Carton of 'moderns' with strong content in Advertising, Entertainment, Propaganda, Charities & Causes, etc, some duplication, generally very fine to superb. Weighs 11kg.
(1000+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1570
Symbol: C
NOVELTY POSTCARDS: An extraordinary partly-mounted/annotated collection with many remarkable 'mechanical' cards with moving parts including tabs, wheels & cords, others with a wide array of appliqués including feathers, fabric, (human?) hair and a variety of early plastics, another group fashioned from metal, leather or wood, further three-dimensional novelties some up to 1cm thick, fold-out, panoramic & oversize cards, etc, generally fine to very fine but some damage as must be expected with such non-conforming items, most of which surely weren't really intended to pass through the mail...or were they? A very challenging collection to assemble and an opportunity to own something really different. Weighs 10kg.
(few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,000
Opening AU$ 750.00
Sold...AU$ 750.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1571
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - GREAT BRITAIN: Balance of mostly pre-1960s shipping lines collection in ten homemade albums or loose including Aberdeen Line x45, Blue Funnel x42, Booth x15, British India x45, Elder-Dempster x28, Furness (Bermuda) x27, RMSP x69, Shaw Savill x35, Union Castle x89, etc, mostly ship 'portraits' with many beautiful designs & advertising, condition variable but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 7kg.
(500+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1572
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - GREAT BRITAIN: Cunard pre-WWII partly-annotated collection of mostly artist cards including excellent advertising types, some inscribed 'Canadian Service' or 'Cunard White Star' after their merger in 1933, generally fine to very fine.
(144) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 675.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 675
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1573
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - GREAT BRITAIN: Orient Line and Orient-Pacific Line mostly pre-WWII array of mainly ship "portraits" plus colotype cards, much overt advertising including of interiors, earlier cards in variable condition, later are generally fine to very fine.
(147) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1574
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - GREAT BRITAIN: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co collection of mostly artist ship "portraits" with many beautiful designs, Undivided Backs & several Blue Anchor Line types, also 1907 leather-bound 'P&O/Post Card Souvenir No 1' booklet intact with 24 cards (very fine), plus many French editions, earlier cards variable then mostly fine to very fine.
(195) (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: 1575
Symbol: C
SHIPPING - GREAT BRITAIN: White Star pre-1933 collection of mostly artist ship "portraits" including the 'Titanic' x8 (one inscribed "the ill-fated American [sic] liner..."; one a 1950s Pamplin reprint; and modern Titanic Historical Society x3), etc, variable condition but mostly fine to very fine.
(121) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1576
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Excellent array of pre-WWII cards from numerous countries with many attractive artist cards including beautiful advertising types featuring "the biggest", "the fastest", "the most luxurious" etc, mostly coastal & oceanic passenger vessels plus some commercial and naval ships, many paddlesteamers, disaster cards of the 'Titanic' x2 (probably both actually of the 'Olympic'), 'Lusitania', 'Suevic', 'Star of Canada' and 'Eastland', etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine.
(800+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,750
Opening AU$ 1,350.00
Sold...AU$ 2,500.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 2500
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1577
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Seven cartons of loose cards with strength in 1950s-1970s material covering coastal vessels to car ferries, and infrastructure to ocean liners including many that brought 'Ten Pound Poms' & other migrants to Australia after WWII, also reproductions of shipping posters including superb Art Deco designs, 1993 'Loss of the Titanic' set of 32 featuring photos from the 1912 disaster, then a quantity of moderns with strong advertising content (and some very heavy duplication), mostly unused & generally fine to very fine. Estimated at a few cents per card. Weighs 75kg.
(10,000+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1578
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Extensive post-WWII partly annotated in homemade albums filling thirteen archive boxes, large sections of passenger liners featuring strong advertising content, also coastal vessels & an interesting array of merchant ships including many odd vessels, strength in 1950s-1960s cards plus Pamplin & similar reproductions of earlier cards including shipping posters etc, many are large-format European cards, condition variable but a high proportion are fine to very fine. Weighs 115kg.
(2500+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,250
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1579
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Canada partly-mounted collection of mostly Canadian Pacific vessels including coastal ships plus others from the Maritime Provinces & Newfoundland, generally fine to very fine.
(150+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 400.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1580
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: France mostly pre-1960 collection of ship "portraits" principally of trans-Atlantic vessels with many paquebots (mail boats), about one-third for Messageries Maritimes including several 1930s advertising types, etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine.
