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Interesting mostly British Medical-related lot including civilian & military hospitals, nurses, ambulances, etc, some WWI-related, India 1913 "Inoculation against Plague", etc; also Dr Barnardo's Homes for Children group x9, condition variable but genera

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Interesting mostly British Medical-related lot including civilian & military hospitals, nurses, ambulances, etc, some WWI-related, India 1913 "Inoculation against Plague", etc; also Dr Barnardo's Homes for Children group x9, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Bronte Watts. (32)

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Estimate$300

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British Africa group including Buchanan Sahara Expedition x3, Universities Mission to Central Africa Paintings of Churches x5 (superb), Basutoland real photo x2 both used at 'MASERU' (one to Queensland), British East Africa Figueira Mombasa views x2 (both

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British Africa group including Buchanan Sahara Expedition x3, Universities Mission to Central Africa Paintings of Churches x5 (superb), Basutoland real photo x2 both used at 'MASERU' (one to Queensland), British East Africa Figueira Mombasa views x2 (both used Mombasa to Bulawayo); Kenya "Masai women carrying firewood"; Nyasaland "Mkuzi Station"; Zanzibar superb set of 10 Cards in orginal wallet, etc, mostly unused and generally fine to superb. A very good lot. (28)

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Estimate$450

Price Realized$360

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An original holding of Cards from around the world with good representation from Great Britain including Wales, New Zealand, Canada, United States, South Africa & Europe especially Switzerland, lots of better subjects/views including trains & trams, cast

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An original holding of Cards from around the world with good representation from Great Britain including Wales, New Zealand, Canada, United States, South Africa & Europe especially Switzerland, lots of better subjects/views including trains & trams, castles & other popular themes, condition a bit mixed but generally fine to very fine, possibly some postmark interest. (600 approx)

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Estimate$400

Price Realized$500

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Decrepit old album of Cards from Egypt (many with ink captions) with some better subjects & France mostly of Amiens Cathedral, the Cards appear to be fine to very fine & mostly (all ?) unused; also some small tourist photographs. (120+)

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Decrepit old album of Cards from Egypt (many with ink captions) with some better subjects & France mostly of Amiens Cathedral, the Cards appear to be fine to very fine & mostly (all ?) unused; also some small tourist photographs. (120+)

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Estimate$100

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Large carton of consignment remainders with quantities of "moderns" & British double-entendre comic Cards, also an album of Hollywood stills, strong European content including embroidered Cards from Spain, chromolitho Gruss aus types & many other lovely C

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Large carton of consignment remainders with quantities of "moderns" & British double-entendre comic Cards, also an album of Hollywood stills, strong European content including embroidered Cards from Spain, chromolitho Gruss aus types & many other lovely Cards, some Australia including 1934 Melbourne War Memorial x6, a few advertising Cards, German New Guinea real photo, some scenic Postal Stationery, lots of Glamour, etc etc, condition variable but many are fine to superb. Patience required for

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Estimate$400

Price Realized$850

StatusSold

Large carton of consignment remainders another carton of remainders with a heap of British raunchy humour Cards, Portuguese Postal Cards with Buildings & Costumes (50 approximately, superb unused), British Star Series "National Album 72 coloured Post-Card

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Large carton of consignment remainders another carton of remainders with a heap of British raunchy humour Cards, Portuguese Postal Cards with Buildings & Costumes (50 approximately, superb unused), British Star Series "National Album 72 coloured Post-Cards" (8th Edn, complete but with defective cover), some Australian Rose & similar real photo Cards, Talma (Melbourne) advertising Cards for "The King of Cadonia" x9 unused, some other better Cards noted. Again, take time to view & you will be glad

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Estimate$400

Price Realized$440

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Display pages for subjects including Belgium 1913 Ghent Exposition x8, Spain Bullfighting set of 12, glamour, children, WWI National Institute for the Blind set of 6 & "Sketches of Tommy's Life" comic Cards set of 10, etc, also one-frame exhibits "The Sto

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Display pages for subjects including Belgium 1913 Ghent Exposition x8, Spain Bullfighting set of 12, glamour, children, WWI National Institute for the Blind set of 6 & "Sketches of Tommy's Life" comic Cards set of 10, etc, also one-frame exhibits "The Story of Donald McGill" & "Kids' Capers: British Comic Cards", and numerous pages of "moderns" (not included in the valuation), condition throughout is apparently fine to superb. Ex Joe Duif.

