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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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