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Australian Picture Postcards
image Sale No: 5
Lot No:515
Symbol:C

'Bulletin' Series humorous cards by Phil May x3, Frank P Mahon, 'Hop' & Hal Souter, a few blemishes, four are postally used. Ex Eve Pryor. (Qty 6)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$75



Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

image 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

image 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

image 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)

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$60



Opening AU$ 46.00
Sold...AU$ 46.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 46

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:519
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection

Timber-cutting group from felling to sawmilling, mostly Western Australian subjects, condition variable. (Qty 10)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$80



Opening AU$ 130.00
Sold...AU$ 140.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 140

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:520
Symbol:C

WWII humorous 'TEA REVIVES YOU' oversize cards by Ted Scofield, bumped corners & some soiling, unused. (Qty 4)

Grade B/C (Image1)

Estimate AU$40



Opening AU$ 44.00
Sold...AU$ 44.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 44

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:521
Symbol:C

VSM or OSP&C Co rural scenes artist cards by H Praetorius, a few blemishes but most are very fine used or unused. (Qty 7)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$60



Opening AU$ 46.00
Sold...AU$ 80.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 80

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:522
Symbol:C

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.

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$60



Opening AU$ 46.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:523
Symbol:C

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)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 85.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 85

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:524
Symbol:C

1906 (c.) Kerry 'Bush Sketches' series with illustrations by JA Commins, one tinted, some minor blemishes, mostly unused. (Qty 12)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$120



Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 135

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:525
Symbol:C

1908 Visit of the American Great White Fleet WTP humour cards, a few minor blemishes, unused. Rare cards. (Qty 4)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 300

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:526
Symbol:C

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!]

Grade A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$80



Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 60

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:527
Symbol:C

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)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$140



Opening AU$ 105.00
Sold...AU$ 105.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 105

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:528
Symbol:C

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)

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:529
Symbol:C

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]

Grade B (Image1)

Estimate AU$40



Opening AU$ 30.00
Sold...AU$ 30.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 30

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:530
Symbol:C

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)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 85.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 190

image 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

image 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)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 115

image 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)

Grade A/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$60



Opening AU$ 46.00
Sold...AU$ 46.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 46

image Sale No: 5
Lot No:534
Symbol:C

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)

Grade A+ (Image1)

Estimate AU$80



Opening AU$ 60.00
Sold...AU$ 60.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 60
image 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)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-19-2021, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 75


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