Box of mostly early cards with strength in Australia (50 approx, including Sydney Harbour Bridge x3), GB (100+) & USA, some better subjects & scarce cards including a few gorgeous issues from Japan, condition variable. Inspection will be rewarded.
(250 approx)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 925
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Eclectic group from South America with some better views & subjects, BWI including St Lucia, Barbados & Bermuda, Spanish Bull Fighting (one with 'Dragling the Bull' error), Greece, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
(180 approx)
Military and patriotic cards in box and Lighthouse album with slipcase, some Boer War period, mostly WWI with some modern reproductions and non-military with Qld 'Mount Morgan Gold Mines', NZ 1907 International Exhibition used, modern advertising cards, plus a few covers including 1928 'Graf Zeppelin' New York to Germany, 1940 'Internment Camp Tatura/POW Canteen' cover, etc, condition mixed. inspection recommended.
(100+)
ANTARCTICA:Fine Art Society (GB) Capt Scott's South Pole Expedition photos by HG Ponting 'OSMAN' (dog), unused; and Canterbury Times (NZ) 'Sledge Parties Preparing to Start', postally used in 1905.
(2)
CEYLON: Attractive bundle with many Platé Art Series cards, 1950s real photo types, several Undivided Backs including Kandy chromolitho with English caption, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(120 approx)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 933
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
FIJI: Interesting group of missionary cards including Hussey & Gillingham (Adelaide) types x12, generally fine to very fine (34); also Zieher PPC of Fijian stamps, 1922 registered cover to USA, a couple of WWII items & some very ordinary Postal Cards x18 including 1½d fine used to Italy in 1901.
(56)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 934
Symbol: C/L
Cat No: Collection
FIUME etc: Collection of cards from Fiume, Trieste, Zara, Grado & Rijeka, condition variable but many are fine to very fine (160+). Also a quantity of modern copies of old cards, plus folios of background information, maps, etc. Ex Aldo Paladino.
ITALY: 1945 Death of Benito Mussolini four different cards of the execution (one with a blank back; three are real photos & very scarce thus) plus artist cards of his capture & 'FINITO MUSSOLINI', the last with faults.
(6)
MALTA: Album with many Undivided Backs & unusual scenes or subjects including several multi-views & a 2-panel panorama, condition variable.
(180 approx)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 941
Symbol: CPS
Cat No: Collection
NEW ZEALAND:Real photo group with Rotorua x7 different, Auckland panorama, WWI military hospital, & c.1920 trade card 'Buick Six', also premises of Alwinus Bock (Merchant), 1908 Visit of the American Fleet 'Welcome Arch, foot of Queen Street...', scenic Postal Cards QV 1d brown & 1d green x2, plus some odds 'n' sods.
(26)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 942
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
NEW ZEALAND: Trentham Military Camp (2) real photo WWI PPCs of 'Segregation Camp' (panorama), troops at ease, and two staged group photos, two used under cover; another 'No 5 Platoon B Coy 14th' endorsed on reverse "Taken at Upper Hutt" (a small overflow camp with no postal facilities).
(5)
PALESTINE: Bundle with views of Jerusalem, Jericho, Bethlehem, Bethany, Jaffa, Haifa, Saffed etc, some with Hebrew captions, many with stamps of Palestine (mostly) or German Levant, a few Undivided Backs, generally fine to very fine unused or used.
(62)
PAPUA: 1930s Australian Museum (Sydney) sepia/yellow cards No 1-12 complete (No 3 unnumbered, as always) featuring photos of indigenous subjects by Frank Hurley, very fine unused.
(12)
SPAIN: Album with many Undivided Backs, numerous towns including Algeciras, Baldona, Burgos, Cartagena, Cordoba, Estoril, Malaga, Port Bou, Santander, Tarragon, Toledo, Vigo, Xaven & Zaragoza, etc, also a small range from Portugal, generally fine to very fine.
(200+)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 952
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SUBJECTSAVIATION: Early French group with artist cards for Reims 1910 & 'Souvenir des Grandes Fetes d'Aviation', 1909 Exposition (dirigible & balloons indoors!), aviators Bleriot x4, Santos-Dumont, Renaux & Pelterie, also WWI card with large 'GROUPE D'AVIATION/COMPAGNIE des ELEVES PILOTS' cachet, some soiling.
(11)
SUBJECTSHUMOUR: Two large albums of mostly British cards, some subtle & whimsical gags but the majority are 'naughty' to 'smutty' (though many are still very funny), generally fine to very fine.
(480 approx)
SUBJECTSLIGHTHOUSES: Mostly pre-WWII batch with strength in GB including offshore & Channel Islands, USA, France & other Europe, New Zealand & Egypt, also noted Bermuda Cuba & Haiti, some Undivided Backs & real photo types, generally fine to very fine.
(100 approx)
SUBJECTS Five & a half albums of moderns including some reprinted older cards with strength in Australia, GB, USA, France & other Europe, New Zealand & Egypt, generally very fine. Weighs 12½kg.
(100s)
Sale No: 236
Lot No: 957
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SUBJECTSMILITARY: Wide-ranging group including Russo-Japanese War, WWI including Bombing of Lowestoft, entrenched Germans & Pierre Chatillon 'Death Haunting the Kaiser' (superb), WWII including Japanese types, some humorous cards, also ten WWI 'WAR/INCIDENTS' cigarette cards featuring Gallipoli actions, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
(50 approx)
SUBJECTSSHIPPING: Album of ocean liners, naval ships including WWI transports, shipping infrastructure, etc, strong Australian content, a few advertising cards, about one-third are moderns or photographs, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
(220 approx)
