ARTIST CARDS: Beautiful collection of Golden Age cards many Undivided Backs notably from England, France, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Russia, some Art Nouveau imagery & decoration, mostly unused, generally very fine to superb.
(170 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 300.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3358
Symbol: C
BEACHES and PIERS: Delightful and extensive collection of mostly Golden Age to 1930s British Piers including several court-size cards, lots of smaller towns, Isle of Wight, Isle of Man, etc, many of the extravagant tourist-traps erected on the piers and several of disasters (300 approx); and a second similar collection of beaches, bathing boxes, etc, from England, Belgium, France with many LLs, etc (220 approx); condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Pauline Edwards. Marvellous Edwardian-era social history. [A number of modern cards have been ignored in the count and the estimate]
(520 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$400
Opening AU$ 300.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3359
Symbol: C
CHILDREN: One & a half cartons of Children and their Pastimes, School Days, Nursery Rhymes in various languages, etc, many beautiful artist cards, some complete sets, mostly unsorted but some mounted for display, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Pauline Edwards. Crying out for proper development. Weighs 18kg.
(1000+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 800.00
Sold...AU$ 2,400.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 2400
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3360
Symbol: C
ENTERTAINMENT: Fascinating bundle with sideshow freaks including Siamese Twins x2, Tattooed Ladies x2 & "Jang, the Tailed Boy of Borneo", lots of midgets/dwarfs including Tiny Town group, "Chaffer's Midget Revue" & "Mrs General Mite with her tiny pony and cab", also "Dan the Original Drunken Dog" x2, "The Original World-Famous Fasting Man" (seriously!), magicians The Great Thurston x4 & Leslie Maxwell x2, etc, condition variable good to fine. Ex Bronte Watts.
(66) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 360.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3361
Symbol: C
INSTALMENT CARDS: Various small sets of between 2 & 8 cards including French Russo-Japan War set of 3, German Travels of the Kaiser set of 8 (a few faults), Japanese Royal Wedding pair, lame American humour, etc, condition a bit mixed but most are fine to very fine. Basically simple jigsaw puzzles; placed in order, the individual cards create a larger picture.
(43) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3362
Symbol: C
INSTALMENT CARDS: Austria 1899 flower delivery boy set of 8, all postally used.
(8) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3363
Symbol: C
INSTALMENT CARDS: Mexico 16-card panorama of Vera Cruz, very fine to superb unused. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 95.00
Sold...AU$ 95.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 95
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3364
Symbol: C
INSTALMENT CARDS: French sets of 10 WWI 'Infanterie Coloniale' (a few mostly minor faults), 'Je Suis L'Imaculée Conception', 'Mignon' and a bas relief of Napoléon, also 'Napoléon' coloured set of 12, 'Cathédrale d'Amiens' set of 20 and WWI German Assault on Belgium & France set of 6, generally very fine to superb unused. Ex Keith Harrison.
