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Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

432

ITALIAN COLONIES: Terrific collection of mostly real photo types from Ethiopia Eritrea & Somaliland with numerous ethnic studies including costumes, customs, agriculture, occupations, housing etc, also Colonial buildings & administrators, a few Map cards, generally very fine to superb. By far the best East Africa offering we have had. (300+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

433

ITALY: Wide-ranging mostly pre-WWII collection with numerous Undivided Backs including Saluti (= Gruss aus) cards, a wide array of artist cards including advertising, a quantity of real photo types, topographicals galore from ancient/medieval cities & monuments to 1930s tourist views and tiny towns to marvellous streetscapes with good sections of Naples, Florence, Capri, Sorrento, Ventimiglia and a special section of Venice x100+, also Occupations & Costumes, Summer & Winter Sports, Disasters including Messina Earthquake x11 & Flooding in Venice, Humour & Children, etc etc, generally fine to very fine & some are superb. (900 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39)

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Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

434

ITALY: Mostly pre-WWII advertising PPCs & postcard-size trade cards for a wide range of products & companies from traditional foods to La Dolce Vita, trade & philatelic exhibitions, hotels & clothing, etc, includes Prestito Nazionale types x12 & Toselli scenic types x26, most are artist cards with numerous beautiful illustrations in a variety of styles including Art Nouveau and Art Deco, some postally used, generally very fine to superb. (150 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16)

Estimate AU$600

SOLD for AU$460.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

435

ITALY: World War I assortment with patriotic themes, flags & uniforms, humour, beautiful regimental types etc, many artist cards including Art Nouveau and SEM (Milano) charcoal anti-war cards, many real photo types including portraits of soldiers & officers, manoeuveurs & munitions, executions etc, also military cemeteries x36 in foldout packets I to III, generally fine to very fine & mostly unused. (170 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

Estimate AU$750

SOLD for AU$575.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

436

ITALY: Excellent World War II collection with lots of propaganda and patriotic types, plenty of 'Hitler-is-our-dear-friend' & 'God-is-on-our-side' imagery, most are artist cards with a strong Art Deco flavour, also real photo types of soldiers & officers, aeroplanes in action & being serviced, RRMM warships x28 (one with Green Printing Omitted), etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. (240 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22)

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Estimate AU$1,000

SOLD for AU$750.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

437

ITALY: Benito Mussolini's Cult of Personality showing Il Duce as a man of the people & on horseback a la Vladimir Putin, many of his fantastical neo-classical Foro Mussolini sporting arena (renamed Foro Italico after the war & used in 1960 for the Olympic Games), others with his infamous quotations some in combination with ironic & chilling illustrations, many real photo types & artist cards, generally very fine to superb. (96) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

438

ITALY: Box of artist cards from Romance & Glamour to Children & Caricatures, from Military Themes to Topographicals, from Schmaltz to La Dolce Vita, numerous beautiful images with some Art Nouveau & Art Deco types, some advertising including a wallet of 20 cards for Pastiglie Valda, 1911 Turin Exposition x12, perhaps 20% are Old Masters and Classical Statuary, generally fine to very fine. (300+) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

439

ITALY: Gorgeous collection of post-WWII cards with a wonderful array of reproductions of classic artist cards/posters including advertising, fashion, La Dolce Vita, military themes & propaganda, Marconi Radio group, aircraft & ships, Gruss aus etc, plus modern subjects many of which are presented in pre-WWII styles including events & commemorations plus real photo types including Alitalia planes, racing cars, lifestyle, etc, generally superb. A glowing tribute to Italian art & design. (400 approx)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$220.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

440

JAPAN: Beguiling collection with beautiful artist cards x15 of which half have inset photos mostly of NYK ships; military group with Russo-Japanese War Undivided Backs x11 plus later commemorations x6, WWI German POW camps x9 including playing soccer, Japanese Occupations of Manchuria x4, Korea & Taiwan (Ami Tribe) x12; Italian & Belgian Mission cards x9 including Ainu People x4; post-WWII Allied Occupation x3; many other better subjects including Japanese culture & traditions, housing, agriculture & industry; etc, generally fine to very fine. (160 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

441

JAPAN: Gorgeous group of principally commemorative issues including Russo-Japanese War & other military subjects x10, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) Ships x4, 1908 Visit of the Great White Fleet x2, Railways x2, etc, all but three with artistic/stylised frames & some with high-quality feature embossing, most with related datestamps including four with 'datestamps' impressed in silver, a couple with corner marks from an old album otherwise very fine to superb. Aesthetically, cards of this genre are among the most attractive &/or best produced from any country in any period. (23)

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Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

442

JAPAN: Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) beautiful artist cards of ships x6 or with various ship vignettes x17 & one other, plus a colourful but irrelevant 1930s luggage label. (25)

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Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

443

LATIN AMERICA: Engaging collection with a high proportion of real photo cards from Argentina x26, Chile x5, Cuba x23, Panama Republic x30 & Canal Zone x15, Puerto Rico x21, Uruguay x6 & Venezuela x5, numerous indigenous subjects, generally very fine to superb. (150 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

444

MEXICO: Mostly 1930s to 1950s cards of which about half are real photo types many with plain backs (proofs?), about 25% are American-style 'linens', some earlier including 1912 Mexican Revolution, numerous ethnic subjects including costumes, housing & occupations, generally very fine to superb and mostly unused. (250 approx) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14)

Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

445

NETHERLANDS INDIES: Batch of mostly real photo cards including many proofs with blank backs from the late-Dutch colonial period with many of a Dutch school sports day with races, parents & presentations plus early Indonesia including several of a reception with President & Mrs Sukarno, also a few commercial cards, very fine to superb. Important social history. (60)

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Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

446

NEW ZEALAND: Small box with better cards including many Undivided Backs & several real photo types, Maori subjects x20+ including portraits of chiefs x7, condition variable with about half having varying degrees of adhesion on the reverse. (123) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$260.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

447

NEW ZEALAND: Group of real photo cards of earthquake damage at Greymouth x5, Kaikoura x2, Murchison x4 & Nelson x5, very fine to superb unused. (16)

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Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

448

OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Attractive selection from Undivided Backs to 1920s & a few later (49); plus Baghdad x2, Beirut & Mecca; condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (53) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18)

Estimate AU$250

SOLD for AU$190.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

449

OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Pre-WWI Ottoman Empire group mostly unused including JMF coloured oval views in brown frames x25 different, etc, generally fine to very fine. (34)

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Estimate AU$120

SOLD for AU$90.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

450

OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Attractive group mostly of Constantinople/Istanbul including real photo views along the Bosphorus, Mosques & cemeteries, military revue, several artist cards, etc, also Cilicia x15, Smyrna x6 and a few Syria, generally fine to very fine. (66) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

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Estimate AU$400

SOLD for AU$300.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM

451

OTTOMAN EMPIRE: French Missions des Capucines cards of Mesopotamia x10 (one a and Armenia x7 British Church Missionary Soceity card) mostly of people's way of life, most are fine to very fine. (17) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Jun-27, 08:00 PM