Great Britain and British Commonwealth Picture Postcards
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1341
Symbol: C
1914 'Bravo "Sydney" the end of the Emden' real photo (J Allcot) hand-tinted card showing the HMAS Sydney firing upon and receiving return fire from the SMS Emden - whose aft-decks are alight - with a Cocos Islands atoll in background, used under cover, fine condition. [The 'Battle of Cocos' took place on 9.10.1914, with the HMAS Sydney responding to the German light cruiser's attack on the wireless and cable transmission station on Direction Island. The heavily-damaged Emden was beached on North Keeling Island, and most of the crew were sent to prisoner-of-war camps in Australia. The photographer must have been watching the battle from the Islands; an intriguing possibility is that 'J Allcot' may be the famous shipping artist John Charles Allcot who was working on Australian merchant ships at the time before settling down in Sydney in 1915]
Golliwog cards by various artists & producers including a lovely design by Florence K Upton and a fold-out novelty type, some postal history interest. [Innocent for the time, but inherently racist]
(Qty 7)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1452
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Very scarce advertising group with Baldwin & Partners set of 6 Turkish rugs (minor blemishes), and artist cards Sternol Motor Oil 'It's Sternol does it' by Hassall and Continental Motor Cycle Tyres (unknown) both very fine, all unused.
(Qty 8)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1453
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Politics humorous group including John Bull set of 6 by Arthur Moreland & four by Faulkener & Co, condition variable.
(Qty 22) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Oct-11-2020, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1454
Symbol: C
1905 Tuck's 'Write Away' Series of Louis Wain's three stressed-out cats - no, they're not Siamese - with caption 'Don't worry', used in Victoria, a couple of insignificant blemishes.
c.1910 (?) advertising card for Jones & Evans Booksellers featuring their premises on the face & an order blank on the reverse, minor corner bend otherwise very fine unused. Lovely card.
1912 (c.) Undivided Back with reproduction of a photo of the 'TITANIC' (inscribed on the bow) with caption 'THE NOBLE SHIP WHOSE LOSS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC HAS STIRRED THE WORLD: THE MAMMOTH WHITE STAR LINER, SHOWING THE ARRANGEMENT OF BOATS ON THE UPPER DECK', minor soiling, unused.
c.1918-35 fold-out wallets for Chester, Edinburgh, Loch Lomond (used to Australia), Looe, Northampton (used to Australia, a bit spotty), Oxford, Torquay (addressed but unused) and Tunbridge Wells (domestic usage with Photogravure ½d).
(Qty 8 items)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1461
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ALCOHOL & TEMPERANCE: Mostly British humorous cards including many by Donald McGill lampooning the Salvation Army, Temperance Unions and Prohibition, etc, generally fine to very fine. An entertaining group.
(Qty 47)
ALCOHOL & TEMPERANCE: Guinness 'My Goodness - My Guinness' multi-colour Zookeeper advertising cards with images by artist Gilroy x6 comprising Seal, Pelican,Toucan, Lion, Polar Bear and Kangaroo & Joey each with 'Printed in Great Britain by Sanders Phillips & Co Ltd London' imprint on back #7-12 from the original 1940s printings, plus 'Bottle and Jug' Guinness advertising card featuring Lewis Carroll's Through The Looking-Glass characters, also 1954 advertising booklet sent to Melbourne with GB KGVI 1½d and 'Australia-London' ½d 'CUSTOMS DUTY' both tied London cancel, couple of minor blemishes but mostly fine.
(Qty 8)
ALCOHOL & TEMPERANCE: c.1904 Robert Thompson & Co advertising cards for 'Vibrona: the Ideal Tonic Wine' 'Imperial Army Series' of noble servicemen in their gorgeous uniforms. Superb! Full set?
(Qty 8)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1464
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ARTIST CARDS: Ida May Rentoul Outhwaite group of Fairies in different situations including marriage!, fine to very fine with two unused. Enchanting.
(Qty 8)
ARTIST CARDS: 1920s Fantasy cards by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite featuring fairies, witches & nymphs, two with Australian motifs, the last two used in England otherwise unused.