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Estimate$250

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Large carton offered as received with a shoebox & albums of Cards with strong "ladies' subjects" including Children, Greetings, Actresses & Flowers etc, also a quantity of 1930s to 1950s tourist Cards predominantly from Europe including Costumes and Great

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Large carton offered as received with a shoebox & albums of Cards with strong "ladies' subjects" including Children, Greetings, Actresses & Flowers etc, also a quantity of 1930s to 1950s tourist Cards predominantly from Europe including Costumes and Great Britain with hundreds of topographicals, we noted some better items throughout so inspection is likely to be well rewarded, the condition appears to generally be very fine & mostly unused. (Qty)

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Estimate$500

Price Realized$460

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West Indies large album with an array of attractive Cards including from Barbados, British Guiana, Dominica, Jamaica, St Lucia, and from non-British Islands including Danish & US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Cuba, Martinique & Haiti, many to Aust

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West Indies large album with an array of attractive Cards including from Barbados, British Guiana, Dominica, Jamaica, St Lucia, and from non-British Islands including Danish & US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Cuba, Martinique & Haiti, many to Australia, also some postal stationery & covers, postmark potential, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Ex "Cartophile". [See also Lots 473 to 475 & 691] (180 approx)

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Estimate$500

Price Realized$600

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Album with many high quality Cards mostly from Australia with many real photo types including of Hobart with "Welcome to the Mineral Isle" arch, Empire "Kempsey Bridge" (NSW) & early Rose and Murray group, hand-painted Cards (one each from NSW & NZ, & two

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Album with many high quality Cards mostly from Australia with many real photo types including of Hobart with "Welcome to the Mineral Isle" arch, Empire "Kempsey Bridge" (NSW) & early Rose and Murray group, hand-painted Cards (one each from NSW & NZ, & two others unused), also some WA Postal Cards, some nice GB Cards & Jamaica real photo for Visit of "the Duke and Duchess" (plain back), etc, condition variable but many are fine to very fine. Ex DB McFarlane. (100 approx)

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Estimate$300

Price Realized$300

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Album of real photo portraits mostly of children or women but including some men & group shots (65); and an album of greeting types including Christmas (one of 1908 with Father Christmas fallen prey to the infernal "diablo" craze!), Easter & a wide variet

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Album of real photo portraits mostly of children or women but including some men & group shots (65); and an album of greeting types including Christmas (one of 1908 with Father Christmas fallen prey to the infernal "diablo" craze!), Easter & a wide variety of Birthday types (158); condition variable but many are very fine to superb! Ex D.B. McFarlane. (223)

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Estimate$100

Price Realized$300

StatusSold

Five original old-time albums in various states of decrepitude (one apparently feasted-on by rats!) but with most of the Cards unaffected, strong Australian content mostly from Victoria - an excellent component of Geelong & District - & NSW (especially Sy

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Five original old-time albums in various states of decrepitude (one apparently feasted-on by rats!) but with most of the Cards unaffected, strong Australian content mostly from Victoria - an excellent component of Geelong & District - & NSW (especially Sydney Harbour nooks & crannies & Blue Mountains), artist Cards including by JA Turner, overseas array of mostly British Cards including Royalty, Army Regiments & lots of Scottish Cards, New Zealand including "Wreck of SS Kaipara...", etc etc, con

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Estimate$500

Price Realized$1,000

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Album of real photos apparently all from Australia or Great Britain with lots of children including school groups, events, etc, many other group shots with better items including St Augustine Orphanage (Geelong Vic) 'IRELAND A NATION' Float, "American Boy

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Album of real photos apparently all from Australia or Great Britain with lots of children including school groups, events, etc, many other group shots with better items including St Augustine Orphanage (Geelong Vic) 'IRELAND A NATION' Float, "American Boys Tour 1912" (Perth WA), Rugby Team & Naval Cadets' "Visit to Candelo" (NSW) & overt advertising Cards for Mr Dickson's Dancing Classes (South Melbourne) & Rosella Tomato Products, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. An interesti

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Estimate$200

Price Realized$480

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Chromolitho selection comprising "Der Wassersturz im Victoria Park", "Souvenir de Boulogne sur Mer", "Chateau de Meudon" (small repaired tear), "Les Pyramides de Gizeh", "Tower Bridge", "First Avenue Hotel London" (a little aged) & "St Enoch Station Hotel

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Chromolitho selection comprising "Der Wassersturz im Victoria Park", "Souvenir de Boulogne sur Mer", "Chateau de Meudon" (small repaired tear), "Les Pyramides de Gizeh", "Tower Bridge", "First Avenue Hotel London" (a little aged) & "St Enoch Station Hotel Glasgow", fine to very fine unused. Gorgeous! Ex Shirley Jones. (7)

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Estimate$150

Price Realized$120

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Album labelled "Treasures" with an eclectic selection including a few chromolithos & other Gruss aus types, artist Cards including Art Nouveau, some stunning Italian Cards, H Cassiers Dutch subjects x5 and Pastel PostCard "London Under Snow" x7 & "London

