AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1518
Symbol: C
Original oldtime family collection with a quality group from Victoria including a 1908 court-size but divided back card "...Kerang/National Bank', 1908 Maypole Dancing (at Bendigo?), several real photo types with women playing croquet, c.1910 Empire Day at Beringa School & 'Frankston Rd, Chelsea...', a couple of better 1908 Visit of the US Fleet cards; useful oddments from other States & some Australiana; also Britain including small villages & a nice range from Cornwall, Scotland with Perth group including 1911 Coronation Procession, 1916 Irish Rebellion x2 etc; condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
(250 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 500.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1519
Symbol: C
Small box of mostly Golden Age cards from NSW x34 (including Dibley's Parramatta x8), South Australia x30 (including 1909 Port Pirie real photo multiview of six pioneer scenes), Tasmania x7, Victoria x6 & Western Australia x4 (including 1909 Wreck of SS 'Pericles'), then Australiana x4 including of the 'Tantanoola Tiger', KGV 1d Letter Card with scarce 'BILLABONG' view, plus World cards including Japanese NYK Shipping Line x5 (gorgeous), Italy USA & Canada etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
(160 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 700.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 700
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1520
Symbol: C
Mostly mounted selection with strength in Victoria including real photo cards & two early Walhalla types, also attractive nostalgic Rose views, Trams, good range from South Australia including VSM "stamps" cards with inset views of Adelaide x4, Western Australia WA 'Trafalga [sic] VFB 1909' (= Volunteer Fire Brigade), attractive Australiana, etc, WWI views & soldiers, novelty types & several "wallets", generally fine to very fine.
(200, + moderns) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1521
Symbol: CPS
Small batch of Undivided Backs from Western Australia published by Austral Stores x8 & Western Mail x2, others from NSW ('The Builders' Exchange' advertising card), Queensland, South Australia x2 (Austral or Stengel & Co Dresden), Tasmania x4 (Birchall & Sons, Mrs J Nolan and 'Victoria Clock Souvenir) and Victoria x3 (Robert Jolley x2 & anonymous 'Produce Markets, Flinders Street'), fine to very fine.
(20) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1522
Symbol: C
Selections from Queensland x22, South Australia x34 and Tasmania x49 mostly topographicals with many better views plus a few scenic Letter Cards, generally fine to very fine.
(105) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1523
Symbol: C
Small box with many better cards including a lovely batch of mostly Talma theatre types including some we haven't seen before, lots of Australiana including police, military, patriotic, children, humour & advertising etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
(140 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1524
Symbol: C
NEW SOUTH WALES: Large bundle of mostly topographicals with Sydney including unusual aspects, harbour views & a few suburbans, country towns including 'Governor Rawson's Vist to Temora' etc, includes several Gold Medal Series cards, most are fine to very fine.
(106) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 260.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 260
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1525
Symbol: C
NEW SOUTH WALES: Sydney Harbour bundle of pre-1960s cards illustrating the grandeur & beauty of one of Australia's most iconic natural features including bayside suburbs, ferries, attractions, wharves etc and, of course, a fine selection of Sydney Harbour Bridge cards including several of different construction phases, generally fine to very fine. "Makes ya' proud to be an Aussie!"
(200 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1526
Symbol: C
QUEENSLAND: 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition (San Francisco) mostly rural views, each with a small ink-mark on the reverse otherwise very fine to superb.
(11) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1527
Symbol: C
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Large bundle of mostly topographicals including streetscapes, small towns, churches & schools, botanic/botanical gardens, rivers & coastal scenes, etc, variable but many are fine.
(200 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 440.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1528
Symbol: C
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Kangaroo Island group featuring ships & jetties at Hog Bay x3 (one a real photo type) or Kingscote x7, 1910 real photo Penneshaw multi-view card, and ship "portraits" of 'Karatta' & 'Troubridge', very fine.
(13) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1529
Symbol: C
TASMANIA: Box of mostly Golden Age topographicals including a few real photo types, many by Beattie and Spurling plus local publishers & several Mount Lyell Railway artist cards, mostly used with plenty of postmark interest on Pictorials, generally fine to very fine.
(150+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,600.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1600
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1530
Symbol: C
TASMANIA: Mounted collection of cards (116) from the East & North-East of the State mostly topographicals with lots of beauty spots, towns, mining including 1908 Franco British Exhibition 'Hydraulic Tin-Sluicing', 1950s Rose group & a 1906 advertising card for a guest house at Scamander; plus probably 150+ modern tourist PPCs of the same region.
(270 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 725.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1531
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: Excellent array with many unusual city aspects, numerous suburban subjects, rural towns & villages, post offices, mining, guesthouses, railway stations, coastal & alpine scenery, events etc, numerous excellent Rose cards, generally fine to very fine.
(300+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1532
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: The Grampians (Gariwerd) intriguing 1950s group of mostly real photo cards taken by tourists including of their companions scrambling all over the unusual rock formations, plus Rose photo-mechanical cards highlighting the dramatic landscape, and of tourist facilities, Halls Gap, Lake Wartook etc, and a Halls Gap ham radio card, generally very fine.
(75) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1533
Symbol: C
WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Batch of mostly topographicals principally of Perth including unusual aspects & a few suburbans, KGV 1d Letter Card 'MURRAY RIVER - WEST AUST', etc, most are fine to very fine.
(49) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 480
Subjects
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1534
Symbol: C/D
1908 VISIT OF THE AMERICAN FLEET: Mounted group including Victoria 'Garden State' set of 12 & 1½d Postal Card, various Welcome types, Fleet entering Sydney Harbour x2, a couple of real photo types, advertising including 'Princes Bridge Glaciarium' trade card, etc, includes a few we haven't seen before, condition variable. Also the attractive 12pp Official Programme for the Visit to Auckland.(creased).