(Qty 8)
Manchester: 'Views of the Manchester Ship-Canal' chromo-litho court-sized card with vignette views of the canal locks, bridges & shipping, used 1899 to Germany with QV 1d lilac tied London 'DE13/99' cds and 'HEIDELBERG/ 14.12.99' arrival d/s alongside, couple of very minor blemishes.
ANDAMAN ISLANDS: c.1915 (?) R Boreham seven different including 'POLICE GUARD HOUSE...', 'VIPER ISLAND...', 'A CONVICT FISHING BOAT', 'GOVERNMENT HOUSE...' & 'TENNIS COURTS' etc, various degrees of spotting on the address sides; also Raphael Tuck 'Pearl Fishing Boat at Mergui Archipelago' & real photo 'Japanese Lugger in the Nicobar Is', both very fine; all unused.
(Qty 9)
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Singapore Undivided Backs two by Stengel & Co (Hamburg), the others without publisher, mostly unusual subjects including 'View from Mt Faber', 'Campong Buggis', 'Police Office and Police Court', 'Kallang River' and a panorama across native villages, etc, four used with the stamps removed, one used in Yugoslavia! & six unused. A very nice lot.
(Qty 11)
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Singapore Undivided Back multi-view PPCs, three without publishers' names, two - one a GR Lambert & Co card with a few faults - with the stamps removed, the other two very fine unused. Very scarce & beautiful cards.
(Qty 4)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1494
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Singapore PPCs from various publishers with better subjects including a family group outside a wooden house, 'Chinese funeral party', etc, several local publishers identified including Koh & Co 'CROCKERY-WARE SHOPS', four postally used with Straits stamps including a fantastic shot of 'Boat Quay' taken from an elevated position (used in 1910 to China), four unused. Another good lot.
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STRAITS SETTLEMENTS: Singapore 1925 real photo PPC 'RAFFLES PLACE' with, from L to R, 'S MOUTRIE & CO LTD', BORNEO SUMATRA TRADING CO', two Chinese shops & 'THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA', very fine unused.
1911 Marriner Bros 'TF TAYLOR MEMORIAL FUND' card calling in all subscription lists, 'CHRISTCHURCH/PAID' machine in red & scarce 'STRATFORD' machine on the viewside, small surface blemishes. [Thomas Edward ('Tommy') Taylor was a successful businessman, Mayor of Christchurch & MP for nine years. On 27.7.1911, he died of a perforated gastric ulcer (ouch!). 50,000 people lined the streets for his funeral]
1926 Dunedin Exhibition: Hugh & GK Neill Dunedin Exhibition real photo PPC of crowd in front of entrance to the Amusements Section with Exhibition ½d green & 4d violet tied to the viewside by 'DUNEDIN EXHIBTION/22MR26/NZ' cds. Great shot!
Wellington: 'Corner Lambton Quay and Featherston Street, showing the/ruins of the Union Bank of Australia' with dozens of onlookers in the foreground, very fine unused.
1905 (c.) Smith & Anthony Melanesian Mission Series I 'View from Mission Station, Norfolk Island' with one adult & 13 boys all of islander appearance, unused. [The Melanesian Mission was based on Norfolk Island and brought (indigenous) students from Australia, New Zealand, the Solomons and New Hebrides]
1911 Italian PPC to Holland with 4c Sultan tied by light 'BEAUFORT/B.N.B.' cds, 'JESSELTON/10/0CT/1911' and 'SINGAPORE/23OC/1911' transit d/s alongside, minor blemishes.
French Mission PPCs 'Village de Ciria' a very early vignette card with message in French used under cover, and 'Freres Coadjuteurs a la Scierie' (priests & natives operating a makeshift sawmill; a wonderful photo) unused. (2)
1912 Burns Philp 'Tree House, Ekiri Village, Sogeri' real photo card to Sydney with Lakatoi 1d pink tied 'SAMARAI E.D./28SEP12/PAPUA' cds, couple of minor blemishes. Great indigenous subject.