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Album labelled "Treasures" with an eclectic selection including a few chromolithos & other Gruss aus types, artist Cards including Art Nouveau, some stunning Italian Cards, H Cassiers Dutch subjects x5 and Pastel PostCard "London Under Snow" x7 & "London at Twilight" x8, commemorative types from Austria & Switzerland, Glamour & Bathing Costumes, even North Borneo "Crocodile" with a group of onlookers, etc etc, condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine with many being unused. A lo

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Estimate$1,000

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Neat collection of Cards that relate in one way or another to Shirley Jones' forebears from the Bawden & Penhallurick Families with a good selection from Cornwall x40+ & the Scilly Isles x7, Egypt WWI x5 including of British Soldiers Swarming over the Sph

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Neat collection of Cards that relate in one way or another to Shirley Jones' forebears from the Bawden & Penhallurick Families with a good selection from Cornwall x40+ & the Scilly Isles x7, Egypt WWI x5 including of British Soldiers Swarming over the Sphinx and a Dray & Driver with Aussie soldiers, Palestine x4, then Australia with Ballarat (Vic) x12 & Buchan Caves x3, New Zealand x12, & a few others, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Shirley Jones. (126)

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Estimate$150

Price Realized$380

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Useful consignment remainders including an album of mostly Australian real photos etc from unidentified towns - forensic detectives needed - with subjects including forms of transport, events, buildings etc; and an album of Gardens & Conservatories; etc,

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Useful consignment remainders including an album of mostly Australian real photos etc from unidentified towns - forensic detectives needed - with subjects including forms of transport, events, buildings etc; and an album of Gardens & Conservatories; etc, perhaps half are "moderns", condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Shirley Jones. (450 approx)

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Estimate$250

Price Realized$460

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Album with some better Cards including "The Official Concert Party of the Association of the Blind", many are Australian including for Australian Women's Bagpipe Band World Tour & Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, some beautiful British Army Regiment

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Album with some better Cards including "The Official Concert Party of the Association of the Blind", many are Australian including for Australian Women's Bagpipe Band World Tour & Opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, some beautiful British Army Regiment Cards & 1907 Oxford Pageant x4, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (140 approx)

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Estimate$200

Price Realized$200

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Carton with a wide-ranging array of "Ladies' Subjects" including Christian Names (notably one hand-painted on New South Wales 1d Postal Card; rare thus), Floral, Glamour, soppy Bamforths, a few "Silks" etc, also a quantity of mostly British topographicals

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Carton with a wide-ranging array of "Ladies' Subjects" including Christian Names (notably one hand-painted on New South Wales 1d Postal Card; rare thus), Floral, Glamour, soppy Bamforths, a few "Silks" etc, also a quantity of mostly British topographicals most of which are real photo types with Exhibitions, Scotland & a few Ireland noted, Australian Cards including a ripper of Aboriginal Boys at Lake Tyers, others from Canada, Aden, Rhodesia etc, plus some smutty British humour, finally an array

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Estimate$500

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Large carton with 8 albums & a box all packed with "Moderns" mostly British with a terrific array of reprinted images of Railways & Trains x493 including Steam Locomotives & 1940 Balham Station Disaster x3, Postal Services x216 including Post Boxes/Pillar

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Large carton with 8 albums & a box all packed with "Moderns" mostly British with a terrific array of reprinted images of Railways & Trains x493 including Steam Locomotives & 1940 Balham Station Disaster x3, Postal Services x216 including Post Boxes/Pillars, Post Offices, Delivery Vehicles & 19th Century PMG Greeting Cards, Rare Stamps x64, etc; also Australia with South Australian Museum 1982 Wildflowers x200+ & 1987 America's Cup x45; & overseas with Railways x170 & Postmen of the World x47 (Br

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Estimate$300

Price Realized$280

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Fascinating bundle with fire stations, equipment & firemen mostly from America plus a couple from New Zealand & South Africa, other overseas Cards including South Africa "Cyanide Works", WWI "Australian Troops March through London" & real photo of a bipla

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Fascinating bundle with fire stations, equipment & firemen mostly from America plus a couple from New Zealand & South Africa, other overseas Cards including South Africa "Cyanide Works", WWI "Australian Troops March through London" & real photo of a biplane endorsed "AFC [Australian Flying Corps] Halton Camp, Wendover", better Australian Cards including "Australian Ladies Pipe Band on Tour of the World", "The Chapman-Alexander Mission Party 1912-13", "Australia Day July 27th 1917" (Nerriga NSW)

