Consignment remainders with NSW 1906 real photo of the Newtown Oxfords Rugby team; Queensland 1904 Diddams Undivided Back 'QUEEN STREET.../Looking South West (tram) & 1906 National Agricultural Show; Victoria 1905 Wreck of 'La Bella' with 'William Ferrier, the brave fisherman...' & 1906 real photo of Wandong Cyanide Works; and a few others; also scenic Postal Cards from Queensland 1d claret 'Harvesting...' & 'Jondaryan Woolshed' and South Australia 1d 'DAIRY FARM' in crimson (very fine unused), fine to very fine used.
(Qty 13)
Small box with ten different 1908 Visit of the American Fleet cards, some Humour & Whimsy, a few non-Australian cards, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 60 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$120
Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 279
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Small accumulation including New South Wales with Sydney environs & street scenes noted Kings Cross real photo showing Double-Decker Trolley Bus, Middleton's 'South Mine, Broken Hill' real photo, Agent-General 'Disc Ploughs At Work', Bowral 'Bong Bong Street', Murrumburrah ' Vernon Street', etc, Queensland noted 'Greetings from Roma' with 6 vignette views & Jolley undivided-back 'Customs House', etc, Victoria with 'Sheehan's New Treasury Hotel', Jolley undivided-back 'Mitchell River, Bairnsdale' shipping, Melbourne streets, etc, plus Coat of Arms for Queensland & Victoria, Australia Population Map used 1910, etc, condition variable but many fine to very fine.
(Qty 60+)
1901 FEDERATION: Rose Stereoscpic Views of Celebrations/Royal Visit in Melbourne x6 & Sydney x2, all pristine!; also GB 'East Terrace/Windsor Castle' PPC - some soiling - with boxed '[crown]/FROM/The King & Queen/13JUN1918/WINDSOR CASTLE' cachet in violet.
(Qty 9)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 281
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ABORIGINES: Group including Queensland 'Hair dressed in mourning' couple used 1914, 'Aboriginal Camp' and Rose Series Torres Strait islander with head-dress, South Australia real photo card picturing a group of children used 1908 and 'Natives Spearing Fish The Canoe made from the Bark of the Trees' used 1913, Victoria 'Lubras Camp, Maloga' used 1910, 'Wilmot Strahan in his Mia Mia, Warnambool' used 1907, 'Teaching the Young Idea how to Shoot, Coranderk Station' ("near Healesville" added in mss) showing elder & todler with spears & boomerangs used 1906, 'Natives of Lake Tyers, Gippsland' used 1905 plus Rose Series 'Lake Tyers' real photo views x6, Western Australia 'Before the Corrobboree' group with bodies painted used 1907 with 'KATANNING' cds and Trans-Australian Railway 'The Inma Dancers' unused, also VSM 'Greetings from the Antipodes' Nuttal artist series and NSW (King Billy), Victoria (mother & child) & Western Australia (man) displayed inside maps and similar Tasmania card with man smoking pipe used 1906 from Hobart, etc, plus a Rose (Philadelphia) chromo-litho card showing map of Australia and woman with boomerang wearing a red & white dress (both image & map show an ignorance of Australia & Aborigines) and c.1930s photograph of boy with spear & boomerang standing next to railway lines and another of group of aboriginal boys urinating on campfire (annotated "Woolnough" on back; minor bends), condition variable but quite a number are fine and a few very fine.
(Qty 32) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 282
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ADVERTISING: MacRobertson's Milk Chocolate group comprising 'We've been looking all around for you' x3 different two-part cards with various cartoon "heads" (including a skull) on the top card and "eyeballs" on the bottom card joined together to allow the eyeballs to roll inside the heads (one postally used 1907 from Canterbury, Vic) and 'Pretty Australian Children' x7 different with three postally used from Melbourne between 1905-09, condition a little variable but most are fine.
