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Australian Picture Postcards
image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1247
Symbol:C

Handy batch from all States (only a little Victoria) with many pickings including numerous attractive topographicals, Rose & similar real photo types, many government issues including a good lot of Queensland c.1908-10 Tourist Bureau types and a few 1911 Coronation 1d Postal Cards, plus Australiana with about 100 Bush Artists and a batch of Large Letter views, etc, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg.  (500 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600



Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 1,400.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1400

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1248
Symbol:C

Box of "licorice all-sorts" from the Golden Age`to moderns including excellent reproductions of classic cards, plenty of better topographicals including socially interesting Rose and other real photo types, several Talma Actresses, 1908 American Fleet ships in blue, Australiana, etc, condition variable but a high percentage are fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg.  (500+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250



Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 650

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1249
Symbol:C

Unsorted bundles in a box mostly NSW and Victoria with some Australiana, better cards noted, condition variable but generally fine.  (400 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$250



Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 1,200.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 1200

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1250
Symbol:C

Wide-ranging pre-WWII array of mostly topographicals, about 80% are from NSW, South Australia and Victoria plus oddments from the other States, many better views & unusual perspectives, numerous real photo cards including many early Rose and similar types, condition variable but a large number are fine to very fine. Historically and socially compelling.  (300 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$300



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 650

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1251
Symbol:C

Australian artist cards including rural & bush scenes by JA Turner x51, J Hutchings x34, Laura Davey x15, Edward de Closay x11, Charles Hammond x21 including 'Robbery Under Arms' set of 6, A MacInnes x6, J Scheltma x12 & Harry Weston x4, Birds by JM Castle x22 (including Birds of Paradise) & Neville Cayley x12, others by Albert Namatjira x10 & Lloyd Rees x18, etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. A good basis for serious expansion.  (200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 500

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1252
Symbol:C

Box with about 100+ better cards including many real photo types notably 1911 Easter Military Camp at Kilmore x3, 1911 Wonthaggi x2 and 'Chelsea - Holiday Train Arrivals', excellent suburban group including construction of Kerferd Road (Albert Park), other RPs with Northern Territory x4 including 'Train at Brock's Siding', '...Bathurst Island Mission Station' (20+ Aborigines on wooden jetty) & a terrific 'Pine Creek Township' multi-view, also a few WWI 'Our Boys at the Front'; 100+ foreign cards including attractive Japanese Undivided Backs & English Celesques; the other half being 'ladies' subjects' with many Greetings types, children, actresses including a few Talma (Melbourne) cards etc; condition variable but the view-sides are generally good to very fine. Weighs 2kg.  (500 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 800

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1253
Symbol:C

Useful little bundle including some very attractive early Rose cards of Victorian towns, several WWI subjects, c.1920 Ballarat Avenue of Honour arch with caption 'The Lucas Girls Tribute...', several portraits & a few others, good to fine.  (41) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 130.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 130

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1254
Symbol:C

SOUTH AUSTRALIA: 1912 real photo card of scouts with signaller & tents inscribed on address-side "1st Adelaide Troop...Mylor 1911-1912" with sadly unsigned message headed "Jan 1st 1912" states "...we have just finished a 10 days camp at Mylor...In this photo you can see me signalling N...", abrasion clear of the message, used under cover. Very early: the first Australian troops were founded in 1908; also 1940s 'THE DINKUM SCOUT' artist card, unused. [The illustration is above Lot 1255]   (2)

Grade B/A- (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1255
Symbol:C

VICTORIA: Substantial array of mostly Golden Era cards with lots of attractive topographicals including Suburbans and early Rose or similar real photo types, good range of government-issue 'Garden State' cards, etc, condition variable but much is fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg.  (500 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$800



Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 950

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1256
Symbol:C

VICTORIA: Selection with eight Post Offices, some better suburbans & town views, Niven 'CLIFTON SPRINGS HOTEL' (soiled), 1904 '...English Eleven at Play' (MCG, unused), a few real photo types including 'Market Street, Melbourne' (rare) & 'Entrance to Railway Station/Kyabram', etc, most are fine used.  (60 approx) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 160.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 160

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:1257
Symbol:C

VICTORIA: Mostly Rose series real photo types of San Remo x14 including the wharf, fishing fleet, suspension bridge to Phillip Island, etc, and Wonthaggi x4, generally fine to very fine unused. [Gippsland]

Grade A/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-21-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75


Badges & Medallions
image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3344
Symbol:

Ex-retailer's stock  with some better items including Australia 1867 HMS Galatea/Prince Alfred medal Carlisle 1867/1 (47mm white metal) x2 one holed, 'Ballarat Juvenile Exhibition 1890-91' (20mm), 1911 Federal Gas Employees Industrial Union badge, 1965 Eighth Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress enamel badge, 1969 Numismatic Association of Victoria Ross & Keith Smith 50th Anniversary; Great Britain 'The International Exhibition of 1862' (53mm white metal); plus some miltary hat badges and pins, condition variable.  (80+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400



Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3345
Symbol:

Police and Prison badges mostly from South Africa including 1904-13 Mounted Police, 1913-26, and 1926-31 Police helmet plates, 1940s Ministry of Civil Aviation Constabulary, Prisons Service, Police Reserve, plus Police shoulder flashes including Riot Squad; also Great Britain with 1890 Wolverhampton Consabulary, various KEVII-QEII period H.M.Prisons badges, Special Constabulary, Scotland WWI Special Constable, and Palestine 1946 circa Police cap badge. Retail $1800+.  (50) (Image1)

Estimate AU$600



Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 625

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3346
Symbol:

GREAT BRITAIN: 1960s-70s Nationalist enamel badges 'ENOCH POWELL WAS RIGHT', 'SAY NO TO ASYLUM', 'DONT UNPACK/YOURE GOING BACK', 'ASYLUM/ENOUGH IS ENOUGH', 'SAY NO TO ASYLUM'; plus South Africa Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (Afrikaner Resistance Movement) pin badge & 1960s Young South Africa League silver badge.  (7) (Image1)

Estimate AU$120



Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 90.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 90

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3347
Symbol:

SOUTH AFRICA: 1900 (circa) Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 'S.P.C.A/SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER/ APPOINTED/Sub Act.3.1897./CAPE OF GOOD HOPE', reverse engraved 'W.FINCH./LATE CAPt 9th K.R.R.' (rare); plus 'RHINO/BIG FIVE RUN/WALK FOR WILDLIFE' enamel badge.  (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$160



Opening AU$ 125.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 135

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3348
Symbol:

SOUTH AFRICA: Transport group including QV period Station Master, Train Conductor, Ticket Inspector, Railway Shunters Armband (brass), Railway Police cap & collar badges, Motor Lorry Driver Johannesburg, Public Service Vehicle badges (2), GPO cap and collar badge, etc; also Great Britain bus Conductor's and Inspector's badge, Postmens Badges (2), plus Metropolitan Police Traffic Warden's badges (2).  (18) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 200.00
Sold...AU$ 200.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 200


Banknotes
image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3231
Symbol:

1929 (14 March) 50 Francs Pick 9Bc, 'BANQUE DE L'AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE', serial 'F.230 203', obv. Elephants and tree, sunrise over ocean and steamship, Watermark Lion head, staple holes and light folds, gFine. Scarce. (Image1)

Estimate AU$120



Opening AU$ 90.00
Sold...AU$ 125.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 125

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3232
Symbol:

2016 100 lari Pick 80 serial 'AA11095876' rev, Opera House Tbilisi, Uncirculated. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3263
Symbol:

Box containing 1979-84 1 dinar, 5d P60, 1986 25 dinar P73, 1992-95 5d, 50d, & 100 dinar Lithos, 2002 10,000d P89, 2003 50 dinars P90 x145 (x106 Unc), 250d P91 x16, 1000d P93 x4, 5000d P94a, 10,000d P95a, and P95b x4; plus Timor circulated group (6); condition variable.  (200+) (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 170.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 300

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3265
Symbol:

2006 (AH1427) 50 dinars Pick 38c, King Abdullah II, rev, Raghadan Palace, Uncirculated. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3266
Symbol:

2013 20,000 tengé Pick 46 serial 'AA5848671' obv, Kazakh Monument, flag and doves, Uncirculated. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100



Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 75

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3285
Symbol:

1979 50 pence Pick 5 ANGLIAE correctly spelled x2, and 1985 £10 P8b consecutive pair serials 'P/1 298119'-120', all Uncirculated, Cat $US340 (2018).  (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 150

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3287
Symbol:

1970s-1990 group comprising $1 x6 (2 types), $2 x3 (2 types), 1979 $20 Concorde reverse (VF), and 1990 $50 25th Anniversary of Independence polymer P30 With Overprinted Date, and P31 Without Overprinted Date, all Unc (ex $20).  (12) (Image1)

Estimate AU$150



Opening AU$ 135.00
Sold...AU$ 135.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 135

image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3288
Symbol:

1976-79 Birds $1 Black-Naped Tern, $5 Red-Whiskered Bulbul P9-10, $10 White-Collared Kingfisher P11a, $20 Yellow Breasted Sunbird P12 rev. Concorde, all Uncirculated.  (4) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200



Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 170

Bullion & Precious Metals
image Sale No: 256
Lot No:3024
Symbol:

Australian Bullion Co Pty Ltd ½ kilo silver bar stamped 'ABC/500.0/9998 SILVER'. (Image1)

Estimate AU$500



Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00


Closed..May-23-2024, 20:00:00 EST
Sold For 625


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