Flood scenes mostly in rural areas notably Victoria real photos of the Yarra flooding at Burnley/Richmond x5, also NSW main streets at Maitland c.1960 ? (creased), Moree 1910 & Tamworth c.1910 (?).
(Qty 14)
WWII hand-illustrated in blue ink "HITLER DER/SCHWEIN" signed "Dudley Anderson" on the reverse of an Australian Red Cross postcard, minor blemishes, unused.
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1661
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Wool Industry group from rearing and drafting sheep to shearing & classing the wool, various publishers including Kerry x2, postally used or used under cover.
(Qty 9)
Charles Kerry Pioneer Life Series 'Discharging Cargo on the Darling' (a fine action shot), 'A Camp in the Back Country' (reminiscent of the Last Supper), 'A Bush hut' with bullock team & an empty cart), 'A Halt with the Packs' (packhorses) & 'Clearing Scrub Lands' (with a row of tents in the background), a few blemishes, four unused.
(Qty 5)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1663
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Aboriginal group including 'After the Kangaroo Hunt', Kerry 'Mystic Bora Ceremony' and c.1905 'artist' cards x6 that are probably the ugliest cards ever produced by his studio, a large group of women & children at 'FINKE RIVER', 1906 'LAUNCESTON CENTENARY' with Captain Patterson being greeted by unfriendly inhabitants, and a couple of others, condition variable.
(Qty 15)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1664
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Aboriginal group all Undivided Backs including AAA 'A Native Beauty' & 'After a Bee's Nest' (yep, climbing a tree for one bee!), Kerry 'Aboriginal Piccaninnies' & 'Group of Black Trackers', humpies x2 & a couple of others, condition variable. Oozing racism & paternalism.
(Qty 8)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1665
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Mable B Edmonds group of young women including several obviously inspired by Charles Dana Gibson's 'Gibson Girl', some faults & a bit grubby. Very scarce.
(Qty 11)
Rural scenes artist cards by ET de Closay including 'THE MAIL COACH', 'THE HAWKER'S TEAM', 'THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER' & three others, generally fine to very fine.
1902 (c.) The World Belongs to the Germans Undivided Back idealised artist card of a golden-haired maiden preaching the Good Word to a couple of enchanted First Australians initialled 'ED' (Emil Doepler), a lovely chromolitho card despite the racist and imperialist overtones, unused.
1902 (c.) Ludwig Fuchs Undivided Back artist card with five vignettes of an Aborigine, a Kangaroo, Native Housing reminiscent of Papua, a Pioneer Wagon & a Cargo Ship, unused.
1904-05 Bulletin Newspaper artist cards by Hop x3, BE Minns or Amb Dyson featuring racist subjects, cannibals and fleshy missionaries, fine to very fine used.
(Qty 5)
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1672
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1908 Great White Fleet Sydney group with CB & Co arrival of the Fleet (used), WTP chromolithos - beautiful cards - featuring the Fleet & Town Hall and The Fleet & Admiral Sperry (both used; one states "...had a splendid view of the Fleet coming in...such crowds in town..."), Walter Davies (Enmore) 'Admiral Sperry arriving at Review' and 'USA Marines passing The Exchange' and Empire hand-tinted real photo 'REVIEW, CENTENNIAL PARK', a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 6)
1909 Art Series 'AUSTRALIAN NATIVES - The Picnic' by Norman Lindsay with his 'signature' at L/L, a mob of anthropomorphic birds & animals divvying up lunch, used to New Zealand.
1925 British Empire Exhibition 'AUSTRALIA WINS THE TEST - IN BUTTER' being a photo of a marvellous butter-sculpture of English batsman Jack Hobbs being stumped at the wicket at the Sydney Cricket Ground, small surface fault, unused. [Sir John Berry Hobbs was a highly successful batsman. In the pre-Bradman era he was widely considered the pre-eminent batsman in the world]
1934 Royal Visit to Australia real photo card (plain 'Agfa' back) depicting route taken by the HMS Sussex from Marseilles (France) with list of ports visited & dates plus inset photos of the ship, HRH Duke of Gloucester (Prince Henry) and the Sydney Harbour Bridge, very fine unused.
1934 Australian Broadcasting Commission self-congratulatory card for assistance given to the Dutch plane 'Uiver' that helped it avert a mid-air crisis and land safely at Albury (NSW) with facsimile telegrams plus photos & facsimile signatures of the pilots, unused. Very scarce. [This incident occurred in the closing stages of the MacRobertson Air Race, that was won on handicap by the 'Uiver'. Later in 1934, the plane crashed during a flight from Holland to Java, killing all seven on board]
1940 'Kangaroo and Young' linen postcard with Kangaroo 9d violet CofA Wmk affixed on view side tied 'CLAREMONT/15JU40/WEST-AUST' cds to produce a private 'Maximum Card'.
Sale No: 2
Lot No: 1682
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
HUMOUR: Taylor group with 'Wayback' (a bushie visiting the Big Smoke for the first time) x2 & 'ADVENTURES OF A JACKEROO' (newly arrived, wet behind the ears, not a clue) x5, some blemishes.
(Qty 7)