(Qty 10)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 283
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ADVERTISING: Wineries Hans Irvine's Great Western Vineyards group including 'Loading Wine ... for export to Irvine & Co London Cellars' showing barrels & steam locomotive pulling train through the vineyard on face and bottles of claret, burgundy & brandy on address side, also 'The "Parramatta" ... christened with Irvine's Australian Wine' Melbourne Punch cartoon, 'Health Food and Hygiene Exhibition, Crystal Palace 1906' and 'Grand Prix, Franco-British Exhibition 1908' showing their trade booths (all unused), plus Springvale Vineyards, Watervale, S Australia (H Buring & Sobels) PPC used in 1906 to Hans Irvine's London representative with 'WATERVALE' squared circle but marked "Not known", then postcard-sized trade cards for Hans Irvine with map of Victoria & 1908 American Fleet Visit greetings on reverse (trimmed on one side) and for PB Burgoyne & Co x2, and finally what appears to be the original mockup artwork for a Hans Irvine trade card advertising 'Melbonia Red Burgundy', condition generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 9)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 284
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ARTIST CARDS: Bulletin Newspaper satirical cards 'Benevolent Gentleman...' by AJ Fischer (very fine unused), 'A Prime Minister/...' by Dye and Brother Jones to Cannibal by Hop (both minor blemishes still fine unused), and 'Micky, that woman's changed the whole course of my life' by Norman Lindsay (fine used); also non-Bulletin 'Australian Natives: What ho! She Bumps' by Norman Lindsay (fine used). Fun group.
(Qty 5)
ARTIST CARDS: Bulletin Newspaper cards by Hop x3, BE Minns or Amb Dyson featuring racist subjects, cannibals and fleshy missionaries, fine to very fine used.
(Qty 5)
ARTIST CARDS: May Gibbs Gumnut Babies 'We are the Gumnut Corps/...' & 'The Old Home's in the old place', both very fine unused, larger 'Christmas/Bell/Babies' & 'Flannel/Flower/Babies' both with plain backs (proofs?), and two whimsical Kookaburra sketches 'The Family is well' and 'I think of you by day and dream of you by night' again both with plain backs; plus Maisie Carte "By Gum!" Series #2 3 4 & 6 all very fine unused.
(Qty 9)
ARTIST CARDS: ST Gill 1850s paintings mostly of Melbourne & inner suburbs but also a few of Geelong Ballarat & Castlemaine, fine to very fine used (9) or unused (10). Very attractive cards.
(Qty 19)
ARTIST CARDS: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite fantasy cards featuring fairies, witches & nymphs, two with Australian motifs, the last two used in England otherwise unused.
(Qty 8)
ARTIST CARDS: Douglas Pratt c.1930s pencil sketches of major landmarks etc in the capital cities, generally fine to very fine & mostly unused. Scarce.
(Qty 32)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 290
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
DISASTERS: Batch of flood cards from Victoria with Orbost, Nathalia, Seymour, Mooroopna, Tallangatta, Mildura & Burnley x4 etc, NSW with Tamworth, Maitland & Moree, and a few others, also 1906 'North Sydney Tornado - Ruins of Toomey's Cottage', 1907 Fire at Harrold Colton & Co, 1910 Rainbow Fire (six vignettes), 1925 Visit of the US Fleet to Melbourne with 4 vignettes of aftermath of a collapsed verandah, and New Zealand Union Bank of Australia destroyed by fire; half are real photo types, condition variable but a terrific group.
(Qty 25) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 291
Symbol: C
HUMOUR: JS Pty Ltd Kangaroo Mother with Joey in Pouch series comprising the pair with speech bubbles '...no good hiding in the Baby's room', 'You nasty, mean little pickpocket' to a theiving Koala, '... Zipper has stuck again' and '... You can't have a radio set in your room' plus Joey asking '... Can I ask Spiny [echidna] here in for a cup of tea?' and '... I should have a front door key', possibly the complete 'set' unused, a couple with very minor blemishes. Attractive & funny too.
(Qty 6)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 292
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
MILITARY: British Naval Ships of the Australian Station annotated selection of the various ships - many in New Zealand ports - & infrastructure, also a few stereo-cards & postcard of a Queensland gunboat on the Brisbane River, generally fine to very fine. Scarce group.
(Qty 25) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 293
Symbol: C
MILITARY: World War I Gallipoli Campaign real photo card with Kodak back 'Dug-Outs at GALLIPOLI Dardenelles', unused.
