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.
(300 approx) (Image1)
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]
1908 VISIT OF THE AMERICAN FLEET: Range including very fine full set of the Ships of the Fleet in blue plus many other coloured types including hand-tinted real photo types, many with insets of commanding officers, several beautiful WTM cards & some we haven't seen before including a few from the continuation of the voyage to Japan, a few with damaged corners but generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2690
Symbol: C
AUSTRALIANA: Array including Bush Artist cards by De Closay, Hutchings, Turner & others, Flora & Fauna, Mining, Agriculture, Transport, Military portraits etc from World War I, beautiful Talma actresses, 1908 Visit of the American Fleet official-issue with 'TO/MELBOURNE' at L/L, some real photo cards including a very early Scout Troop, condition variable but most are fine to very fine used or unused. Weighs 2kg.
(250+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 650.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2691
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
AUSTRALIANA: Terrific collection with groups of Timber-Felling, Outback Life including camel-trains, etc, Artist Cards including an attractive group of novelty cards with painted gumleaves, some real photo cards & a few British strays, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg.
(200 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2692
Symbol: C
MILITARY: Album with a few Boer War & early Easter Camps; World War I including ACF 'Our Boys at the Front' set of 36, Mullins 1916 Anzac Revue set (?) of 6, camps in Australia, Egypt, Palestine, France & England, nurses & military hospitals, embarkation & victory parades, a few from New Zealand, many real photo types, humour including Kaiser Bill set of 6 from 'Anticipation' to 'Damnation'; lesser WWII selection including Commonwealth Department of Information set of 10 with the original packet, some faults but generally fine to very fine. An excellent lot. Weighs 4kg.
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Estimate AU$1,750
Opening AU$ 1,350.00
Sold...AU$ 1,350.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1350
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2693
Symbol: C
RAILWAYS: Mostly pre-WWII cards with real photos & several disasters, strength in Victorian subjects including stations at Ascot Vale (damaged), Ballarat, Bright, Chiltern, Footsray, Hopetoun, Maryborough, Numurkah (Niven; creased), Rushworth, Rutherglen, Traralgon, Yarra Junction etc, some minor duplication, generally fine to superb! Weighs 1kg.
(120 approx)
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2694
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHIPPING: Scarce group of advertising cards for Adelaide Steamship Co x2 (one trimmed), Howard Smith x4, HP & Co, Huddart Parker, Lund's Blue Anchor Line, Melbourne Steamship Line and P&O, also SS 'Bingera' plus arrival of Mail Boats x3 & Stanley Street Wharves (Brisbane), mostly fine to very fine.
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Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2695
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
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)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Nov-09-2022, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 249
Lot No: 2696
Symbol: C
THEATRE: Edwardian Actresses (mostly) & Actors featuring the big stars of the Australian stage plus many little-known players, various publishers - no Talma - including Falk x14, Syd Day x8, CB & Co Graphic x10, Art Series x9 (including 'Beauty's Eyes' set of 6), Harding & Billings x8, Vincent Kelly (Bendigo) x2, M Broadhurst (Sydney) x2, Prahran Telegraph x2, etc, also no publisher with Kodak backs x21, some faults but most are fine to very fine. A very scarce and appealing lot.
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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: 2697
Symbol: C
THEATRE: Edwardian Actresses (mostly) & Actors all from various Talma & Co series including Gold Backgrounds, Fancy Frames, 'Artist' Cards, etc, about 40% feature Miss Tittell Brune, many of Maud Jeffries, Grace Palotta, Nellie Stewart and Maesmore Morris, plus cameo appearances by Jessica Deane, Margaret Thomas, Miss Chiloni, Nance O'Neil, Jessie MacLachan, May Flower, Daisy Holly, May Garstange, Delia Mason, Douglas Gerrard, Julius Knight, George Lauri, etc, a marvellous array of costumes, some with facsimile signatures, a small number with defects but generally fine to very fine. A veritable "Who's Who?" of the Australian stage. Weighs 1kg.
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