Sale No: 5
Lot No: 516
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Collection of humorous cards by many hands including Fred Booty, Red Nolan, Fred Nicoll, etc etc, stated to all be Australian - and most are - but we have our doubts, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor.
(Qty 220 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 517
Symbol: C
Australiana album with plenty of pro-British patriotics, State arms & emblems, 'Sundowners' (swagmen) x6, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(Qty 64) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 518
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Art Series two groups of anthropomorphic native fauna 'What ho! She Bumps' (rowing & fishing) & 'Taking down the poor Bushies...' (bar scene with card sharps & a flower-selling platypus) both by Norman Lindsay, the first with minor blemishes & the second with the stamp neatly removed.
(Qty 2)
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.
Robert Jolley (Melbourne) Undivided Backs from various series all different views from South Australia x6 & Victoria x5, a couple of minor defects but generally fine to very fine used or unused. Beautiful cards. [In our opinion, Robert Jolley was the most accompllshed and artiistic of the early PPC publishers in Australia]
(Qty 11)
1910 (c.) rather amateurishly drawn advertising card for Grand United Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society, very minor blemishes, unused. [You would think an operation with capital of £1,500,000 and yearly income of £400,000 could afford a competent artist to design their promotional materials!]
1915 Gallipoli Landing at ANZAC, real photo of Soldiers on the Beach, and artist card 'The Storming of the Dardanelles' (Bugler) by R Hawcrdige, all unused; 1915-16 Xmas & New Year Greetings card 'From/ANZAC' (unused, minor toning within), and novelty card to a soldier on the Western Front (sent under cover).
(Qty 5)
1917 (c.) Australian Comforts Fund 'Our Boys at the Front' ten different plus of the Fund's mansion HQ at Amesbury, some soiling/tonespots, unused.
(Qty 11)
1920 (c.) Sayers Allport & Potter humorous advertising card for SAP Rabbit Poison 'That's why I'm the only rabbit on the run!', minor blemishes, used in South Australia with the stamp removed. [Sayers Allport & Potter was a Sydney-based wholesale pharmaceutical & veterinary supplies business, catering mainly to the rural sector. They were notorious for SAP, a phosphorus-based rabbit poison]
1930 two real photo cards of Amy Johnson (one 'With the/Compliments of/TIT-BITS': oh dear!), another of her piloting the 'Jason' over the Sydney Harbour Bridge under construction, and 'Johnnie/From a photo taken on arrival at Brisbane', the last two with minor blemishes, unused. [Amy Johnson & her husband Jim Mollison were aviation's glamour couple in the early 1930s. In 1930, 'Johnnie' became the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia]
(Qty 4)
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 531
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
ARTIST CARDS: Group by Vasco Loureiro comprising Boarding House Series x5 + a duplicate with newspaper cutting for his trip to the Christchurch Exhibition to his sister in Kew & signed "Vasco", 'Under the Clock' x3, '.../100/eyes/on/Argus Sauce', caricatures of Sir Drummond Fife and 'Charles', & five other cards, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Ex Eve Pryor.
(Qty 17) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 532
Symbol: C
AUSTRALIANA: Tuck Oilettes artist cards by Fulwood or Taylor Ghee featuring Gold Mining, Sawmilling, Sundowners (swagmen), etc, condition variable.
(Qty 10)
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 533
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
STEREOCARDS: George Rose group from NSW x5 including Jenolan Caves x2; Tasmania x5 including panoramas of Hobart & Launceston; and Victoria scenery near Lorne x2, in the Grampians x2 & at Childers (Gippsland); mostly very fine.
(Qty 15)
STEREOCARDS: George Rose 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: 5
Lot No: 535
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
STEREOCARDS: George Rose group for 1901 Commonwealth Celebrations/Visit of the Duke of York in Sydney x3, Melbourne x3 & Hobart x5 (very scarce; one damaged); also 1911 Coronation of KEVII in London x2; most are very fine. A very desirable group.
(Qty 13)
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)
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 537
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Group of town views 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)
Cowra: 'The Railway Station' x4 one with steam locomotive, plus 'Railway Station Wagga' all by local publishers Legge & Co x2, AW Marshall x2 and FP Hobbs (Wagga), some soiling.
(Qty 5)
Dubbo: 'The Railway Station' x3 one with passenger wagons, plus 'Railway Bridge' x2 all by local publishers SJ Cadman x3, Miss M Ley and SA Moseley & Co, a few blemishes but fine to very fine used.
(Qty 5)
Sydney: Very early Undivided Back (two parroting the NSW Waratah Postal Card back) chromolithos of the Town Hall & Sydney Harbour both very fine unused, and of the Harbour & Queen Victoria Markets, used to Germany (faults on the back).
(Qty 3)
Sydney: 1905 Undivided Back & Rouletted on 3 Sides 'FARM COVE, HAFEN VON SYDNEY', to Germany with German 10pf tied by 'DEUTSCHE/SEEPOST/AUSTRALISCHE/HAUPTLINIE/ e ' cds. We have seen very few instalment cards with Australian themes.