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Estimate$500

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British Africa bundle from Sudan x22, Rhodesia x25 (mostly related to Victoria Falls or Rhodes' Grave), Uganda x2, Tanganyika x3, Kenya x8, Zanzibar x5, and a couple of others, condition variable but generally fine to very fine & mostly unused. Ex Keith H

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British Africa bundle from Sudan x22, Rhodesia x25 (mostly related to Victoria Falls or Rhodes' Grave), Uganda x2, Tanganyika x3, Kenya x8, Zanzibar x5, and a couple of others, condition variable but generally fine to very fine & mostly unused. Ex Keith Harrison. (67)

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Estimate$300

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British Africa bundle from Gambia x6 (all but one with Undivided Backs), Gold Coast x13 (five with Undivided Back & three "Oilettes"), Northern/Southern Nigeria x20 - several used from 'ODE ONDO/WCA' or 'ODE-ONDO/SOUTHERN NIGERIA' - including "Winner of J

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British Africa bundle from Gambia x6 (all but one with Undivided Backs), Gold Coast x13 (five with Undivided Back & three "Oilettes"), Northern/Southern Nigeria x20 - several used from 'ODE ONDO/WCA' or 'ODE-ONDO/SOUTHERN NIGERIA' - including "Winner of Jebu Handicap Stakes...1904", and Sierra Leone x26 (many with Undivided Backs including Lisk-Carew Upper Case Captions x4 & Lower Case x5, others by Jacob Vitta & WS Johnston) including of 1906 with superb 'BO' cds & two of 1908 with light but id

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Estimate$500

Price Realized$600

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European selections from Belgium x14 & Belgian Congo x3; Finland x8; Greece x25 including Greek Islands & Salonika Fires on 18/8/1917; Italy x32 including Volcanic Eruptions of Vesuvius in 1906 & Etna in 1928; Italian Colonies Eritrea x6 & Libya x8; Holla

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European selections from Belgium x14 & Belgian Congo x3; Finland x8; Greece x25 including Greek Islands & Salonika Fires on 18/8/1917; Italy x32 including Volcanic Eruptions of Vesuvius in 1906 & Etna in 1928; Italian Colonies Eritrea x6 & Libya x8; Holland x9 including Windmill Watercolours set of 6; & a couple of others; mostly unused but some postmark interest, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Keith Harrison. (105)

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Estimate$240

StatusUnsold

British Empire selection including Rhodesia Penhalonga multi-view used in Mozambique; Mauritius x8 including real photo "Infantry Barracks"; St Helena "The Wharf", unused; others from India, Malaya, etc, condition variable. Ex Keith Harrison. (40)

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British Empire selection including Rhodesia Penhalonga multi-view used in Mozambique; Mauritius x8 including real photo "Infantry Barracks"; St Helena "The Wharf", unused; others from India, Malaya, etc, condition variable. Ex Keith Harrison. (40)

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Estimate$250

Price Realized$280

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Stray Australasian Cards ex Keith Harrison with Australia x19 including 1904 unusual size "View of Lake Wendouree" (Vic) & a few comic artist Cards, also GB Tuck's "Souvenir 1901/Advance Australia" (very fine unused); New Zealand Undivided Backs x12 inclu

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Stray Australasian Cards ex Keith Harrison with Australia x19 including 1904 unusual size "View of Lake Wendouree" (Vic) & a few comic artist Cards, also GB Tuck's "Souvenir 1901/Advance Australia" (very fine unused); New Zealand Undivided Backs x12 including Tourist Bureau chromolithos x6 and three others with illustrations on both sides; Fiji x10 including Undivided Backs x8; and French New Hebrides; mostly used, condition variable. (43)

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Estimate$350

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Very early group comprising Austria 1885 & 1888 2kr Postal Cards with woodcut illustrations of 'Prebischthor' or 'Hoher Schneeberg' (now Pravcicka Brana & Decinsky Sneznik, both in the Czech Republic, the latter with 2-line 'POSTCONDUCTEUR IM ZUGE/KOMOTAU

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Very early group comprising Austria 1885 & 1888 2kr Postal Cards with woodcut illustrations of 'Prebischthor' or 'Hoher Schneeberg' (now Pravcicka Brana & Decinsky Sneznik, both in the Czech Republic, the latter with 2-line 'POSTCONDUCTEUR IM ZUGE/KOMOTAU-BODENBACH No 916' Railway postmark); Belgium 1887 early court-size advertising Card for "Hotel de la Poste/.../Bruxelles"; Germany 1889 Dresden multi-view, very early hand-tinted; and France 1890 Eiffel Tower chromolitho (repaired corner, stamp

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Estimate$300

Price Realized$230

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Beautiful collection of mostly 1890s chromolithographs from Austria x4 including Emperor's Golden Jubilee x2; Belgium x5; France x21 including Composers x5 (superb unused) & Months of the Year x8; Italy x9 including Thomas Cook & Son advertising Cards x2;

