Handy selections from ACT x26 mostly 1940s & 1950s including Mount Stromlo Observatory group, Cotter Dam, US Embassy, etc; NT x32 mostly 1950s to 1970s including Albert Namatjira group & Cyclone Tracy group; and Western Australia x24 including Murray, Valentine & Royal real photo types; generally fine to superb & mostly unused.
(Qty 82) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Nov-21-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 3
Lot No:2498
Symbol:C
Raphael Tuck 'Oilettes 'AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING' set (?) of 6 scenes by AH Fullwood, unused.
(Qty 6)
ABORIGINES: Mostly real photograph cards including 'THE INMA DANCERS' (topless maidens) x2 from different Trans-Australian Railway series, Corroboree x2, warriors throwing boomerang or spear, man making fire, etc, fine to very fine unused.
(Qty 10)
GOLD MINING: Group with VSM 'Hydraulic Sluicing/Emerald near Gembrook' (a terrific shot), Kerry 'Mining Life - A General Store' festooned with advertising, Harding & Billing 'Gold Getting - Trying a Prospect', also 'PROSPECTOR'S CAMP, FAR NORTH, SOUTH AUST', 'GOLD MINERS CAMP, GOLDSBORO' [sic: = Goldsborough Vic], 'Off to the Rush' in a bullock cart, 'PANNING OUT' and 'A PROSPECTOR'S HUT', fine used or unused.
(Qty 8)
RAILWAYS: Steam locomotives, trains & stations noted Qld Toowoomba 'Spring Bluff' & 'Sydney Mail', SA Clare, Glenelg, Mt Lofty x2 different, Tas Mount Lyell (mining), Vic Castlemaine, Echuca 'Murray Bridge', Flinders Street 'Southern Mail', Gembrook, Monbulk, South Yarra 'Train Passing Through Flood Waters', etc, plus Trams Victor Harbor 'Old Horse Tram', Hobart with 'Wolfes Schnapps' advertising, Ballarat, Bendigo, etc, mostly fine.
(Qty 27) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Nov-21-2020, 22:00:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 3
Lot No:2502
Symbol:C
Cat No:Collection
WOOL INDUSTRY: Attractive group with sheep on the land x3, sale yards x2, shearing x4, carting x2, sorting & wool stores x3. Excellent subject.
(Qty 14)
Early Divided Back advertising cards for 'HOTEL MANSION/BAYSWATER ROAD, SYDNEY' (unused), 'COMO HOTEL, COMO, GEORGE'S RIVER' in blue with tourist attractions and railway timetables on the address side (unused), and 'FRONT PORTION OF J RICHARDSON & CO'S PREMISES AT ARMIDALE' (private use inder cover by a member of their staff). Lovely trio.
(Qty 3)
Broken Hill: Two different views of the Railway Station, seven mining views including NSW 1½d Postal Card (stained on the address side) and two photos on one card of the major dust storm on 15.12.1907, five are real photograph cards, a few problems.
(Qty 10)
Byron Bay: c.1910 real photograph cards of 'BYRON BAY JETTY BY MOONLIGHT', 'CAPE BYRON LIGHT HOUSE', and two Best Wishes multiviews both featuring the lighthouse, unused.
(Qty 4)
Jenolan Caves: Kerry & Co Series 76 set of 12 cards of the major attractions within the cave complex, unused but endorsed in pencil with the date on which the various sights were visited, plus the black/green envelope (above-average).
(Qty 12 + envelope)
Jenolan Caves: Kerry & Co Series 79 set of 12 cards of the environs & entrance to the Caves, unused but endorsed in pencil with the date on which the various sights were visited, plus the black/green envelope (faults but presentable).
(Qty 12 + envelope)
Jenolan Caves: Kerry & Co Series 85 'River Cave' set of 12 cards of the major attractions, unused but endorsed in pencil with the date on which the various sights were visited, plus the black/buff envelope (above-average).