MINING: Batch from all States, mostly gold mines & infrastructure but also copper, coal, zinc & opal, some local publishers plus artist cards by Tuck and for Mt Lyell Railway (Tas), condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
(Qty 38) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 295
Symbol: C
RAILWAYS: Steam locomotives, trains & stations noted Qld Toowoomba 'Spring Bluff' & 'Sydney Mail', SA Clare, Glenelg, Mt Lofty x2 different, Tas Mount Lyell (mining), Vic Castlemaine, Echuca 'Murray Bridge', Flinders Street 'Southern Mail', Gembrook, Monbulk, South Yarra 'Train Passing Through Flood Waters', etc, plus Trams Victor Harbor 'Old Horse Tram', Hobart with 'Wolfes Schnapps' advertising, Ballarat, Bendigo, etc, mostly fine.
(Qty 27) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 160
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 296
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SHIPPING: Group of almost all multi-coloured cards comprising Melbourne Steamship Line 'Duntroon'; McIlwraith, McEarcharn's Line 'Karoola' (b/w) & 'Katoomba'; AUSN 'Kanowna', 'Wodonga', 'Wyandra' & 'Wyreema'; also Robert Jolley cards of the 'Kanowna', 'Manuka', Wimmera' & 'Yongala'; plus Victoria 'Bay Excursion Steamers Ozone, Weeroona & Hygeia' blotter card and 'Loongana off Gellibrand Point, Williamstown' (used with stamp removed) & 'Ozone passing Pile Light, Port Phillip' (used 1907 with some aging marks on back); mostly unused and generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 14)
Chromolithos with Undivided Backs, one produced in Germany has plate-burnishing around the edges & a small surface abrasion, otherwise fine to very fine unused (3) used or used under cover. Scarce & beautiful early cards.
(Qty 5)
AGRICULTURE: Kerry (Sydney) mostly black & white rural & agricultural scenes selected for more interesting subjects/views, generally fine to very fine unused (3) or used. [Charles Kerry is widely regarded as the pre-eminent Australian photographer of his era. After taking over a bankrupt studio, he developed it - pardon the pun! - into Australia's largest photographic business]
(Qty 11)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 299
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
POST OFFICES: Group of all-different including real photo types of Bowraville, Byron Bay, Dalton, Epping, Greta, Helensburgh, Hornsby, Lindfield, Louth, Mittagong, Moruya, Newtown, Petersham, Taralga and a terrific shot of the 'Wee Waa Record Flood 1910", other attractive cards including of Mungindi & Walgett both with the Mail Coach, some with bumped corners &/or bends but most are fine to very fine. A very desirable group.
(Qty 39)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 300
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
SCHOOLS: Group of all-different with emphasis on large country schools including at Armidale, Bathurst, Cook's Hill (Newcastle), Glen Innes, Mount Erin (Wagga), Mudgee, Orange etc, small country schools at Coolamon, Hillgrove, Muswellbrook & Rosewood, and private schools at Albury, Bathurst, Goulburn, Parramatta, Sacred Heart at Rose Bay (3), etc, many real photo types, a few knocked-about but most are fine to very fine. A very good lot.
(Qty 39) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 200.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 301
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
TOWN VIEWS: Group comprising Bathurst, Broken Hill x5 different, Glen Innes multi-view, Kyogle real photo, Murwillumbah x2, Newcastle, Nowra and Wagga Wagga, fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 12)
Bathurst: JR & A Jones (Bathurst) views of Bathurst including five with brown-purple colouration (all unused), at least two with photos by HC Beavis, generally fine to very fine unused.
(Qty 10)
Lord Howe Island: 1920s (circa) five real photograph postcards of island scenery, all unused; also pre-WWII tourist photographs x11 of various sizes, all with Picture Library cachet on the address side.
(Qty 16)
Sydney: Sydney Philatelic Club card for Golden Jubilee of the 5d Diadem, 5d affixed to face & tied by 'BATHURST/DE1/1905/NSW' cds. As fine an example as we have seen.