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Beautiful collection of mostly 1890s chromolithographs from Austria x4 including Emperor's Golden Jubilee x2; Belgium x5; France x21 including Composers x5 (superb unused) & Months of the Year x8; Italy x9 including Thomas Cook & Son advertising Cards x2; Portugal x4; Switzerland x14 including Hotel advertising Cards x3; & a few others, many are unused, also some postmark/postal history interest, generally fine to very fine. A beautiful lot. Ex Keith Harrison. (66)

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Estimate$750

Price Realized$850

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Mostly foreign group with selections of Judaica, Esperanto (plus a few normal Cards with Esperanto messages or labels), Royalty etc, and a charming batch of Dance Cards including sets of 4 for the Tango & Cake-Walk plus "Madiah Sarith" (belly dancer) supe

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Mostly foreign group with selections of Judaica, Esperanto (plus a few normal Cards with Esperanto messages or labels), Royalty etc, and a charming batch of Dance Cards including sets of 4 for the Tango & Cake-Walk plus "Madiah Sarith" (belly dancer) superb unused set of 6, & a few other "exotic dancers", condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (90 approx)

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Estimate$300

Price Realized$280

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Fascinating Doctored Images from France Levy Fils et Cie (LL) group comprising 1) "Les Gorges du Loup" c.1911 with 3 ladies & two later editions with their figures removed but their "ghosts remaining"!; 2) "Boulevard des Italiens" c.1905 with Horse-Drawn

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Fascinating Doctored Images from France Levy Fils et Cie (LL) group comprising 1) "Les Gorges du Loup" c.1911 with 3 ladies & two later editions with their figures removed but their "ghosts remaining"!; 2) "Boulevard des Italiens" c.1905 with Horse-Drawn Bus & c.1916 now with substituted Mercedes bus!; 3) "La Place Clichy" c.1907 & c.1916 with that same Mercedes bus inserted!; 4) Daytime with Man on Railway Line at Aix-les-Bains & the same but at Night with same man threatened by a Thundering Tr

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Estimate$200

Price Realized$150

StatusSold

British Africa selection including Somaliland 1927 "Post Office Bay", Rhodesia x5, SWA x5 (two from German Period), Southern Nigeria & Zanzibar x16 (a couple of very early Cards & 1906 - unfortunately defective - to British Central Africa, some postal his

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British Africa selection including Somaliland 1927 "Post Office Bay", Rhodesia x5, SWA x5 (two from German Period), Southern Nigeria & Zanzibar x16 (a couple of very early Cards & 1906 - unfortunately defective - to British Central Africa, some postal history/postmark interest including World War I Indian Forces in Kenya & Tanganyika, condition variable. (31)

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Estimate$500

Price Realized$380

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Oddments with German very early Zeppelin Card (unused) & confected photo of the Kaiser with German Nobility, also 1896 & 1897 Local Postal Card & Letter Card with Exhibition labels; France 1909 of H Fournier & his Biplane with 'POST-AVIATION/18-10/09/(SIN

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Oddments with German very early Zeppelin Card (unused) & confected photo of the Kaiser with German Nobility, also 1896 & 1897 Local Postal Card & Letter Card with Exhibition labels; France 1909 of H Fournier & his Biplane with 'POST-AVIATION/18-10/09/(SINE-ET-OISE)' machine cancel; United States 1909 "President-elect Taft and family..." to France & 1911 to China with French & Japanese Post Offices in China datestamps; and Tonga gorgeous 1d Postal Card "Blow Holes/Houma-Tonga" used to Germany. (8

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Estimate$150

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European collection in an album with useful Cards from France, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland, Russia & the Eastern Bloc, excellent postal history/postmark content including better frankings & unusual destinations, condition variable. Ex "Cartophile". (170+)

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European collection in an album with useful Cards from France, Italy, Monaco, Switzerland, Russia & the Eastern Bloc, excellent postal history/postmark content including better frankings & unusual destinations, condition variable. Ex "Cartophile". (170+)

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Estimate$400

Price Realized$250

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Iberian collection in an album with many better Cards from Spain & Colonies plus Balearic Islands, and from Portugal & Colonies including Bathing Boxes at Lourenco Marques !!, a few with advertising added, lots of postal history/postmark content, conditio

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Iberian collection in an album with many better Cards from Spain & Colonies plus Balearic Islands, and from Portugal & Colonies including Bathing Boxes at Lourenco Marques !!, a few with advertising added, lots of postal history/postmark content, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex "Cartophile". (240 approx)