(320 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$450
Opening AU$ 340.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1581
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Japan including 1905 Russo-Japanese War victories, then mostly NYK 1930s artist cards - some Art Deco types - with ship vignettes, etc, generally very fine. A really appealing lot.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 480
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1582
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Netherlands mostly 1930s-1960s principally ship "portraits" of passenger ships & merchant marine vessels, a few advertising cards, generally fine to very fine.
(200 approx) (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: 1583
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: New Zealand extensive pre-1960 collection of inter-island, trans-Tasman & trans-Pacific vessels including some Undivided Backs, many real photo or photo-mechanical types etc, WWI troopships & hospital ships, merchant vessels etc, condition variable but most are fine to very fine. Excellent lot.
(350 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$1,250
Opening AU$ 950.00
Sold...AU$ 950.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 950
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1584
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: United States collection from Undivided Backs to 1950s principally passenger liners to Puerto Rico, Latin America, trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific, mostly 'chromes' & photo-mechanical types, generally fine to very fine.
(180 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$350
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 270.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 270
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1585
Symbol: C
THEATRE: Bulging album of German & other European cards featuring stars of stage & early screen who would have been household names in Bratislava, Warsaw, Munich, Malmo and Zagreb etc, includes sections of Asta Nielsen, Vilma Banky and Lya Mara, many others with such melifluous names as Frits van Dongen, Margarete Slezak, Volker von Collande, Hilda Garden, Irene Gawecka, Jwan Petrovich, Albrecht Schoenhals, Lillebel Christensen, Heli Finkenzeller, Iwa Wonja, Olga Tschechowa, etc, mostly unused. A high proportion come with brief biographical career notes. Weighs 5kg.
(400+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
WORLD PICTURE POSTCARDS
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1549
Symbol: C
Selection on pages with GB including a lovely group of real photo views of Riddlesdown & Coulsdon, attractive Ceylon group x37, WWI including a few real photo types & Indian Maharani of Bhavnagar War Fund cards x5, several Zieher "stamps" cards, etc, mostly fine to very fine.
(165 + moderns) (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: 1550
Symbol: C
Three cartons of mostly post-1960s tourist cards including attractive issues & many postally used with postal history & postmark potential, also about 100 earlier cards including some better Australian topographicals, generally very fine.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 725.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 725
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1551
Symbol: C
Large quantity of Australian & Worldwide cards in eight heavy archive boxes, from early 1900s onwards up to the 1970s including topographicals, humour, artists & greetings, military, transport, etc, plenty of pickings throughout, condition mixed but mostly fine to very fine. Weighs 73kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1552
Symbol: C
Ex-dealer's stock of Greetings types (mostly), topographicals, etc, all priced in plastic sleeves & ready for the next show's bargain box, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(800 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1553
Symbol: C
European cards accumulation in two large boxes featuring chateaux, churches & cathedrals, scenery, statues, etc, most are French from the early to mid-1900s in either sepia or black and white, condition generally fine to very fine. Weighs 20kg.
(1500+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1554
Symbol: PC
Archive box containing Spanish embroidered postcards x100 approx; quantity of English 1910s-30s churches, castles, towns etc; also children, ladies and romance; plus Liebig collector cards x100 approx very colourful with lots of thematic interest, condition generally fine to very fine. Weighs 14kg.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 220.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1555
Symbol: C
Oldtime original collection in five albums with mostly topographicals from India, Egypt, Italy, France, England & Scotland, one album mostly Belgium with numerous WWI subjects including ruins, humorous Beverloo Camp series & some postal history, one album mostly Hungary including national costumes & a few Rumania, lots of subject/thematic interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine.
(1200+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1556
Symbol: PC
Quantity in two boxes with beach scenes, churches, cathedrals, scenery, statues, etc, mostly UK & Europe with a little Australia, the earlier black & white through to 1950s-70s polychromes, condition generally fine to very fine. Weighs 20kg.
(1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 400.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1557
Symbol: CPS
Completely unsorted array in a large box with strong British content including vilages, royalty, actresses & glamour, children, shipping, railways, advertising, etc; other countries including New Zealand, Canada, West Indies, Japan etc with many attractive cards throughout; condition variable but most are fine to very fine and a good number are superb unused. Also some postal history including GB pre-stamp Free Mail, and unused Postal Stationery with a few better items from Belgian Cono, Bulgaria & German Local Posts.