(78 cards) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3365
Symbol: C
INSTALMENT CARDS: Remarkable presentation of mostly pre-WWII complete sets of between 2 & 20 cards from Britain, France, Germany, United States, etc, on 13 enormous display boards with Famous Men including Napoleon x10 cards (2 different) & x12 (two different), King Albert of Belgium x6 x8 & x10, Joan of Arc x12 (two different), Pope Leo XIII x8 and King Edward VII x6; World War I Battle Scenes German x10, French x10 (two different) & Dutch x6; Religion including Life of Jesus x10 & x12, Passion of the Christ x10, Life of Mary x10, Immaculate Conception x10, Amiens Cathedral x20 (the largest instalment set we have seen); Panoramas of Rhine River x15, Hartford Conn x10, Tumbling Run Pa x6, Camp Lewis Wa x4 and artist travel panorama x9 with all cards interchangeable!; Humour WWI 'La Vie Gaie au Régiment' x10, 'Prosit!' corpulent German with beer stein x8, 1900 Paris Exposition 'Rush to the Exposition' x8; Reptiles & Fish various elongated species; Operas 'Mareille' x10 & 'Mignon' x10; Aviation American sets of 4 x14 including 'Pioneer Balloonists', 'America's First Aviation Meet', 'Pioneer Pilots of the Pacific', 'Early Pilots of Hawaii' and 'Amelia Earhart...'; also Dutch 'Bootsman [= Boatswain = Bosun] and Lady' (Fisherman) x10; Manufacturing Pencils x12; beautiful Map of Paris x4; and many others; condition variable but many are fine to very fine unused or used. A challenging lot to assemble. Ex Pauline Edwards. [Included are some modern issues including reproductions that have been excluded from the count and ignored for the estimate]
(750+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$2,000
Opening AU$ 1,500.00
Sold...AU$ 1,500.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3366
Symbol: C
METAMORPHIC (OPTICAL ILLUSION) POSTCARDS: Attractively presented collection partly on leaves principally of the heads of people including many famous politicians, soldiers, musicians and others, death is another popular theme, mostly European or British, also some other fantasy cards, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Pauline Edwards. The most extensive such lot we have seen.
(90) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3367
Symbol: C
NOVELTY CARDS: Half a carton of often remarkable cards printed on a wide variety of materials from wood and cork to aluminium and copper including a small mounted display, puzzle cards, embossings and appliqués including the astonishing & famous BKW Peacock, various types of leporello cards, etc, condition variable but many including those listed are fine to very fine. A spellbinding collection. Ex Pauline Edwards. Weighs 14kg.
(few 100) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 500.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3368
Symbol: C
NUDITY: Mostly photo-mechanical cards in appreciation of the female form circa 1920s to modern from Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Pacific Islands, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(162) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3369
Symbol: C
SHIPPING: Golden Age Ocean Liners x50 approximately, array of modern reproductions of Ocean Liners and Travel Posters with 1990 Marine Art No 1-137 virtually complete including No 72-102 for the 'Titanic'; also attractive batch of mostly British 1909-11 Exhibition cards x67 with many unusual subjects, bundles of tourist cards, etc, generally fine to very fine.
(300+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 160.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
WORLD PICTURE POSTCARDS
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3335
Symbol: C
Wide-ranging assortment with many Channel Islands & Isle of Wight, Wales and Ireland, United States (no 'linens'), early Exhibitions & Aviation including Zeppelins, Military, Advertising, several real photo types including from Persia, some Undivided Backs including nine miniature - the smallest we have ever seen - glamour cards from Cuba! with barely enough space for a stamp & address, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Pauline Edwards. A desirable lot.
(400 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 650.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 650
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3336
Symbol: C
Massive accumulation in thirteen large cartons of mostly low-end cards with probably 2000+ Great Britain topicals with numerous London, Wales & bridges, humour, anthropomorphic cats, royalty, military, aviation, indigenous subjects, children, etc, a few oversize & panoramic cards, etc, also large quantities of moderns including 'maximum' cards, advertising and reproductions of classic cards, tourist cards from around the globe, dinosaurs, etc, some on pages or in albums otherwise completely unsorted, condition variable but the vast majority are fine to superb. Plenty of pickings throughout, including countless used cards with postal history and/or postmark interest. Ex Pauline Edwards.
(many 1000s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 420.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3337
Symbol: C
Large box of mostly German and Italian cards principally from the Golden Age with many Undivided Backs and some pre-1901 usages noted, also themes, some postal history/postmarks interest, generally fine to very fine used or unused.
(1000+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 525.00
Sold...AU$ 625.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 625
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3338
Symbol: C
Delightful selection of Undivided Back chromolithos from Germany, France, Switzerland, Egypt, etc, and a few advertising types, fine to very fine used or unused.
