AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS AUSTRALIAN PICTURE POSTCARDS
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1496
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Accumulation with NSW (121), South Australia (63), Victoria (37), Tasmania (25) other Australia (11) & AAT (3), mainly Fair/Fine.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1497
Symbol: C
Group of better cards including 1910 'W Sandford Ltd Blast Furnace/Lithgow...' (apparently the Opening Ceremony), GB Good (Kilmore) 'Kilmore Waterworks', 'Maffra Sugar Beet Factory', 'Narrow Gauge Rly Gembrook' (workers on hand-trolleys), 'Figure 8 St Kilda' (roller-coaster), real photo types 'Seymour in Flood Aug 14-15' (old jalopy being driven through floodwaters) & 'Post Office Tenterfield', 'OBI/(Adelaide)/ Gymnasium/ Teaching/Staff', Tuck's advertising card for 'Hotel Esplanade Perth WA/...' (hotel & lawn bowls), 'Landing Place, Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island', etc, also better Theatre cards by Kelly (Bendigo), Nuttall x3, Talma, Tesla (Prahran) & VSM (Royal Grand Opera Co of Australasia), generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1498
Symbol: C
Small box with better cards including 1908 Visit of US Fleet chromolithos x3, 1914 HMAS 'Sydney' after "capturing" the 'Emden', VSM stamps cards with inset views x3, a few advertising cards including for 'MacRobertson's Mammoth All Round Australia Expedition 1928', Radio Station 2KY and 'Refreshment Kiosk/...at Springvale Necropolis', Melbourne suburbans, Opening of George Bridge (Launceston), Pearling at Broome x2, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(100 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1499
Symbol: C
Early group with strength in Victoria including Undivided Backs x12, several each of Ballarat & Mornington Peninsula, beauty spots including waterfalls, several Australiana etc, most are fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1500
Symbol: C
Attractive batch of 1901-04 Undivided Backs strongest in Victoria including from several Robert Jolley series notably 1901 Royal Visit x2 and Jolleys from South Australia & Tasmania, advertising shipping card for Howard Smith Co Ltd, etc, condition rather mixed including soiling & stamps removed but all are presentable to fine.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1501
Symbol: C
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY: 1911 group of real photo cards on Kodak stock (six by Howard & Shearsby at Yass) for Opening of the Duntroon Military College including a marvellous group photo of the Governor-General Lord Dudley with his staff & military officers, other shots of the 'township' x3, the College, the Commandant's Residence, barracks x3, the flooded parade ground (!), Mount Ainslie and 'Cotter River Federal Territory', mostly with ink notations on the reverse otherwise very fine to superb unused.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1502
Symbol: C
NEW SOUTH WALES: Sydney & Environs collection with plenty of Golden Age cards including at least 15 Undivided Backs notably 1901 Links of Empire and a beautiful chromolitho, many real photo and photo-mechanical cards, strong Sydney Harbour Bridge selection, numerous unusual streetscapes and Harbour views, some Blue Mountains, Fullwood artist cards x13, VSM 'stamp cards' with views x4, 1908 Visit of the American Fleet group including NSW 1d Postal Card & Commonwealth unstamped 'TO/SYDNEY', 1918 Peace Celebrations x3, 1920 Royal Visit x2, several advertising cards including for Mark Foy's, etc, some postal history content including to unusual destinations & some with Postage Dues, postmark interest including 'SCOTTS FLAT' x2, generally fine to very fine unused or used.
(400+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1250
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1503
Symbol: C
NEW SOUTH WALES: Collection in three albums with strong sections of Sydney CBD, the National Park and the Blue Mountains with a preponderance of waterfalls and other beauty spots, some real photo cards & likely to be a good number of Undivided Backs, a small number from other States, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
(500 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 220.00
Sold...AU$ 220.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 220
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1504
Symbol: C
QUEENSLAND: Thursday Island real photo cards with three different panoramas and views of Main Street, Victoria Parade & Douglas Street (a colotype), two used (one under cover, the other with the stamp neatly removed) and four unused (one with light toning on the reverse). Very scarce cards.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1505
Symbol: C
QUEENSLAND: 1915 Panama-Pacific Exhibition 'semi-official' cards with 'AJ Cumming Govt Printer' imprint comprising 'Cattle on Tamrookum Lagoon...' (very late 1943 usage in America), 'Examining Tobacco leaf...' (very scarce 1915 usage in the United States), 'Executive Bldgs...', 'Paw-Paws...', 'Queensland Blue Grass...' (horses) and 'View of Parade, Rockhampton Show 1913', the last four are unused.
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Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1506
Symbol: C
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: circa 1910 FW Niven (Melbourne) advertising cards 'Burlington House Ltd' & 'Queen's Arms Hotel' both with onlookers & both used, and 'Peach Tree/...Kahurangi Orchard/...' (unused), minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1507
Symbol: C
SOUTH AUSTRALIA: circa 1910 FW Niven (Melbourne) four different for AE Pitts, Kahurangi Orchard, Felixstowe comprising 'Eastern View' (superb), 'The Largest Mulberry Tree in Australasia...' (minor blemishes), 'Beurre Capimont Pear Tree/...' (used; stamp removed) and 'Peach Tree/...' (superb), unused. Delightful cards.