Sydney: 1910 (circa) FT & Co series featuring pen & ink drawings of Sydney landmarks signed "KL Farran", plus two duplicates & an extra view that have been hand-tinted & state 'Greetings From/Old Sydney' at U/L, unused. Very scarce. [David Cook stated that all these cards were hand-tinted & had the legend at U/L. Katherine Lillian Farran was b.1875 & the drawings for this series are believed to have been executed c.1906]
(Qty 12)
Sydney: Kerry mostly coloured views in & around Sydney selected for more interesting subjects/views, generally fine to very fine, mostly used or addressed but not cancelled. [Charles Henry Kerry is widely regarded as the pre-eminent Australian photographer of his era. After taking over a bankrupt studio, he developed it - pardon the pun! - into Australia's largest photographic business]
(Qty 19)
Upper Myall: 1913 real photo card annotated on back "Upper Myall/Traction Engine/smashed Bridge" showing the Traction Engine lying diagonally on its side with front wheels in the air after the wooden bridge has collapsed under its weight, three men standing beside it in front of a cart piled high with railway sleepers presumably ready to start the recovery & repairs, the negative (with a diagonal crack across the plate at U/L) signed 'EWA' in L/R corner, very fine unused. [A mind-boggling event: we expect the bridge had to be largely demolished to enable the traction engine to be retrieved]
1908 AMERICAN FLEET VISIT: 'Australians Welcome Americans' postal card with Queensland 1d orange printed on address side over space for 'STAMP', view side with Warship, Australian Coat of Arms and American Eagle, unused, very fine condition with just the tiniest edge wear at corners. [Issued to commemorate the Great White Fleet visit to Australian & New Zealand; only 5760 were sold]
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 309
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
TOWN VIEWS: Group comprising Ipswich (a terrific scene featuring Mutual Life Association, F Goleby Saddler and WT Pratt Jeweller), Townsville x2, Toowoomba x2 (one of the Post Office) and Roma (soiled on the reverse) plus Murray Views Burleigh Heads and Coolangatta, fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 8)
St George: 1909 'ST GEORGE'S/GARDEN FETE' multi-view real photographs postcard, postally used with message "This is the church I go to...", minor blemishes.
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 311
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Thursday Island: 1906-10 real photograph postcards comprising two panoramas (one stained) both postally used with 1d tied by 'THURSDAY ISLAND' cds), plus 'The RC Church...' and a large group of natives below a palm grove, the last two are very fine unused.
(Qty 4)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 312
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Group including Adelaide street scenes, Jolley undivided-backs x5 noted 'Public Library & Institute' & 'Port Adelaide' shipping, also 'Glenelg' crowded beach with Temperance Bar, 'Honey Suckle Arbor, Long Gully National Park', 'Mt Lofty Railway Station' with passenger train (stamp removed), Angaston 'Penrice Bridge' & 'Bird's Eye View', Port Pirie 'Ellen Street' real photo with steam locomotive, Port August 'Commercial Road' real photo with Hotel Flinders, River Murray 'Ferrying a Bullock Team', Falk 'Post Office and Jetty, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island', etc, also SA & NT Coats of Arms, quite a few used, condition variable but many fine to very fine.
(Qty 50+)
Robert Jolley (Melbourne) Undivided Backs from various series, a couple of minor defects but generally fine to very fine used or unused. Beautiful cards.
(Qty 6)
J Walch & Sons Undivided Backs from the 'Sirius' Series, used x2 & unused x6, fine to very fine.
(Qty 8) (Image1)
Estimate AU$120
Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 315
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Mostly unused group including 'Athlone, Ellendale' real photo view of homestead & fields endorsed "1890", 'Penguin, North West Coast' view of township, 'Paterson Street, Launceston', 'Brisbane Hotel, Launceston' advertising card (corner fault), 'King River at Doublebarrel Abt System' steam locomotive & train, Mt Lyell Mining multi-coloured set of 12 plus duplicates, also two private Letter Cards 'Souvenir of Launceston' with views inside including tram and 'Picturesque Tasmania' with views of Mount Wellington & Port Arthur, etc, condition a little mixed but mostly good to fine. Ex Dr Owen Ingles.
(Qty 40) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 280.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 280
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 316
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Small group including Spurling 'Rainbow Chalet, N. Great Lake' real photo with motor car parked outside plus another with view of the lake and side of chalet, DHC real photo 'New Norfolk', Brenden Series real photo 'Pirate's Bay', 'Mount Wellington', 'Eagle Hawk Neck' blowhole, Government Railway Series 'Gordon River', etc, also 'Bridestowe Estate, Lilydale' Lavender Farm used 1929 with KGV 1d green (bends), condition generally fine to very fine except as noted.
