Box of mostly early cards with strength in Australia (50 approx, including Sydney Harbour Bridge x3), GB (100+) & USA, some better subjects & scarce cards including a few gorgeous issues from Japan, condition variable. Inspection will be rewarded. (250 approx)

Estimate AU$500

Eclectic group from South America with some better views & subjects, BWI including St Lucia, Barbados & Bermuda, Spanish Bull Fighting (one with 'Dragling the Bull' error), Greece, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (180 approx)

Estimate AU$300

Large carton with moderns, "ladies subjects", three albums of Trains, accumulation of tourist folders including from the 1920s & 1930s, etc. (Qty)

Estimate AU$100

Bulging album with an array of mostly European artist cards, some "Ladies Subjects", etc, generally fine to very fine. (300+)

Estimate AU$100

Military and patriotic cards in box and Lighthouse album with slipcase, some Boer War period, mostly WWI with some modern reproductions and non-military with Qld 'Mount Morgan Gold Mines', NZ 1907 International Exhibition used, modern advertising cards, plus a few covers including 1928 'Graf Zeppelin' New York to Germany, 1940 'Internment Camp Tatura/POW Canteen' cover, etc, condition mixed. inspection recommended. (100+)

Estimate AU$300

ANTARCTICA: Fine Art Society (GB) Capt Scott's South Pole Expedition photos by HG Ponting 'OSMAN' (dog), unused; and Canterbury Times (NZ) 'Sledge Parties Preparing to Start', postally used in 1905. (2)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

CEYLON: Attractive bundle with many Platé Art Series cards, 1950s real photo types, several Undivided Backs including Kandy chromolitho with English caption, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (120 approx)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

FIJI: Interesting group of missionary cards including Hussey & Gillingham (Adelaide) types x12, generally fine to very fine (34); also Zieher PPC of Fijian stamps, 1922 registered cover to USA, a couple of WWII items & some very ordinary Postal Cards x18 including 1½d fine used to Italy in 1901. (56)

Estimate AU$400

FIUME etc: Collection of cards from Fiume, Trieste, Zara, Grado & Rijeka, condition variable but many are fine to very fine (160+). Also a quantity of modern copies of old cards, plus folios of background information, maps, etc. Ex Aldo Paladino.

Estimate AU$400

ITALY: 1945 Death of Benito Mussolini four different cards of the execution (one with a blank back; three are real photos & very scarce thus) plus artist cards of his capture & 'FINITO MUSSOLINI', the last with faults. (6)

Estimate AU$100

MALTA: Album with many Undivided Backs & unusual scenes or subjects including several multi-views & a 2-panel panorama, condition variable. (180 approx)

Estimate AU$300

MIDDLE EAST: Album of cards from Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine & Syria, also from Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, etc, generally fine to very fine. (124)

Estimate AU$400

NEW ZEALAND: Real photo group with Rotorua x7 different, Auckland panorama, WWI military hospital, & c.1920 trade card 'Buick Six', also premises of Alwinus Bock (Merchant), 1908 Visit of the American Fleet 'Welcome Arch, foot of Queen Street...', scenic Postal Cards QV 1d brown & 1d green x2, plus some odds 'n' sods. (26)

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

NEW ZEALAND: Trentham Military Camp (2) real photo WWI PPCs of 'Segregation Camp' (panorama), troops at ease, and two staged group photos, two used under cover; another 'No 5 Platoon B Coy 14th' endorsed on reverse "Taken at Upper Hutt" (a small overflow camp with no postal facilities). (5)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

PALESTINE: Bundle with views of Jerusalem, Jericho, Bethlehem, Bethany, Jaffa, Haifa, Saffed etc, some with Hebrew captions, many with stamps of Palestine (mostly) or German Levant, a few Undivided Backs, generally fine to very fine unused or used. (62)

Estimate AU$400

PAPUA: 1930s Australian Museum (Sydney) sepia/yellow cards No 1-12 complete (No 3 unnumbered, as always) featuring photos of indigenous subjects by Frank Hurley, very fine unused. (12)

Grade A (Image1)

Estimate AU$250

SPAIN: Album with many Undivided Backs, numerous towns including Algeciras, Baldona, Burgos, Cartagena, Cordoba, Estoril, Malaga, Port Bou, Santander, Tarragon, Toledo, Vigo, Xaven & Zaragoza, etc, also a small range from Portugal, generally fine to very fine. (200+)

Estimate AU$500

SUBJECTS AVIATION: Early French group with artist cards for Reims 1910 & 'Souvenir des Grandes Fetes d'Aviation', 1909 Exposition (dirigible & balloons indoors!), aviators Bleriot x4, Santos-Dumont, Renaux & Pelterie, also WWI card with large 'GROUPE D'AVIATION/COMPAGNIE des ELEVES PILOTS' cachet, some soiling. (11)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SUBJECTS GLAMOUR: Extensive array of artist cards, portraits etc, some romantic subjects, generally fine to very fine. (280 approx)

Estimate AU$200

SUBJECTS HUMOUR: Two large albums of mostly British cards, some subtle & whimsical gags but the majority are 'naughty' to 'smutty' (though many are still very funny), generally fine to very fine. (480 approx)

Estimate AU$300

SUBJECTS LIGHTHOUSES: Mostly pre-WWII batch with strength in GB including offshore & Channel Islands, USA, France & other Europe, New Zealand & Egypt, also noted Bermuda Cuba & Haiti, some Undivided Backs & real photo types, generally fine to very fine. (100 approx)

Estimate AU$500

SUBJECTS Five & a half albums of moderns including some reprinted older cards with strength in Australia, GB, USA, France & other Europe, New Zealand & Egypt, generally very fine. Weighs 12½kg. (100s)

Estimate AU$100

SUBJECTS MILITARY: Wide-ranging group including Russo-Japanese War, WWI including Bombing of Lowestoft, entrenched Germans & Pierre Chatillon 'Death Haunting the Kaiser' (superb), WWII including Japanese types, some humorous cards, also ten WWI 'WAR/INCIDENTS' cigarette cards featuring Gallipoli actions, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (50 approx)

Estimate AU$400

SUBJECTS SHIPPING: Album of ocean liners, naval ships including WWI transports, shipping infrastructure, etc, strong Australian content, a few advertising cards, about one-third are moderns or photographs, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (220 approx)

Estimate AU$250