The John Lancaster Collection of Australian Trade Exhibitions (#121MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 501-574 of 574. Previous|123456|Next Lot #496 QUEENSLAND AT THE EXHIBITION: Two folios of photographs produced by the Queensland Government and printed by the Gov't Printer, A.J.Cumming; for distribution in the Australian Pavilion. Titled "QUEENSLAND views in WIDE BAY & BURNETT DISTRICTS" and "QUEENSLAND views CENTRAL DISTRICT" each with 20 full-page photographs & lithographic front cover. (2 items).There were 8 different booklets produced in this series, all with the sub-heading "Views seen from Queensland Railways." View details Estimate$300 - $500Price Realized$230StatusSold SymbolB Lot #497 AUSTRALIA AT THE EXHIBITION: "Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Australian Pavilion. The Pocket Queensland" [A.J.Cumming, Brisbane, 1914], pictorial wrapper, 161 pp + folding map; also, similar 1911 edition of "The Pocket Queensland" 128pp + folding map at back; also, "Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. Progressive Victoria [Australia] and its Metropolis" [Osboldstone & Co., Melbourne, 1915] 48pp with decorative wrapper. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #498 LETTERHEAD: 1913 (Oct.22) typed letter to David M. Dow, on letterhead for the United States Commission to Australia & New Zealand for the Panama Pacific Exposition, written at Menzies Hotel by Thos. Stallsmith concerning Australian Fruit display at San Francisco; together with copy of letter to Australian Fruitgrowers Conference. (2 items).Dow became official secretary in the Commissioner's office from 1924. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #499 NEW ZEALAND PAVILION: Envelope with 'THE NEW ZEALAND COMMISSIONER/NEW ZEALAND PAVILION/...' imprint in blue at upper-left, to New Zealand with Exposition 5c tied by 'HONOLULU/MAY 17/HAWAII - 1915' cancellation; and an official postcard "2021. The New Zealand Pavilion...", very fine unused. (2 items). View details Estimate$120 - $150StatusUnsold SymbolC Lot #500 MEDALLIONS: Silver (51mm) 'SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER of MANUFACTURES INCORPORATED .1869.' surrounding Coat of Arms, reverse 'AWARDED TO / R.C. SMITH / PATENT EXPANSIBLE / GUTTERING' within wreath, in original cardboard box, aUnc. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$125StatusSold Lot #501 "Souvenir Catalogue, 1923 Australian Exhibition, Exhibition Building, Jan.27 to Feb.17, Promoted by the A.N.A. Metropolitan Committee" [Melbourne, c1923] 64pp plus folding plan; plus "A Young Man and a Nail Can", published by MacRobertson [Melbourne, 1921] 136pp. The MacRobertson Company have a full page advert in the 1923 Exhibition catalogue. (2 items). Mixed condition. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$180StatusSold Lot #502 POSTAGE STAMPS: Great Britain 1924 Exhibition 1d & 1½d SG 430-431 blocks of 4 */** (Cat £100++) and 1924 3/- Booklet (SG #BB24. Edition 87) with advertisement for Burgoyne's Empire Wines on the face (Cat £400); also three different Exhibition "Cinderellas"; very fine. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$125StatusSold Symbol*/**B Lot #502a POSTMARK ESSAY: "PALACE OF ENGINEERING" blueprint of the design proposal for a special datestamp to be used during the Exhibition. This deign was rejected in favour of a design featuring a more stylized lion and different configuration for the date information. The Palace of Engineering, which became the Palace of Housing & Traansport for the 1925 Exhibition, was then the largest concrete building in the world. Rare. Provenance: Argyll Etkin, London, October 1995. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #503 POSTAL MARKINGS: 'BRITISH EMPIRE/[Lion]/EXHIBITION 1924' Krag slogan on commercial PPC; 'EMPIRE EXHIBITION/1924 - [Lion]/WEMBLEY PARK' slogan on Exhibition 1½d on postcard to Ulster & CTO on unaddressed 1½d Envelope; double-circle '.../PALACE OF ENGINEERING' cds on Exhibition 1½d & KGV 3d on registered cover; and similar '.../PALACE OF INDUSTRY' cds on three registered covers (one to Western Australia); a few blemishes. (7 Items) View details Estimate$750 - $1,000StatusUnsold SymbolC / PS Lot #504 PROMOTIONAL POSTMARKS - OVERSEAS: Commercial covers from Australia x7 with various machine slogan cancels; New Zealand cover & postcard with different machine slogans; and Straits Settlements cover from 'JASIN' with largely superb 'MALACCA/20AUG/1923 - [Lion]/BRITISH/EMPIRE EXHIBITION/1924' duplex tying 5c orange to the reverse; condition variable. (10 Items) View details Estimate$250 - $300StatusUnsold SymbolC Lot #505 AUSTRALIAN PAVILION: 1923 Commonwealth Immigration Office picture postcards all but one with several printed messageses encouraging a visit to the Australian Pavilion "next year" & promoting British migration, the other with most of those messages removed & presumably issued at the Exhibition, fine to very fine unused. [This is a very distinctive & attractive series of sepia & yellow photographs with white highlights] (11 Items). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$220StatusSold SymbolC Lot #506 AUSTRALIAN PAVILION: Picture postcards issued for distribution at the 1924 Exhibition including James Scott x4, floral arrangements by Ellis Rowan x3, Australian High Commissioner x3, Commonwealth Immigration Office, etc, a few different editions of the same photo, generally fine to very fine, a few are used including with Exhibition 1d x3. (34 Items) View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolC Lot #507 MAP & EPHEMERA: Large folded coloured map of the 1924 British Empire Exhibition site issued at 1/6 with detailed description of the Pavilions; typed letters (3) relating to the participation of The Australian Imperial Band; plus Period Pass for 10-30 June. (5 items). View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #508 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS: Group of 4 photographs (21cm. X 16cm.) showing the Visit by King George V and Queen Mary accompanied by the Prince of Wales to the Australian Pavilion on 20 May 1924; similar image from another angle; some of the 70,000 visitors to the Australian Pavilion on 9 June 1924; and another photograph of the Crowds in the Australian Pavilion. View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$420StatusSold SymbolD Lot #509 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS: Group of 52 photographs (each 21x16cm) showing views of the Australian Pavilion and exhibits, VIP visitors, Freda the mechanical cow, sheep shearing, MacRobertson's display in the Sugar exhibit. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #510 MEDALLIONS: Bronze (51mm) 1; Lion in front of Wembley Stadium aFDC and 2); allegorical agriculture and industry, reverse Bertram Mackennal bust of King George V, both in original cases aFDC. (2 Items) View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #511 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS: "The British Empire Exhibition 1924 - Official Guide" [Fleetway Press, London, 1924] 112pp plus large fold-out map of the Exhibition; "Australian Pavilion, British Empire Exhibition 1924. A Photographic Souvenir..." [London, 1924] 42pp, green & red cover editions, the green version being a presentation copy to G.A.Thompson. (3 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #512 1925 Wonderland of Industry: "All-Australian Exhibition, March 27th to May 23rd 1925" Season Ticket No.1, won as a School Prize by Leslie C.Jeffress. Also, souvenir metal match-box holder with enamel scene of the Exhibition building. (2 items).Organized by the South Australian Chamber of Manufacturers the exhibition included applied arts, photography, printing, carpentry, metal work, scientific instruments and models, brandies and student works. Attendance was 406,487. View details Estimate$150 - $250Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #513 POSTAGE STAMPS: 1925 Wembley 1d (some split/rejoined perforations) & 1½d (the lower units are unmounted) SG 432-3 blocks of 4, Cat £260+. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Symbol*/** Lot #514 POSTAL STATIONERY etc: 1925 Wembley 1½d Letter Card & Envelope both with 'COLONIAS' handstamp in red Ex Spanish Post Office Archives, also 'EMPIRE EXHIBITION/1925 - [Lion]/WEMBLEY PARK 1925' slogan cancel 1) on 1½d Envelope to Victoria, 2) on Exhibition 1d & 1½d on postcards to "Royal Military College/Duntroon" (taxed) or Germany, and 3) on Exhibition 1½d on envelope with 'THE DOMINION OF/[map]/NEW ZEALAND' imprint; a few blemishes but generally fine to very fine. (6 Items) View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold SymbolPS / C Lot #515 AUSTRALIAN PAVILION: Raphael Tuck & Son official postcards with imprint 'Australian Pavilion/British Empire Exhibition, Wembley' on the address side featuring all-different Australian views, one stained otherwise fine to very fine unused. (14 Items). View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSold SymbolC Lot #516 TAXED COVER TO MALTA: 1925 stampless cover with 'BRITISH EMPIRE/EXHIBITION/MAY-1925-OCT' slogan cancel of Birmingham, to Malta with London tax handstamp & Valetta b/s, Malta 1925 Postage Dues Imperf 3d SG D6 (Cat £15 x30+ on cover) tied by 'VALETTA' cds, 'SLIEMA' arrival backstamp. View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold SymbolC Lot #517 FRENCH MINIATURE SHEET, etc: 5fr red x4 SG 412a, full unmounted o.g. (Cat £1600); also four Exhibition postcards & an ornate lottery ticket with three small coupons removed). View details Estimate$750 - $1,000Price Realized$375StatusSold Symbol** / C Lot #518 ISSUED STAMPS: 1925 ½d to 4d SG 463-5 mint set, CTO set & blocks of four, set tied to piece by Exhibition slogan cancel of NO17-1925 being the Opening Day of the Exhibition & First Day of Issue of the stamps, a set with Portuguese 'COLONIAS' handstamp in blue affixed to an archival piece, 4d block of 4 with minor varieties (3 units are unmounted) & 4d 'POSTAGF' SG 465 used, VF/EF, Cat £900++. