ADVERTISING: Early group for Sydney Thorpe-Lee Boarding House (Coogee) with early car parked in front, 1906 'Ye Sunday Times Kiosk' at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show, Arthur Rickard & Co Land Agents (Sydney) with Visit of the US Fleet motif (superb), Vienna Art Studios (Woollahra) of artist Emil Pirchan & examples of his art, White Star Line of RMS 'Persic' on Sydney Harbour, 1908 RG Knowles Prince of Merriment World Tour ½d Printed Matter rate at Singleton NSW, and 1928 Radio Station 2FC of Dame Nellie Melba; Adelaide John Martin's The Big Store (superb), IXL Fruit Shop (a coster's cart), and Mrs L Cook Cake Decorator; unknown State Champion's Vinegar and 'Sinbad the Sailor' Pantomine starring Marie Campbell; all these are fine to superb, plus eight others with minor to significant faults.  (20) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

AUSTRALIANA: 1908 (circa) British Colonial Picture Combine scenes from 'The Story of the Kelly Gang' comprising '(2) Sticking Up Younghusband's Station', '(4) The Gang Reading the Government Proclamation', '(5) Dan Kelly Cutting Telegraph Wires', '(7) Black Trackers at Work', '(8) The Police Surrounding the Glenrowan Hotel' and '(9) Pulling Up the Line to Wreck the Police Train', some bumped corners otherwise fine to very fine unused. Rare: not previously seen by us. [Nos 2 & 4 are essentially the same as in the previous lot, which suggests they were issued to promote the 1908 release of the film in England. In 1910, the film was re-issued, possibly with additional scenes, so these cards may be from that time. The matter is unsettled because only 17 minutes of the 60+ minutes of the original film have survived] (6)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$1,000

AUSTRALIANA: 1908 (circa) AP (Arras Press) scenes from 'The Story of the Kelly Gang' comprising 'Dan Kelly & Joe Byrne', 'Sticking Up Younghusband's Station' & 'The Gang Reading the Proclamation', these are fine to very fine, plus 'The Actual Armour as Worn by Ned Kelly' (corner crease), 'Ned Kelly at Bay' (spotting on reverse & repaired tear at the top), and 'Death of Dan Kelly & Steve Hart' (stained & missing the upper-right corner), unused. Rare & important cards. Ex Bernard Morris. [Shot in suburban Melbourne & released in December 1906, 'The Story of the Kelly Gang', ran for more than one hour, & has been recognised by UNESCO as the world's first full-length narrative feature film]  (6) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

SPORT & HUMOUR: circa 1905-10 group with Art Series 'Racehorses' (2); golf (2); football (soccer) & women's hockey (2); plus 1906 Taylor 'Adventures of a Jackaroo' No 1 to 12 missing only #10, mainly Fair/Fine.  (18) (Image1)

Estimate AU$80

THEATRE: VSM (Melbourne) 1907 Royal Grand Opera Company cards x6 with photos in crowned gilt frames of Massimio Massimi x2, J Runger, Hans Mohwinkel, Sara Anderson & Fritz Rupp, very fine unused. [The opera was a short-term production of the impresario George Musgrove. Musgrove managed, and married, Australia's darling, Nellie Stewart. In 1901, he was appointed 'Director of Amusements' for the Opening of the first Federal Parliament, on 9.5.1901. In 1902, he managed Melba's triumphant concert tour]  (6)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

ARTIST CARDS: Attractive group including Raphael Kirchner naughty ladies x9 (a few minor faults), Dana Gibson x6, Louis Wain x2 and Ida Rentoul Outhwaite x2, London Punch WWI x7 mostly lampooning the Kaiser, also Eastern European types x10, beautiful & superb Greetings PPCs from USA x7 & British Davis Message Art Nouveau types x4, & a few others, generally fine to very fine. Ex Bernard Morris.   (57) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

CIRCUS: German Undivided Back artist cards 'Gruss vom Colossuem Karlsruhe' (clowns) and Barnum & Bailey x3 with one two or three views, plus German x4, French x5 (two with faults) and Italian x2, with various acts including Lilliputians x4, La Tourbillon de la Mort (= Whirlwind of Death; cycling) x2, acrobats x2 & animals x2 (one of Maurice Chevalier et Josephine Baker baptising an elephant calf with champagne!), also artist card of the 19yo Jenny Letto who was claimed to weigh 424kg!, generally very fine and mostly unused.  (16)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$350

DICKENS, CHARLES: Collection of mostly character cards by various artists/publishers principally "Kyd" including some American cards plus about a dozern modern "repros", also scenes from In Dickens Land & in particular 'The Pickwick Papers', some minor duplication, more than a touch of whimsy, generally fine to very fine.  (140+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