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Estimate$500

Price Realized$300

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Pacific Islands group x13 including London Missionary Society x6 including "Converted Cannibals of Lifu" & "Cricket at Kwato (Papua)", etc, also eight 18th century engraved bookplates - varying degrees of foxing - including "Captain Cook landing at Tanna"

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Pacific Islands group x13 including London Missionary Society x6 including "Converted Cannibals of Lifu" & "Cricket at Kwato (Papua)", etc, also eight 18th century engraved bookplates - varying degrees of foxing - including "Captain Cook landing at Tanna", "Natives of New Zealand in their War Canoe" & "An Offering before Captn Cook in the Sandwich Islands" etc, plus Canada x8, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (29 items)

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Estimate$150

Price Realized$115

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Orlsortsastuff in a large shoebox with a wide range of subjects including Artist Cards, Humour, Exhibitions, Shakespeare, Music, Stereo PostCards, Silks etc, mostly duplicates or strays but includes French editions of G Howard Hilder's "Seduction by the D

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Orlsortsastuff in a large shoebox with a wide range of subjects including Artist Cards, Humour, Exhibitions, Shakespeare, Music, Stereo PostCards, Silks etc, mostly duplicates or strays but includes French editions of G Howard Hilder's "Seduction by the Devil" set of 12 (very fine unused), lots of other useful material from GB & Europe, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Re-seller's delight. Ex Keith Harrison. (100s)

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Estimate$400

Price Realized$320

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Bundle of British Message Cards mostly by AM Davis & Co with all manner of greetings & quotable quotes, many beautifully illustrated in the Art Deco style, mostly used with the condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine. An enchanting lot. E

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Bundle of British Message Cards mostly by AM Davis & Co with all manner of greetings & quotable quotes, many beautifully illustrated in the Art Deco style, mostly used with the condition a bit variable but generally fine to very fine. An enchanting lot. Ex Keith Harrison. (75 approx)

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Estimate$150

Price Realized$115

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Box of mostly modern tourist Cards but with a useful earlier group including Australia 1911 1d Coronation Postal Card used in 1915, WWI Patriotic "The Glory of a Lion is in his Mane", 1905 NSW Fraser & Jenkinson "Who's Been Pulling Your Leg?", 1906 "Gener

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Box of mostly modern tourist Cards but with a useful earlier group including Australia 1911 1d Coronation Postal Card used in 1915, WWI Patriotic "The Glory of a Lion is in his Mane", 1905 NSW Fraser & Jenkinson "Who's Been Pulling Your Leg?", 1906 "General Kuroki, Commander-in-Chief 1st Jap [sic] Corps", 1907 Zenana Bible & Medical Mission India "Making Curry Powder", handy Scottish group, etc, condition variable. (few 100)

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Estimate$150

Price Realized$120

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The balance of Keith Harrison's display pages with many better British items including early Postal Cards with illustrated advertisements plus ½d with 1891 & 1893 Eddystone Lighthouse Exhibition illustrations & commemorative datestamps, Joseph Myers & Co

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The balance of Keith Harrison's display pages with many better British items including early Postal Cards with illustrated advertisements plus ½d with 1891 & 1893 Eddystone Lighthouse Exhibition illustrations & commemorative datestamps, Joseph Myers & Co c.1870s illustrated envelope with fold-out pictorial insert, 1840s illustrated letterheads "Goodrich Castle" & "Abergavenny from the Usk Road" plus three later types & Albert Gray comic envelope all unused, four Cards of different churches all c

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Estimate$500

Price Realized$750

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Six albums of postCards with lots of "ladies' subjects" but also Sport, Mining, Transport, Caves & Post Offices etc, excellent topographicals from Australia - notably Victoria with Grampians & Gippsland groups - Britain & the United States etc, some adver

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Six albums of postCards with lots of "ladies' subjects" but also Sport, Mining, Transport, Caves & Post Offices etc, excellent topographicals from Australia - notably Victoria with Grampians & Gippsland groups - Britain & the United States etc, some advertising Cards, a selection of beautiful trade Cards, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. (800+)

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Estimate$500

Price Realized$850

StatusSold

The balance of Bronte Watts' expansive collection with all sorts of better and interesting Cards, completely disorganised but we noted Humour, Romance, lots of Sport including Olympics (notably Athens 1906 x3), numerous Animals including a couple of Whali

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The balance of Bronte Watts' expansive collection with all sorts of better and interesting Cards, completely disorganised but we noted Humour, Romance, lots of Sport including Olympics (notably Athens 1906 x3), numerous Animals including a couple of Whaling, riders on elephants & camels, Automobiles including a terrific 1915 real photo of "Sultan Ibrahim on his 120hp Mercedes", Famous Men including composers & a real photo of Robert Louis Stevenson, large array of embossed types with lots of Gre