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Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1508
Symbol: C
TASMANIA: Attractive group including advertising cards for Howard Hotel (Hobart), Picnic Hotel (Huonville) & Bush Hotel (New Norfolk), several Beattie or Walch views, two Undivided Backs, etc, fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1509
Symbol: C
TASMANIA: Unsorted mostly Golden Age cards in a massive album with streetscapes, beauty spots, Port Arthur selection, Trams, Bridges, Parks, etc, numerous attractive cards including the odd real photo type & a group of Mount Lyall Railway artist cards, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(400+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 675.00
Sold...AU$ 900.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1510
Symbol: C
TASMANIA: circa 1910 FW Niven (Melbourne) 'Post and Telegraph/Office/Scottsdale...' with customers on the porch (superb) and 'Drawing Room/Park View Private Boarding Establishment/...Launceston' (minor blemishes), unused.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1511
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: Golden Age suburbans with a real photo Box Hill multi-view, Diamond Creek x2, Frankston (court-size), Greensborough, Malvern, Mordialloc, Moorabbin & South Melbourne, some soiling, unused. Very scarce group.
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Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1512
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: Selection of better cards including 'Stack Building/Werribee', 'State Mine & Official Camp, Wonthaggi', 'Saw-mill on Great Southern Tin Mine', 'Miners Camp, Powlett', 'Bottom of Tunnel Shaft/4000 Feet Down', Fire Brigade x4, real photo 'State School/Blackwood No 24' and a few others, generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1513
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: Melbourne Views from paintings by ST Gill comprising complete sets of 12 unframed & in decorative frame, very fine & all but one unused.
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Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1514
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: Mostly Golden Age Post Offices including Bacchus Marsh, Broadford (horses & cart on the street), Charlton, Dandenong (lady in a buggy), Daylesford, Drouin, Dunolly, Elsternwick, Footscray, Heidelberg, Kilmore, Koroit, Maffra, Morwell, Numurkah, Rochester (with staff & two messenger boys), St Arnaud, Swan Hill, Traralgon, Warracknabeal, Warragul, Wycheproof (at peak hour) etc, a couple are real photo types & several are photo-mechanical types, about half a dozen Valentine or similar types, fine to very fine used or used. A very good lot, highlighting the many styles of post office buildings.
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Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1515
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: 1910 (circa) FW Niven & Co 'Council Club Hotel/Castlemaine/MA Aitken, Proprietor', used under cover. Gorgeous. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1516
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: Dandenong group comprising early Divided Backs x6, Valentine x3 including sepia 'Lonsdale Street looking South' & 1950s Rose x2, mostly fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1517
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: Set (?) of Diamond Creek cards by an anonymous publisher including Panoramas x4 & 'Diamond Creek Mine', very fine unused.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1518
Symbol: C
VICTORIA: Xavier College (Kew) multiviews JRS chromolitho (blemishes) and Studios Ltd 1928 photo-mechanical card for the school's Golden Jubilee Memorial (minor blemishes), unused.
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Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Subjects
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1519
Symbol: C
ADVERTISING: Victorian group including Tarrant Car, Schnabel Engineering School, Philips Lamps, Suttons' Music Warehouse, Wertheim Pianos, 'The Scarlet Pimpernel', Lyric Theatre, Emu Brandy & Burgundies, ANA Sewing Machines, Hawkes Bros Hardware (Beaufort), Sunshine Harvester, Thos Evans Tent Maker, Sutton's Pedigree Seeds, Spencer's Old White Hart Hotel, Mack's Hotel (Geelong), Hotel Dromana, Strand Hotel (Williamstown), The Australian Hotel, Carlyon's Hotel, The Palms Tea Rooms, Whitehall Guest House (Sorrento), and 2½-card size for Zercho's Business Colleges, some soiling & minor imperfections. A very desirable group.
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Estimate AU$750
Opening AU$ 575.00
Sold...AU$ 575.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 575
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1520
Symbol: C
ADVERTISING: Building Products Wunderlich metal ceilings & asbestos-cement roofing x9 (one with two filing holes), Mills Scaffolds x2 and Pabco Roofing (Ballarat). Attractive.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1521
Symbol: C
ADVERTISING: Farming machinery Sunshine Harvester (Vic) x4, International Harvester x2 (used under cover), Buncle & Son (Vic) and Deering Binder (NSW), unused.
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Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1522
Symbol: C
ADVERTISING: Tye's Home Furnishings (Melbourne) home interiors x3, Melbourne views x3, Queensland view and 1907 'Tye's Invitation Concert'.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1523
Symbol: C
ADVERTISING: NSW group including for department stores Mark Foy's, Gowing Bros and Anthony Horderns, Katoomba guest houses The Burlington multi-view and Belfast House, products Burford's Candles, SAP Rabbit Poison, ABC Ltd Wedding Cakes, Continental Tyres, Clifford Love Corn Flower, Smythers' Scotch Whisky x2 and WA Taylor's Saddlery, services T&G Insurance, Kilner Ferns & Co Carriers, etc, others from South Australia x4 & Queensland, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Social history gold.
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Estimate AU$1,250
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1524
Symbol: C
ADVERTISING: 1930s promotional group for Melbourne radio stations 3LO (ABC) x8 (all but one with facsimile autographs), 3AR Community Singing multi-view and 3DB, some minor blemishes.
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Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1525
Symbol: C
AUSTRALIANA: Album with all manner of Aussie subjects including Swagmen, Mining, Rural Life, Timber-Cutting, Patriotics, etc, very attractive Marlborough Art Series 'Hands Across the Sea' types with photographic vignettes x10, an array of novelty cards mostly with a gumleaf attached, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(200 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Jun-24-2025, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 260
Lot No: 1526
Symbol: C
PROPAGANDA: 1915 Empire Day multi-view oozing with Royal symbolism, endorsed to a student at Kellalac School (Vic) otherwise unused. A super card. (Image1)