(41) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3339
Symbol: C
Ex-dealer's unsorted stock remainders mostly pedestrian but with a good selection from New Zealand including a few QV 1d scenic Postal Cards, batch of World War I scenes of destruction in France & Belgium plus a few very fine 'silks', some humour & ladies subjects, a Charlie Chaplin multi-view (creased), etc, also an array of post-WWII tourist cards and postcard wallets mostly from Australia, condition variable.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 270.00
Sold...AU$ 360.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 360
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3340
Symbol: C
Consignment remainders with an array of topographicals from Britain (mostly) & Europe, Canary Islands, Philippines including two of their Olympic Village!, a few Australians etc in generally fine to very fine condition, World array in rather mixed condition including an otherwise attractive series from Calcutta India, Birds x50+ including Australian species & Birds of Paradise, many real photo cards mostly family & sporting groups plus a few military, a few advertising cards, also an album of WWII Forces photo reproductions, and other bits and pieces.
(100s) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 290.00
Sold...AU$ 420.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 420
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3341
Symbol: CPS
Small box of cards from Australia and overseas with some better subjects including Railway Stations and Humour, good postal history content including Esperanto & usages, Victorian & Queensland Barred Numeral/cds "ties", a few Italian with military cinderellas, etc, condition variable.
(100+) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 260.00
Sold...AU$ 340.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3342
Symbol: C
Small group comprising Aden 1900 (circa) Benghiat coloured court-size cards x11; India 1926 real photo cards of cyclone damage in Sind x6; and 1920s-30s sporting events x5 including for 1928 & 1936 Olympics; generally very fine unused.
(22) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 75.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 75
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3343
Symbol:
Range with greetings types (54), Sydney, (45), humorous (48), English (17) & others (49), mainly Fair/Fine.
(213) (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 250.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3344
Symbol: C
ADVERTISING: British artist cards for cigarette makers WD & HO Wills chromolithos for 'Capstan' & 'Three Castles' (both a little soiled on the backs), Tuck 'Celebrated Poster' series for Ogden's Guinea Gold (very fine) and photo-mechanical card of a lifeboat crammed with partygoers & 'Smoke/Grapevine/Cigarettes' on the sail (very fine used); SEXISM: batch of mostly French misogynistic artist cards of women in cages or wearing various contraptions to keep them silent, unused (11); slightly less vicious British mother-in-law cards, all used (8); and three others, generally fine to very fine; and EGYPT: Cairo Postcard Trust sepia views of Heliopolis in colourless embossed frames with many street scenes, trams, public buildings, Luna Park and Palace Hotel, fine to very fine unused.
(47) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3345
Symbol: C
ANTARCTICA: 1913 W Hillsdon real photo card 'ARRIVAL TERRA NOVA 12.2.13", to South Australia with Kangaroo 1d tied by Newcastle NSW cds. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 480.00
Sold...AU$ 480.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 480
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3346
Symbol: L
CEYLON: 1900 (circa) 'The Hundred Best Views of Ceylon' by AWA Platé Ltd (Colombo) landscape format (290x225mm) softcover with cord binding, the cover a bit frayed but the pages generally very fine. Probably every image here was also used on their postcards. (Image1)
Estimate AU$100
Opening AU$ 75.00
Sold...AU$ 125.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 125
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3347
Symbol: C
COOK ISLANDS: Real photo cards of Rarotonga x3, two of 1951 with stamps on the face, the other postally used to GB in 1920; and Aitutaki 1906 S Savage of a War Dance, from Rarotonga to GB forwarded to Switzerland without extra postage but not taxed, & circa 1920 of Islanders with stamps on the view.
(5) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3348
Symbol: C
EGYPT: Mostly Golden Age array in sleeves with many unusual scenes and fine coverage of ethnic groups including portraits and customs, generally fine to very fine. Ex Pauline Edwards. A good lot.
(450 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 550.00
Sold...AU$ 550.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3349
Symbol: C
FRANCE: 1900 Paris Exposition chromolithos x29 including a few advertising & textured types, other artist cards x14 and various collotypes or similar x50+, some aging/soiling but most are fine to very fine used or unused.