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$460StatusSold Symbol*/**O Lot #519 EXHIBITION POSTAL MARKINGS: 'DUNEDIN EXHIBITION' datestamp 1) on ½d to 4d blocks of 4 on separate envelopes with '[Buildings]/NZ & SS EXHIBITION - DUNEDIN 1925-26' imprint in blue at upper-left, 2) on the set plus extra 4d with 'POSTAGF' Flaw (Cat £180x2+ on cover) on Last Day Cover registered, and 3) on the set on two plain covers to Ponsonby or Sydney with large or small 'DUNEDIN/EXHIBITION' handstamps on 'DUNEDIN' registration labels; a few minor blemishes. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$750StatusSold SymbolC Lot #520 POSTCARDS & SOUVENIR ENVELOPES etc: Exhibition postcards x7 (one of "The Amusement Park" to Auckland with message "Have just been for a ride on the [scenic] Railway. It takes the breath out of you..."); View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolC Lot #521 INWARDS MAIL: 1925 cover from Colombia with 'Biblioteca Nacional' (= National Library) imprint & huge cachet in blue, to "President and Directors of/.../International Exhibition/Dunedin", 8c indigo tied by huge boxed datestamp. An interesting origin/destination cover. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$150StatusSold SymbolC Lot #522 "New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition, Dunedin, 1925-26", coloured photo-offset poster by Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd, window mounted, overall 56x46cm. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$220StatusSold Lot #523 PUBLICATIONS: "New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Dunedin 1925-6, Official Souvenir Catalogue" [Dunedin, 1925] 228pp + photo plates and colour lithograph advertisements View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$140StatusSold Lot #524 Student's Season Ticket; promotional poster stamps rouletted x3 (two on Bickford's Cordials window envelope or a postcard to Ecuador) or perforated; and advertising envelopes for Brockhouse & Co Engineers and Onkaparinga Woollen Co advertising their gold medals at the Exhibition (the latter with "gold" foil wafer on the flap); condition variable. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$100StatusSold Symbol*(*)/C Lot #525 MEDALLIONS: Bronze (32mm) 'SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER of MANUFACTURES INCORPORATED .1869.' surrounding Coat of Arms, reverse 'AWARDED TO / T.H. STOWARD / PHOTO / LANDSCAPE', aUnc. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$50StatusSold Lot #526 PROMOTIONAL LABEL: Blue & yellow perforated label (torn before being affixed) on NSW Department of Public Works envelope with KGV 1½d perf.OS; Public Trustee advertising on the reverse, to "Wyangala Dam/via Woodstock". View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$220StatusSold SymbolCL Lot #527 TRADE SHIP CACHET: Huge 'POSTED ON BOARD FIRST AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION SHIP TO THE EAST/TSS NIEUW HOLLAND/...' cachet with details of the itinerary in violet superb strikes on covers with 'FIRST AUSTRALIAN TRADE EXHIBITION SHIP/...' imprint on the flap, from Brisbane, Port Moresby (repaired opening tear) with Papua 2d or Soerabaja with Dutch Indies 5c & 10c, and a similar envelope but without the cachet with Straits Settlements 4c orange pair & Penang cds. View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold SymbolC Lot #528 TRADE SHIP CACHET: Huge 'POSTED ON BOARD FIRST AUSTRALIAN EXHIBITION SHIP TO THE EAST/TSS NIEUW HOLLAND/...' cachet with details of the itinerary in violet very fine to superb strikes on covers with Australian x3 or Dutch Indies x5 adhesives View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$380StatusSold SymbolC / CL Lot #529 COMMERCIAL MAIL: Large linen-backed banker's packet (217x178mm) to "Standard Bank of South Africa/Zanzibar/British East Africa" with Australian KGV 2d x2 & 3d tied by undated triple-oval '.../SS NIEUW HOLLAND/...' ship's cachet, largely very fine strike of the huge Trade Ship cachet in violet at left, 'SOERABAJA' & 'CORREIO/BEIRA' transits & 'ZANZIBAR' arrival backstamp, horizontal & vertical folds. An extraordinary item to an exotic destination. Provenance John Gartner. View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolCO Lot #530 REGISTERED COVER: 'VICTORIA DOCK MELBOURNE/15OC34/C3' datestamp - First Day of Use, fine strike on the reverse - & provisional registration label 'No 11'. [NB: the registration labels were numbered from 'No 1'] View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$125StatusSold Lot #531 POSTAL MARKINGS: 'ALL AUST EXHBTN MELBNE N3' datestamp on two plain covers; also 'PRINCES PIER PORT MELB SC7' datestamp & registration labels on two covers, an example of