults queuing to enter the building, local Melbourne usage. One of the best suburban cards we have seen. [We expect the occasion was the formal opening, tho we were unable to confirm any details about the school]
AUSTRALIAN STATES - VICTORIA: 1915 Turner & Sons (Melbourne & Sydney) 'Remember Belgium Series/Patriotic Postcards 1914-1915' three different 'German Culture in Belgium' showing destruction in Louvain x2 & Barcy, and '...Palais de Justice, Liege. Now used as Stables for German Horses', unused.
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AUSTRALIAN STATES - VICTORIA: 1901 real photo card of a crowd gawking at a train partly submerged in a viaduct, inscribed on the plate 'R McGEEHAN PRAHRAN', apparently sent in a transparent envelope requiring payment of 2d letter rate to New Zealand. [This is a famous photograph commonly seen on PPCs but this is the first time we have seen the original print]