(26 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1535
Symbol: C
MILITARY: Annotated batch of mostly WWI cards a few real photo types of Victorian Camps including a marvellous shot of 200 or so horses IN Lake Burrumbeet !, Gallipoli, Submarine 'A2' with Officers on the conning tower, Middle East, naval ships, patriotic "silks" including a beautiful 'LONG LIVE/THE ALLIES' with Aussie Coat of Arms & Flag, Western Front, Victory etc, also some ephemera and postal history including 1916 large parcel piece with complete ANZAC addressing label, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Ex Ron Lee.
(84 + extras) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1536
Symbol: C
RADIO & TELEVISION: Fascinating nostalgia group with 1930s illustrated PPCs for various radio stations including several 3LO types & multicolour advertising cards for 3UZ & 3XY, also trade cards for radio & early TV personalities, a few advertising envelopes & some ephemera, most are fine to very fine.
(52 items) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1537
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - AUSTRALIAN UNITED STEAMSHIP CO: Partly-annotated pre-WWII collection of mostly ship 'portraits' including unusual angles & interiors, many real photo & photo-mechanical types & beautiful artist cards including a menu letter card, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(162) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1538
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - BURNS PHILP: Australian coastal and Pacific Island trading vessels including 'Malaita', 'Marsina', 'Merkur', 'Montoro', 'Morinda' and 'Neptuna' all of which used ship cancels recorded on 1920s-1930s stamps of New Guinea & Papua, many other ships including those servicing the Dutch Indies & Singapore, generally fine to very fine.
(32) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 290.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 290
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1539
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - HOWARD SMITH LTD: Excellent pre-WWII array of mostly ship 'portraits' including many real photo or photo-mechanical types plus unusual editions in magenta or cyan, generally very fine.
(79) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1540
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - HUDDART PARKER: pre-1960 array of mostly ship 'portraits' many real photo or photo-mechanical cards, some New Zealand emissions reflecting the company's trans-Tasman operations, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine.
(126) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1541
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - McILWRAITH McEACHEARN: Mostly pre-WWII array of primarily ship 'portraits' including interiors, many real photo or photo-mechanical types, artist cards, a few faults but mostly fine to very fine.
(84) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1542
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - NORTH COAST STEAM NAVIGATION CO: Very scarce pre-WWII group of mostly real photo or photo-mechanical cards from local publishers, plus other NSW coastal/riverine lines, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(55) (Image1)
Estimate AU$450
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1543
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - TASMANIAN STEAMERS PTY LTD: Excellent group of mostly pre-1960 ship 'portraits' including issues for Whitehouse Bros and HJ Condon, plus ships in Tasmanian waters including on the Derwent, Gordon & Tamar Rivers, almost half are real photo or photo-mechanical types, generally fine to very fine. A scarce & desirable lot.
(80 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1544
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Balance of a huge collection with groups from Australian Commonwealth Line, Melbourne Steamship Co, Union Line and WA State Shipping Service, bundles from all States except Tasmania and including many non-Australian ships, numerous ferries & paddlesteamers from NSW SA & Victoria, some minor duplication plus 100+ spares from other lots, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(404) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 850.00
Sold...AU$ 850.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 850
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1545
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Disasters comprising 'Australian' off Wardang Island (1912), 'Bombala' on Salamander Reef Townsville (1920), 'Douglas Mawson' beached (where? c.1920), 'Eden Holme' on Hebe Reef Tasmania (1907), 'Elingamite' in New Zealand waters (1902; artist card), 'Kyarra' in British waters (1918; artist card), 'Leura' at Warrnambool (1912), 'Malabar' on Long Bay Reef NSW (1931) x2, 'Montebello' off Kangaroo Island (1906), 'Nambucca' at Nambucca Heads (1934), 'Orizaba' off Fremantle (1905), 'Patroclus' off Portland Vic (1907), and 'Tyalgum' at Tweed River (1939), eight are real photo types, condition variable.
(14) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 250.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1546
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Naval group with HMCS 'Protector' x2, HMAS 'Australia' x6, 1908 Visit of the US Fleet x3, WWI Troopships 'Borara', 'Canberra', 'Demosthenes', 'Geelong', 'Katoomba', 'Kyarra', 'Lucie Woermann', 'Makarini', 'Port Lincoln', 'Port Nicholson', 'Port Sydney', 'Ulimaroa' and ''Wiltshire', Hospital Ships 'Grantala', 'Kanowna' x2, 'Warialda' x4 & 'Western Australia', and a few others, includes real photos x18, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine including a few On Active Service usages.
(41) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1547
Symbol: C
THEATRE: Much better-than-average group of mostly Golden Age Australian cards - mainly Talma - featuring Actresses, an unusual number of Actors - notably an unsevered rouletted pair of Bland Holt - & some stage scenes, also some British cards (72); and some miscellaneous items x43 including an interesting Japanese group notably one of the kitschy "artist" cards postally used!, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. A very good lot.
(115) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1548
Symbol: C/L
WORLD WAR I: Annotated collection of troopship "portraits" x130 mostly pre-WWI editions but plenty captioned or identified as troopships including OAS usages, censored inscriptions & hospital ships, quite a number are real photo types, several from 1918-19 with returning troops, two with numerous soldiers' signatures across the views, plus a dozen WWII troopships, condition variable as should be expected but many are fine to very fine. Also undated 'Sea Transport of the AIF' for the Naval Transport Board (an excellent 186pp publication with fold-out diagrams: not previously seen by us). Ex Ron Lee.
(142 + book) (Image1)