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Estimate$600

Price Realized$1,800

StatusSold

Box with bundles of Cards from Germany & Austria x60 approximately, Gibraltar x28, India x33, Italy x76, Holland x49 with lots of Costumes, and a mostly modern array from Hawaii x150, condition a bit mixed but generally fine to very fine. (400 approx)

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Box with bundles of Cards from Germany & Austria x60 approximately, Gibraltar x28, India x33, Italy x76, Holland x49 with lots of Costumes, and a mostly modern array from Hawaii x150, condition a bit mixed but generally fine to very fine. (400 approx)

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Estimate$200

StatusUnsold

Box of Cards with strong British content including a bundle of Hildesheimer artist Cards, Cadbury Bourneville Village advertising Cards x5, Valentine Cathedrals/Arms x6, Tuck Oilettes, good Bournemouth group, small towns, Cornwall x30+, a few Ireland, Wes

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Box of Cards with strong British content including a bundle of Hildesheimer artist Cards, Cadbury Bourneville Village advertising Cards x5, Valentine Cathedrals/Arms x6, Tuck Oilettes, good Bournemouth group, small towns, Cornwall x30+, a few Ireland, Westminster Abbey x7, Misch & Stock artist Cards including Wales x5, Peacock Aquarelle William Shakespeare x11 etc; also useful groups from Ceylon, Egypt including artist Cards x11, France & Gibraltar, condition generally fine to superb with many u

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Estimate$600

StatusUnsold

An eclectic lot including Crown Studios "Samarai Wharf" (Papua), "Pahang - Sakai dwelling", four Nigerian women with massive bare breasts, attractive Fijian group x11, Indo-China x5, Sydney Short Line "Surf Board Riders of Hawaii" still attached to ship's

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An eclectic lot including Crown Studios "Samarai Wharf" (Papua), "Pahang - Sakai dwelling", four Nigerian women with massive bare breasts, attractive Fijian group x11, Indo-China x5, Sydney Short Line "Surf Board Riders of Hawaii" still attached to ship's menu Card, German World War I x4 (terrific photos, one of the Kaiser & King Ferdinand of Bulgaria), two-panel panorama of Lourenco Marques used to Australia, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine & mostly unused. (30)

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Estimate$400

Price Realized$300

StatusSold

Australia with advertising ship Cards for E&A Line and Aberdeen Line, wildlife group, NSW scenes etc, condition variable; New Zealand x15 including a couple of Maori subjects, generally very fine; also portraits, actresses, greetings, etc, condition varia

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Australia with advertising ship Cards for E&A Line and Aberdeen Line, wildlife group, NSW scenes etc, condition variable; New Zealand x15 including a couple of Maori subjects, generally very fine; also portraits, actresses, greetings, etc, condition variable; plus a bundle of mostly unused modern cricket Cards including national teams, numerous humorous types & many reproductions of 1890s-1930s subjects, very fine unused. (250 approx)

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Estimate$200

Price Realized$300

StatusSold

World War I group apparently all collected by or from one Australian soldier with strength in Egypt including two impressive panorama types (rolled-up but can be flattened) & three booklets of Cards plus another from Belgium, one datelined "Christmas 1915

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World War I group apparently all collected by or from one Australian soldier with strength in Egypt including two impressive panorama types (rolled-up but can be flattened) & three booklets of Cards plus another from Belgium, one datelined "Christmas 1915/Gallipoli", also England Wales & Ireland, a few "silks" including two with the original inserts, etc, condition variable. (150 approx)

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Estimate$150

Price Realized$480

StatusSold

Pacific Islands group from Solomons x5 including three real photo types (two by Beattie from Hobart), Fanning Island, Cook Islands x2, New Hebrides undivided backs x7, Norfolk Island, Samoa x7, Tonga x9 including real photo type of the King's Wedding, and

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Pacific Islands group from Solomons x5 including three real photo types (two by Beattie from Hobart), Fanning Island, Cook Islands x2, New Hebrides undivided backs x7, Norfolk Island, Samoa x7, Tonga x9 including real photo type of the King's Wedding, and 1d Postal Cards "NUKUALOFA" & "PINE-APPLE PLANTATION" both with 'AUCKLAND/LOOSE LETTERS' cds, New Caledonia x5 including a guillotine (!) & Tahiti x4, etc, condition a bit variable but many are fine to superb. Ex Bronte Watts. (50)

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Estimate$400

Price Realized$600

StatusSold

Original traveller's album commencing in South Africa with Zulu subjects including topless damsels, Italy with Pompeii x4 & Edizioni d'Arte Donadio artist Cards of Capri x11, England including Photochrom sepia views x23 & Valentine views of Tunbridge Well

