Australian & Historical

Lot 1081

GREETINGS POSTCARDS: mostly 1900s-1930s selection with WWI silks addressed from France to Australia (5), range of New Year, Easter, Christmas greeting types mostly American or British and few cards used in Australia; also a range of Dutch New Year cards; condition is variable.

Lot 1082

SHIPS & SHIPPING: 1900-1950s array in album with better real-photo types including dual image card showing "HMS Psyche in a heavy sea, Bass Straits" dated 1908, crew of trading ship SV Port Jackson (cadet training ship, torpedoed in 1917), also "A.R. Woods DSO, Captain of HMS Concord, taken in Australia in 1925", c.1908 image of passengers aboard former prison ship HMS Success; another showing SS Paparoa at sea, postally used from Hobart in 1915;

Lot 1083

THEMATIC SELECTION: mostly 1900s-1930s selection including actors/actresses including Adrienne Augarde & Maude Fealy ( both real-photo), Tittell Brune, Maud Jeffries, Edna May (signed by her), approximately 50% used with Australia, plus a few studio photographs with facsimile signatures; other themes including Children incl. real-photo portraits, Novelty, Romantic/Risque and Humorous themed cards incl. Donald McGill types;

Lot 1084

AUSTRALIA: 1900s-1950s array with Melbourne street scenes and views, also MCG card showing "English Eleven at play in 1904", "The Glaciarium - Melbourne", "Echuca Park", 1930s-60s real-photo cards including "Mildura Base Hospital", "Main Street, Stawell", "The Hermitage, Seaford"; also a few actress real-photo studio cards (Harcourt McGuffie Co, Hobart) and some New Zealand cards. (100+)

Lot 1085

AUSTRALIA: 1900s-1950s array with WWI silks sent from Western Front to Australia (9), NSW and Victoria views, studio portrait postcards, some New Zealand cards; condition variable.

Lot 1086

AUSTRALIAN STATES: 1900s-1950s assortment with selections from Canberra/ACT (15) incl. real-photo of 'Hotel Ainslie', 'View from Mt Ainslie', 'A Glimpse of Canberra from Red Hill', South Australia (15) including 'Adelaide Hills, Montacute Road', Queensland (11) incl. real-photo of 'Guest House, Lake Barrine, N.Q.' and 'Lake Eacham, Yungaburra, N.Q.' and Western Australia (3); condition is variable. (44)

Lot 1087

NEW SOUTH WALES: 1900s-40s bundle with plenty of Jenolan/Jenolan Caves cards including real-photo types some showing vintage automobiles; also topographical views, waterfalls including Kerry types, coastal/beach views, Sydney & environs, country town scenes including Albury, Bathurst & Grafton; condition variable. (85)

Lot 1088

TASMANIA: 1900s-50s array with many real-photo cards, publishers incl. Ash Bester (9), plus others by Murray Views, Rose Stereograph Co, and Valentine's with a coloured view of Brisbane St, Launceston; condition variable. (26)

Lot 1089

VICTORIA: 1900s-50s array with suburban Melbourne cards incl. 'Town Hall, Richmond', regional Victoria incl. 'Suspension Bridge, San Remo', 'Sutton Springs, Daylesford', 'Aerial Panorama of Deep Water Port, Portland' (real-photo); also Victoria Crown Land semi-official 'Farm Life' cards (2), rural views including river scenes, Great Ocean Road scenes etc; condition variable. (48)

Lot 1090

AUSTRALIAN & FOREIGN: 1900s-1970s bundle including some early 1900s real-photo cards (unannotated) of various scenes incl. cattle droving, family picnic, & school photos; WWI cards including real photo cards showing diggers at Anzac Cove, another showing gun mounted on HMAT Persic (A34), also British & foreign card incl. "Anzac Revue, H.M. The King Inspecting Infantry, September 27th, 1916.", plus humorous & greetings types and few greeting cards;

Lot 1091

AUSTRALIA - NORFOLK ISLAND: 1930s real-photo selection many by local photographer F. Parton, with better images including "Capt Macarthur Onslow's deportation farewell, 1934" (Hansard records that he was deported for failing to pass a dictation test in German!), "Tourists at Kingston", "Norfolk Island Jetty", "Wild Hyacinth", "Gallows Gate" (2), "Anson Bay", etc; generally very good condition. (15)

Lot 1092

AUSTRALIA: 1930s-70s souvenir card packs including "Souvenir of Araluen" (WA) Series No 1 & No 2, "Queenstown" (Tas), "Beautiful North West Coast of Tasmania", "Mt Beauty and the Kiewa Scheme" (Vic), "Picturesque view of Dunkeld" (Vic), "Beautiful Albany" (WA), etc. (50 approx)

Lot 1093

CHARLIE CHAPLIN: 1910s-40s mostly European or American cards depicting the comic actor including c.1910 real-photo portrait card by Witzel, published by Rotary Photo, 1914 real-photo card used internally within Finland with censor handstamp, c.1915 "Charles Chaplin (Charlot)" real-photo portrait card, 1916-17 Cobb & Shinn caricature cards (12, all different) 1918 card addressed to a member of the American Expeditionary Forces,

Lot 1094

JOHN OLDAY: A series of photographic postcards [36, each 14x8.7cm] printed on high quality Agfa-Gevaert matte stock, all showing reproductions of Olday's works, each captioned and initialled by the artist in pen, plus two leaflets of similar proportions inscribed "Outsider - John Olday Exhibits - 40 Paintings, 70 Drawings at the Royal Admiral Hotel - 10th March - 21st March, 1964",