Rose Series scenes of Suva x4 plus staged photos of 'Natives Climbing Cocoanut Trees' & 'Native Drums' with topless performers, also unidentified publishers 'A Native Policeman', 'Canoes with Native Women', 'Copra Drying' & 'Street Scene, Nausori' with sugar factory in the distance, two used under cover, others unused.
(Qty 10)
1915 usage of St John Ambulance Association, Malta Centre chromolitho PPC headed 'HELP THE WOUNDED' showing nurse attending to wounded soldiers, to England with scarce franking of KGV ¼d brown strip of 4 tied Valetta '3 DE 15' cds, couple of very minor blemishes. A really beautiful card.
c.1940 (?) John Kappee cartoon cards signed "S v Basel" of Dutch troops interacting with the locals, fine to very fine unused. Quite whimsical.
(Qty 6)
'A Council of War, Sandwich Islands, New Hebrides' showing indigenous warriors with weapons and 'A South West Bay Tribe, Malicolo Island, New Hebrides', both overprinted in red 'With Compliments from THE MUSQUIT CO. at Elizabeth Steet, Sydney' advertising 'MUSQUIT, Prevents Mosquito and Sandfly Bites', a few blemishes mostly on back.
(Qty 2)
c.1917 King David Store (Australian Soldiers Club Branch) 'FLOWERS & VIEWS OF THE HOLY LAND' booklet of 10 PPCs partly stuck to pages & the same number of postcard-size dried-flower arrangements, timber front & back covers, the cloth spine is a little worn otherwise very fine. An extraordinary item and rare survivior.
1899 inset view 'Neiafu. Vavau Friendly Islands' to Victoria with Pictorials 1d tied by 'NUKUALOFA/28JE99/TONGA' cds, very fine. [Pre-1901 cards from any of the Pacific Islands are rare]