(Qty 14)
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 317
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ADVERTISING: Melbourne businesses group comprising J&A Boyes 'Novelty Catalogue' with multi-coloured Victorian steam locomotive, George & George 'Federal Emporium' with premises & GPO mail coach outside (undivided back; used 1906), Tye & Co 'The Brick Villa Niagara' multi-coloured with early-model automobile, Wertheim 'Piano Factory' multi-coloured, Thos Evans Tent Maker canvas canopy, Malthoid 'The New Flinders Street Railway Station', Suttons Boots 'Look Before You Leap' four-act play performed by boots, Lincoln Stuart & Co 'Extreme Measures' comic showing tailor with large client, Oriental Cafe 'Two First Class Courses 9d' with cartoon rickshaw, Craig Williamson 'Elizabeth St' showing premises, and A Edments 'Melbourne Supply Stores' by Niven (corner faults), also Ince Bros postcard-sized patriotic trade card, condition generally fine to very fine unused (except as stated).
(Qty 12)
ADVERTISING: The Beehive Clothing Co, 92-94 Elizabeth St Melb 'The Law Forbids You/Get Dressed at ...' showing a rotund man in a rather racy red & white striped bathing costume with top hat & umbrella walking a small dog being accosted by a policeman, printed by Mason, Firth & McCutcheon, unused & fine with a couple of very minor blemishes. The card goes on to explain that this is 'The Celebrated Poster ... objected to by the Hon. Thomas Bent, Premier of Victoria'.
ADVERTISING: Mitchell & Co West Footscray 'The Melbourne Zoo Elephant Ploughing with the famous Mitchell No.14 2 Furrow Plough' with handlers and ploughman, almost certainly published by FW Niven but without imprint on address side, fine unused with just a couple of very minor blemishes on back. Beautiful!
ADVERTISING: The Regal Cafe, 65 Swanston St, Melb 'Interior of one of our Up-To-Date Dining Rooms' with waitresses and table settings, published by FW Niven, very fine unused.
ADVERTISING: Swallow & Ariell's Biscuits & Cakes 'Above All Others' showing an airship carrying boxes of biscuits above the company's Melbourne factory buildings, very fine unused. Gorgeous!
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 322
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ARTISTS: Fred Booty coastline group comprising 'Wreck of the George Roper' used 1908 from Bundaberg (Qld) to Malvern (Vic), 'Needle Rock off Cape Schank', 'Rough Sea near Lorne' and 'Rough Sea, Flinders', the latter three addressed but apparently sent under cover, a couple with very minor blemishes. [Fred Booty is much better known for his often hilarious comic cards]
(Qty 4)
ARTISTS: Hand-Painted Watercolours with vignette views of ' "Kitty" Gippsland Lakes' showing the famous aboriginal fisher-woman in her canoe on the lake and of 'The Old Red Bluff, St Kilda' with a steamship on the horizon, both surrounded by native flowers and inscribed 'Greetings', unused, plus by other artists 'Battery Pt, Portland' and 'Chelsea, Vic' with bathing box used under cover with 1912 message, minor blemishes. Delightful!
(Qty 4)
SCHOOLS: Selection of all-different with many real photo types including of Coburg High School, Gapsted State School, Middle Park SS, Yarram SS, Lurg (small corner bend otherwise superb!), Technical Schools at South Melbourne & Warrnambool, etc, also private schools Carey Grammar, Caulfield Grammar (creased), Geelong Grammar, Mentone Grammar, Methodist Ladies College, Scotch College, Xavier College and St Keiran's at Moe, and a few others unidentified but believed to be in Victoria & a photo of a c.1950s reunion at Homebush Lower, generally fine to very fine. A very good lot.
(Qty 26) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Feb-18-2021, 17:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 4
Lot No: 325
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
TRAMWAYS: 1910 (circa) pair of real photo cards being different views of a crash between an 'M&MTB' [Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board] electrified tram and a cart loaded with sacks, one showing the front of the tram with smashed windscreen & the cart being unloaded in the midst of a group of onlookers with the conductor's back facing the camera, the other showing the side of tram partly torn away with man standing on the running board and skid-marks indicating the cart had been pushed quite some way down the road, both with some bends & aging marks. [The signage on the cart reads '..RRIE' (= Glenferrie Road) so we expect the incident was in Kew Hawthorn or Malvern](Qty 2)
TOWN VIEWS: Selection comprising Apollo Bay (Robbins), Bendigo (REM), Daylesford and Kaniva plus real photo types of Bairnsdale (Bulmer), Diamond Creek (Frazer & Vallance), Lang Lang (Super Series) & Omeo (Rose), very fine unused.
(Qty 8)