(100 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$150
Opening AU$ 115.00
Sold...AU$ 115.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 115
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3350
Symbol: C
GERMANY: Small box of German & Austrian political propaganda artist cards with Colonial subjects including overt racism, 1918 Uprisings, Weimar Republic, anti-Communist & anti-Russia, Rheinland, 1927 Austrian 'Victims of the Days of Fright' with 51 tiny portraits of the martyrs (a rare real photo card), the plight of the people, political parties, 1947 'Victims of Fascism' by Gerhard Kreische (famous image, a bit aged on the address-side), humour and satire, etc, plus female boxing troupes x4, a few with toning on the address-side otherwise very fine and mostly unused.
(52) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3351
Symbol: C
GREAT BRITAIN - ISLANDS: Well-developed collection of mostly Golden Age cards including good selection of Isle of Wight, Scottish Islands, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly and Channel Islands including Alderney, Herm and Sark, plus some real photo types, artist cards and multi-views, some postmark interest including superb large-part 'SCALLOWA[Y]/SHETLAND', 'LERWICK/SHETLAND', 'SEAVIEW/RYDE', 'ALDERNEY', 'CATEL' (Guernsey), light but obvious 'L'ISLET/GUERNSEY' and superb 'LAXEY/ISLE OF MAN', condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Weighs 3kg.
(200 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3352
Symbol: C
GREAT BRITAIN: London & North Western Railway complete sets of 6 x23 with all manner of Rolling Stock, Infrastructure, Ancilliary Vehicles, Royal Trains, Historical Subjects, etc, many terrific shots including some excellent multi-view cards, also with the original large-part bands for these sets plus many extras & five advertising leaflets for the sets; others for Caledonian Railway (including interior of WWI Ambulance Train) and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, plus real photo types of Locomotives x37, and a batch of mostly artist cards including a few from other countries, virtually all unused & generally fine to very fine. Ex Keith Harrison.
(270 approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$500
Opening AU$ 380.00
Sold...AU$ 380.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3353
Symbol: C
GREAT BRITAIN: Mostly Golden Age to 1930s from Isle of Man x63 including villages; Isle of Wight x98 including villages & many of Carisbrooke Castle; Scottish Highlands x48 mostly in lochs plus some Iona, Skye, Shetlands, etc; Scilly/Ness x6; Anglesey x6; and others x18; mostly used, some postmark interest, generally fine to very fine. Weighs 2kg.
(331) (Image1)
Estimate AU$200
Opening AU$ 150.00
Sold...AU$ 150.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3354
Symbol: C
SWITZERLAND: Beautiful Golden Age collection of Canton Vaud with strong emphasis on Lausanne, numerous chromolitho artist cards many used 1897 to 1900, decorative frames including local newspapers & Swiss stamps and Art Nouveau elements, map types featuring the Lake, excellent range of commemorative types, exhibitions and advertising, etc, very little duplication, some postmark interest, condition variable but a high percentage are fine to very fine. An outstanding lot.
(300+ approx) (Image1)
Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3355
Symbol: C
SWITZERLAND: World War I group with Swiss troops, French refugees and internees including real photo types and others of Peace Celebrations, etc, also a postal history group including cards from French & English internees, 1922 with Lausanne Peace Conference cds, several with censor cachets, etc, fine to very fine used or unused. A very interesting and poignant lot.
(49) (Image1)
Estimate AU$250
Opening AU$ 190.00
Sold...AU$ 190.00
Closed..Sep-10-2026, 19:30:00 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 265
Lot No: 3356
Symbol: C
UNITED STATES: Undivided Back 'Private Mailing Cards' including Niagara Falls x6, San Francisco x5, New York x8 one a chromolitho, Oregon x5, a few others, mostly unused; and 1912 real photo card with message "... all that remains of Ray [Arizona] after the fire!"; some minor imperfections otherwise very fine.
(30) (Image1)