(Qty 12 + envelope)
Manildra: Flour Mill & Flour Bags Storage Shed real photograph postcard by ADH Greenwich with printed advertising for 'WORRALL BROS. celebrated granular "Gem of the West Flour"' on face, unused, couple of minor blemishes on back.
Narrabeen: c.1920 real photograph card of 'FURLOUGH HOUSE/NARRABEEN NSW' showing groups of adults & children outside the accommodation, unused. [Furlough House, as the name suggests, was an establishment where the wives & children of active servicemen could have a holiday. It is now an aged care facility]
Richmond River: 'TEAK LOG, RICHMOND RIVER' 1907 (circa) real photograph postcard by Fergusson (Sydney) picturing a pile of massive logs and another loaded aboard a horse-drawn timber jinker & dwarfing the children who have hopped on the back for the photo, a timber worker with a two-man cross-cut saw stands alongside, used at 'LISMORE'. A ripper!
Sydney: 1904 Graphic Series giant panoramic card (245x135mm) 'CIRCULAR QUAY...showing Mail Steamers, P&O, Messageries Maritimes, Orient-Pacific, American and Nord-Deutscher Lloyd Lines' to New Zealand with 1d pair & 2d tied by Sydney duplex, a bit soiled/stained but remarkably unfolded. [Intended to be sent as Printed Matter for 1d but the message exceeds the 5 words limit so paid at 2d letter rate per ½oz x2!]
Sydney: 1904 Graphic Series 3-panel panoramic card 'ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SHOW SYDNEY' being a full-width view of the main arena with numerous horses and cattle, 100s of onlookers & legible advertising signs, used Sydney to Adelaide, very minor blemishes.
Sydney: 1907 advertising card for Grace Bros Department Stores showing signage for Wheeler & Wilson Mfg Co Show Rooms & Sewing Machines, miscut with Grace Bros imprint at the top largely omitted, used to 'CROOKWELL' with arrival cds.
Yamba: c.1908 real photograph card of a wood-sawing competition with teams of two attacking fearsome logs with their cross-cut saws, used at 'YAMBA/NSW'. Terrific photograph.
Selected cards including vignette views & undivided backs, Zieher-type 'Stamps' with inset view of Queen Street, Dalby 'Cunningham Street' with Post Office, Dunk Island, Gladstone 'Gathering Oysters', Gympie 'Jones' Hill Waterworks Pumping Station', Killarney Post Office, Magnetic Island 'Huts, Picnic Bay', Mareeba Post Office, Mount Morgan 'Steam Shovel' in mine, 'Lakes Creek Meat Works' & 'Boys State School' real photo, Stanthorpe Main Street, Thursday Island group (6) including Grand Hotel, Jetty with shipping, Township colour view & real photo and Quetta Cathedral outside & interior, Thurgoona 'No11 Bore ... 93,120 Gal daily', Toowoomba 'Masonic Hall' & 'Convent' real photographs, Townsville Queen's Hotel, Warwick Langham Hotel, etc, lots of street scenes & shopfronts, a few used, a couple with minor blemishes but mostly fine.
(Qty 80+)
Brisbane: 1911 Map of Australia with Statistics overprinted on the address side with portraits of KGV & Queen Mary as used for the Commonwealth 1d Coronation Postal Cards over 'WITH THE COMPLIMENTS/OF THE BRISBANE CITY COUNCIL/HJ DIDDAMS/MAYOR', unused. A key reference piece for collectors of Australian postal stationery.
Childers: 1912 real photograph card of E Finke's General Store, to GB with 1d tied by 'CHILDERS' cds, very minor imperfections. [The writer states "[This is] our grocer at Doolbe [?] Flat...our next door neighbour on the trap, and Finke on the verandah..."]
Adelaide: GL Mueller (Adelaide) black/blue 'Adelaide Oval with Adelaide in the distance', to Germany with 2d tied by 'ANGASTON/AP10/00/SA' squared-circle. A very scarce pre-1901 Australian card.
Morgan: 1909 real photograph postcard of a large crowd attending what looks like a funeral but is identified by the sender as "...the Foundation Stone laying", 1d tied by 'MORGAN' squared-circle, minor blemishes.