(1000+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 625.00
Sold...AU$ 1,000.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1558
Symbol: C
An unholy mess (or should that be "mass"?) filling two large cartons with Children & their Toys, Anthropomorphic Animals, Humour & Whimsy etc, loads of "moderns" including advertising, causes & entertainment with some duplication, also sets of instalment cards mostly modern but including 1952 Map of Finland on 14 cards, numerous etceteras, most we flicked through are fine to "as new". Lots of bang for your buck! Weighs 22kg.
(few 1000) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 320.00
Sold...AU$ 800.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1559
Symbol: C
Cards removed from a decrepit album about 50% Australian & 50% World & Subjects, some better cards & a gift at the estimate.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1560
Symbol: L
Carton of postcard literature including 'Encyclopedia of Antique Postcards' by Nicholson, 'The PPCs of Raphael Tuck & Son' by Smith, 'The Harrison Fisher Postcard Collection' by Whitworth, 'The Quintessential Quinton' by Robbins, 'Theatrical Postcards' by Bonynge, 'A Quiet Painter: James Alfred Turner' by Jones, 'Coloured Shell Series of Queensland Post Cards', etc, mostly very fine. Weighs 10kg.
(21) (Image1)
Estimate AU$40
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 170.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1561
Symbol: C
Original family album (faults) of mostly British cards including a few Undivided Backs, groups for Warwick, Barnstaple & Franco-British Exhibition, WS Wood real photo card 'Barum/Fair', etc, oddments from Egypt, Ceylon & Malaya etc, mostly unused & generally fine to very fine.
(200 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 210.00
Sold...AU$ 210.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 210
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1562
Symbol: C
Old album with England, Scotland, Exhibitions, Australia, etc, mainly fine to very fine.
(120) (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: 1563
Symbol: C
ARCTIC: Group comprising 1897 Andrée Balloon Expedition 'A Bord du Svensksund ' (the ship), superb unused; 1908 SS 'Roosevelt' Expedition 'instalment cards' of Big Teddy intended to be posted at New York (very fine unused), of the ship (very fine used in Newfoundland with 'COASTAL TPO NORTH/NEWFD' cds), and 'One of the Warships of Peary's Opponents' = a huge iceberg (fine used at 'ST JOHNS/NEWFD'); 1913 Amundsen Expedition two artist cards of the 'Fram' icebound with Amundsen on Skis, and Polar Bears, both fine used with 'POLHAVET' cachet; also Antarctica 1897 Belgian Expedition of the 'Belgica' icebound with expeditioners & their supplies, very fine unused, and an English card of the vessel, then named 'Patria Wrecked on Chesil Beach...' very fine unused.
(8) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 320.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1564
Symbol: C
GREAT BRITAIN: Large box of mostly topographicals primarily English including Cornwall and others from Scotland Ireland Ulster & Wales, numerous better subjects including trains & villages, a small number of artist cards, some postmark interest, condition variable but a large number are very fine to superb.
(800-1000) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1565
Symbol: C
GREAT BRITAIN: Partly mounted & annotated collection of 1924-25 British Empire (Wembley) Exhibition cards from numerous series & publishers including colotype & photo-mechanical issues and a group of artist cards for the Australian Pavilion, a few used with Wembley frankings, also a Fleetway Press Wembley PPC envelope (defects) etc, mostly unused & generally very fine. [See also Lot 313786]
(83) (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: 1566
Symbol: C
INDIA: The People excellent lot from maharajahs to servants with priests, children, entertainers, beggars, fakirs, missionaries etc, interest in costumes & culture.
(330) (Image1)
Estimate AU$800
Opening AU$ 600.00
Sold...AU$ 600.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1567
Symbol: C
INDIA: British Army interesting selection with many real photo (some over-exposed) and photo-mechanical types, group portraits, regimental insignia, parades, etc.
(60) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 125.00
Sold...AU$ 125.00
Closed..Mar-26-2025, 17:30:00 EST
Sold For 125
Sale No: 259
Lot No: 1568
Symbol: C
SCANDINAVIA: Duplicated range of topographicals & houses (400+); also playing cards (10 packs); card games with circa 1930s 'Chook-Chook!' & 'Busy Bee'; AFL card game, mainly Fair/Fine.
(800+) (Image1)