LIGHTHOUSES: Fascinating bundle x60 of cliffside, end-of-pier & out-at-sea structures from America, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland (really!) & Cuba; also Windmills x9; generally very fine to superb.   (69) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

NUDITY & EROTICA: The Classic Nude featuring paintings from the Rennaisance to early-20th century by Titian, Goya, Rupert Bunny & a host of lesser names, about 60% are of statues including a booklet of Italian phallic stones (!), the majority are from France Italy or Germany, generally fine to very fine.  (120 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: Russian 1910-15 (circa ?) dark humour cards by six different artists/caricaturists including TT Getske (?) x14, with recurring themes of class distinctions, poverty and greed, most cards with a small owner's mark on the address side otherwise fine to very fine unused. Exceptional social commentary. The art itself is engaging; we expect the captions (which we cannot decipher) add colour and context.   (21)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: 1914-15 Italian Danza Macabre Europea anti-German & anti-Austrian cards by Alberto Martini in a grotesque style reminiscent of Heironymous Bosch Numbers 14 17 19 38 & 42, fine unused. Gruesome and insightful.  (5)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: Russian group comprising three different WWI Voenni Zaem (= War Loan) propaganda cards, 1915 German card of the 'Russian Pope' (Grigori Rasputin) with German soldiers (used as a Feldpostkarte), circa 1915 postcard-size photo of the Tsar's five children, 1917 superb artist card encouraging investment in a Liberty Loan, artist card of US GB & France unleashing the Dogs of War, Soviet artist card of Lenin the Great Helmsman, fine to very fine unused. Very scarce group.  (8)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$500

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: 1918-19 artist cards in support of German Prisoners of War 1) with 'GEDENKET der GEFANGENEN' (= remember our POWs) on the address-side, unused; 2) to raise funds for POW charities, "Pslam 26" noted on the face, postally used, minor blemishes; and 3) in support of POWs still held captive (in Russia?) in 1919 "Sind wir vergessen?" (= have we been forgotten?), unused. Important social history.  (3)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: 1920 Kapp Putsch cards apparently by three different publishers of disaffected armed troops taking control of Berlin and one showing damage to buildings, one with minor soiling on the address-side otherwise very fine unused. [Following WWI, Germany was required to greatly reduce its armed forces. This caused great resentment & inspired right-wing elements to attempt to overthrow the government. On 13.3.1920, they toppled the Weimar Government & installed Wolfgang Kapp as Chancellor. However, the bureaucracy refused to cooperate, which caused the coup to fail after only four days]  (6)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: 1920-21 German x4 & Polish artist cards related to the Upper Silesia Plabiscite conducted on 20.3.1921, very fine unused. Rare cards about a little-remembered territorial dispute in the aftermath of World War I. Despite an Allied Commission being appointed to administer the impacted area, formerly part of Prussia, inter-ethnic violence was a constant problem. The final borders were effectively settled by force, before the vote was held.  (5)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: 1939 Nazi Party anti-Semitic artist card 'Bolschewismus/ohne Maske' (= Bolshevism Unmasked) with Death as a Russian Soldier over intertwined Hammer & Sickle and Star of David, printed on the address-side 'Grosse antibolschewistische Austellung/...' (= Great Anti-Bolshevik Exhibition) with German stamps tied by the Vienna Exhibition slogan duplex. A famous, if reprehensible, image, and a must-have for the Anschluss collector.

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

POLITICAL PROPAGANDA: 1942 American Esquire Magazine set of six anti-Axis propaganda cards by Arthur Szyk, caricaturing the Nazi leaders and their puppets and lampooning Hitler's plans for global domination, very fine unused. Brilliant cartoons! [Arthur Szyk was a Polish Jew who left Europe before WWII. Critic Thomas Craven said of his propaganda work, "His designs are as compact as a bomb, extraordinarily lucid in statement...and deadly in their characterisations". A similar set is currently available on ebay for $US495]  (6)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

RED CROSS: 1914-17 German artist cards promoting the Red Cross, its fundraising and humanitarian work all from a German perspective, one is a Bavarian 5pf Postal Card, one with Bavarian Red Cross imprint on the address-side used as a Feldpostkarte (minor blemishes), two others postally used and the others are unused.   (10)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

SHIPPING: Very attractive batch of pre-1920 cards with some Undivided Backs, strength in Japanese shipping companies x38, also Oceanic Steam Ship Co x12, and other firms x15 including a 'Saxonia' "silk", a few with ships' cachets including 1908 'SS SUVA' on real photo type of 'Kyarra' and 1908 oval 'RMSP/AMAZON' datestamp on PPC of the ship, generally very fine to superb; also a few items of ephemera including two Japanese ships' menus postally used. A very good lot.  (65 + ephemera) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500