Attractive batch with many from provincial towns & smaller localities, some real photo types including better streetscapes, a few Tourist Bureau cards in variable condition otherwise generally fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 59) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 544
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
Group of town views 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)
1903 & 1911 beautiful chromolitho advertising cards 1) for Hockley & Co's 'Melotte' Cream Separator & 2) for 'Mey's' Original Separator, both used Maryborough to Gympie. The first is a very scarce Undivided Back advertising card.
(Qty 2)
1915 Panama-Pacific Exhibition (San Francisco) 'semi-official' issues with green frames 'Barron Gorge, Cairns Railway' (used under cover), 'Brisbane from the Observatory...', 'Examining Tobacco leaf...' 'Executive Bldgs...', 'Sandgate...', 'View overlooking Woombye...' & 'Whitsunday Passage', and coloured 'Roma Grapes, WQ', some soiling & minor blemishes, unused. [Back in the 1980s, these cards were so popular that $200+ was the going price. How times change: now we're offering eight of them for that figure]
(Qty 8)
1915 Panama-Pacific Exhibition 'Barron Gorge, Cairns Railway', 'Picking Grapes for Market, Roma WQ' and 'View overlooking Woombye, North Coast Line...', all used within the United States at 'BARNETT/MO', 'BERKELEY/CAL' & 'SAN DIEGO/CAL' both with 'PANAMA CALIFORNIA/EXPOSITION/SAN DIEGO 1915' slogan. Rare trio.
(Qty 3)
Bingera Plantation: 'Sugar Mill' postcard with an overall view of the factory buildings & chimneys from the front gate plus the narrow gauge railway line used for transporting sugar cane with a sign 'Look Out For Trains', sent 1911 to England with Sideface 1d orange (damaged before affixing) tied by light but legible strikes of the 'BINGERA PLANTN/QUEENSLAND' cds, message includes "...On the other side is a photo of the Sugar Mill at this Plantation", couple of minor blemishes. See also Lot 746.
Railway Stations: real photograph postcards of Atherton (Murray Views), Kuranda (Murray Views, plain back so probably a proof; creased), 'Remilton's Hotel & Kuranda Station' (Owen Whittick) and Warwick (J DeConday, Warwick), and two other very different shots of Warwick Station by local publishers James Millar and F Barton (used to Ceylon with superb 'KANDY' arrival cds), a couple showing passenger carriages.
(Qty 6)
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 550
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)
Townsville: T Willmett & Sons (Townsville & Charters Towers) original album of coloured photographic types featuring streetscapes, transport, the wharves, local beauty spots etc, one creased otherwise very fine to superb unused.
(Qty 25)
Very appealing bundle with many better townscapes including real photo types, mining, public buildings etc, a few Messageries Maritime cards & a couple of delightful Robert Jolleys, advertising card for Wiesner & Co (Hardware Merchants) at Eudunda (minor faults), generally fine to very fine used or unused.
(Qty 94)
1904-09 South Australian Railways 'ADELAIDE RAILWAY STATION' (an unusual panoramic view, used at Outer Harbor), 'MOUNT GAMBIER' (Blue Lake, unused), 'BOTANICAL GARDENS' (unused) and inside an enormous yet untitled Signal Box with a Solo Operator (bumped corners; used at Glen Osmond).
(Qty 4)
1912 marvellous real photo multi-view with 10 vignettes including 'Lord Denman, Gov-General of Australia/Turning the first Sod East to West Railway/...', 'Constructing first Engine' and 'Capt Saunders Starting/first Engine...', used with 'PT AUGUSTA/23DE12/STH AUSTRALIA' cds, minor blemishes.
J Walch & Sons Undivided Backs from the 'Sirius' Series, used x2 & unused x6, fine to very fine.
(Qty 8) (Image1)
Estimate AU$80
Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 557
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1902 (c.) French 'Digger from Maestri (Tasmanie)' of a group of miners in a clearing with small huts & a tiny box-truck on narrow-gauge track, unused. Rare & superb! [The Maestri Silver Mine was on the Dundas Mineral Field in the Zeehan District. The company's leases were sold in 1900 to Comet Silver Mining Co which failed in 1904]
1908 FW Niven & Co (Melbourne) 'LADIES GRAMMAR SCHOOL ALBUERA ST HOBART', soiling on the back, used under cover. [The school was founded in 1895 by Eleanor Mary Poulett-Harris and in 1903 moved to 4-6 Albuera Street. Her father had been prominent in the founding of Hobart High School and the University of Tasmania]
1908 Franco-British Exhibition Tasmanian Government Series postcard for 'AN APPLE TROPHY' some 20 feet in height comprised almost entirely of apples! with imprint of John Vail, Goverment Printer, minor blemishes, used under cover.
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 561
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
'Semi-Official' group of black & white or coloured Garden State cards featuring agriculture & other rural subjects, condition variable used or unused.
(Qty 19) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 5
Lot No: 562
Symbol: C
Selection of town views 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)
1907 (c.) Mason Firth & McCutcheon 'Pretty Australian Children' set (?) of six different each overprinted for MacRobertson's Milk Chocolate, three are unused.
(Qty 6)
1908 Visit of the American Fleet Victorian Government complete set of 12 featuring Melbourne, Mining, Education including School Cadets, etc, condition variable, unused.
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