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Original traveller's album commencing in South Africa with Zulu subjects including topless damsels, Italy with Pompeii x4 & Edizioni d'Arte Donadio artist Cards of Capri x11, England including Photochrom sepia views x23 & Valentine views of Tunbridge Wells x4, garish American linen group including Fiji x6, etc, generally fine to very fine unused; also an array of photographs mostly smaller sizes but including two lively Pyramids & Camels shots (240x180mm) and a New Zealand whare (205x155mm). An

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Estimate$150

Price Realized$220

StatusSold

European collection of mostly better scenes/subjects with some lovely chromo-litho Gruss aus types including for Davos, Bergen & Copenhagen, Italy with beautiful artist Cards including "Catacombes de St Calliste" x2 & "Pompeii - Casa de Vettii" x2, others

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European collection of mostly better scenes/subjects with some lovely chromo-litho Gruss aus types including for Davos, Bergen & Copenhagen, Italy with beautiful artist Cards including "Catacombes de St Calliste" x2 & "Pompeii - Casa de Vettii" x2, others from Bulgaria including 1913 real photo of soldiers in a trench, Monaco, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Bronte Watts. (140+)

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Estimate$400

Price Realized$440

StatusSold

British Empire selection of mostly better scenes/subjects with Ascension x3, Malaya including 1922 Johore to Australia, India court-size artist Cards x4, "Funeral Pire" of a pile of corpses & three Australian Mission Cards, Ceylon, Aden, Malta, Mauritius,

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British Empire selection of mostly better scenes/subjects with Ascension x3, Malaya including 1922 Johore to Australia, India court-size artist Cards x4, "Funeral Pire" of a pile of corpses & three Australian Mission Cards, Ceylon, Aden, Malta, Mauritius, St Helena x2, South Africa real photo "Cango Caves - Visitors stopping for refreshments", useful group from Jamaica, the lesser West Indies & British Guiana, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Bronte Watts. A very good

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Estimate$750

Price Realized$1,100

StatusSold

Foreign collection with lots of better Cards from the United States (one to Persia) & Hawaii, European Colonies including Senegal, Belgian Congo, Canary Islands & a good range from the Dutch East Indies, Latin America, Korea x4, Ottoman Empire, Holy Land

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Foreign collection with lots of better Cards from the United States (one to Persia) & Hawaii, European Colonies including Senegal, Belgian Congo, Canary Islands & a good range from the Dutch East Indies, Latin America, Korea x4, Ottoman Empire, Holy Land artist Cards, etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine. Ex Bronte Watts. (150 approx)

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Estimate$450

Price Realized$650

StatusSold

Raphael Tuck & Sons collection with a Tuck's advertising Card, some early chromolithos, a few delightful Art Deco/Art Nouveau types including three embossed types produced in Paris, many "Oilette" overseas views including USA State Capitols x30, Queen Mar

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Raphael Tuck & Sons collection with a Tuck's advertising Card, some early chromolithos, a few delightful Art Deco/Art Nouveau types including three embossed types produced in Paris, many "Oilette" overseas views including USA State Capitols x30, Queen Mary's Dolls House x18 from various series, "Punch" cartoons x6, etc etc, condition variable but generally fine to very fine with many being unused. Ex Bronte Watts. [See also lot 611] (180 approx)

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Estimate$250

Price Realized$460

StatusSold

Carton of "Moderns" from around the world. (100s)

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Carton of "Moderns" from around the world. (100s)

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Price Realized$80

StatusSold

Attractive collection of mostly Great Britain & New South Wales Cards in three abominable el cheapo photo albums. Some will be retrievable but... 'Nuff said. (180 approx)

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Attractive collection of mostly Great Britain & New South Wales Cards in three abominable el cheapo photo albums. Some will be retrievable but... 'Nuff said. (180 approx)

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Price Realized$120

StatusSold

"Moderns" galore crammed into two small cartons. (1000s)

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"Moderns" galore crammed into two small cartons. (1000s)

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Grade
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Estimate$100

Price Realized$20

StatusSold

POSTCard LITERATURE: including "Picture PostCards in Australia" by Cook, "A History of PostCards" by Willoughby, "Naughty PostCards" by Howell, "PostCard Collecting" by Range, five titles by Ronnie Barker, "NSW...Bulletin" 1990-97 & 2001-07 hardbound in 5

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POSTCard LITERATURE: including "Picture PostCards in Australia" by Cook, "A History of PostCards" by Willoughby, "Naughty PostCards" by Howell, "PostCard Collecting" by Range, five titles by Ronnie Barker, "NSW...Bulletin" 1990-97 & 2001-07 hardbound in 5 volumes, & a couple of others. (17)

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Grade
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Price Realized$90

StatusSold

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