the postmark on a stamp, a Melbourne Centenary roller postmark from Brisbane on a Nov.1934 cover, etc. (7 items). View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$200StatusSold SymbolC Lot #532 REGISTERED COVERS: 'ALL AUST EXHBN MELBNE N3/13OC34' cds - First Day of Use - & Exhibition registration label 'No 254'. [NB: the registration labels were numbered from 'No 251'] View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$125StatusSold SymbolC Lot #533 REGISTERED COVER: 'ALL AUST EXHBN MELBNE N3/13OC34' cds - First Day of Use - & Exhibition registration label 'No 359' (Rat's Tail variety). View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$125StatusSold SymbolC Lot #534 REGISTERED COVER: 'PRINCES PIER PORT MELB SC7/17OC34/VIC.' datestamp - First Day of Use - & registration label 'No 251'. The first item serviced at the temporary post office. [NB: the registration labels were numbered from 'No 251'] View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$700StatusSold SymbolC Lot #535 REGISTERED COVER: 'PRINCES PIER PORT MELB SC7/1NO3434/VIC.' datestamp & registration label 'No 413' on 2d KGV (oval die) envelope to NSW.Special temporary post offices were established at Princes Pier and Victoria Dock for personnel from naval ships and other vessels moored at the two piers during the Centenary Celebrations. View details Estimate$250 - $350Price Realized$125StatusSold SymbolC Lot #536 MEDALLIONS: Bronze (64mm) 'CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS' under power transmission pylon, reverse rams skull and corn cob by G. Raynor Hoff, C#1934/9, EF. View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #537 1936 ADELAIDE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION: Kangaroo poster stamp mint; 11 May plain cover with 'CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION/SA' datestamp; three registered covers ( 20 March, 3 April & 6 May) with the datestamp & provisional registration labels with manuscript endorsement - and Tennis Player label - or 'CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION' handstamp x2. (5 items). View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$500StatusSold Symbol* / C Lot #538 Philatelic material and postcards with many useful items including 1855 1/- Octagonal on cover endorsed "p Argo" from Melbourne to London; 1877 Chief Secretary frank stamps on 2 (defective) OHMS covers for the Victorian Royal Commission for the Paris Exhibition; 1880 Melbourne 'MC/97' Barred Numeral x3 and on two defective covers, complete Victorian newspaper remarkably with the original wrapper (torn) & Bell ½d red; 1888 Chief Secretary frank of Centennial Exhibition OHMS cover to the Au... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$850StatusSold Symbol*/(*)/C Lot #539 c1858-2010 collection of ephemera in four albums, noted wonderful range of engravings (44); newspapers (54), noted 1878 'Australasian Sketcher' postally used from NZ to USA franked 2d Sideface; song sheets (2) - "Exhibition Waltzes, Melbourne International Exhibition 1880, Composed by Fannie McLean" & "Exhibition Waltz, by T.H.Bosworth". Inspection will reward. View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #540 "Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory for 1867. Eleventh Year of Publication" [Sands & McDougall, Melbourne, 1867]; 602 pp + xxiii introdcutory pages + 85 pages of advertisements and also inserts "Additions and Alterations" (before p.1) and Insurance Co coloured adverts (between p.18-19 in the adverts section). View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #541 TRADE FAIRS & EXHIBITIONS: MEDALLIONS: Group comprising 1873 Brass 'Ricketty Dick' Carlisle #1873/2, 1875 White metal 'Stokes & Martin Australasia' C#1876/1, 1880 Bronze Melbourne C#1880-81/9, 1888 Bronze Captain Cook C#1888/4, 1890-91 Silver Australian Juvenile & Industrial Ballarat (22mm) C#1890-1/1b, 1891 Silver 'TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL' uninscribed plus awarded 'ALDERMAN E.H. PANTON / IN / COMMEMORATION' C#1891-2/4,1900 Gilt Paris (50mm) Dupuis souvenir with Australian F.C.V.Lane, 1905... View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #542 "South Australia: Its History, Resources, and Productions" by Edited by William Harcus [W.C. Cox, Adelaide, 1876] 311pp + large folding chart at back; later half-leather binding preserving the original front wrapper. [Ferg. 10,234]. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold SymbolB Lot #543 "The Adelaide Almanac and Directory for South Australia, 1878, with map of the Colony" by Josiah Boothby [J.Williams, Adelaide, 1878] 407 pp + The Trades Directory for South Australia, 1878; vii; plus the 'South Australian Directory Advertiser" 225 pp.; original red cloth with gilt titles to front and spine. [Ferg.5679]. View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #544 "Cyclopaedia of Australasia; or, Dictionary of Facts, Events, Dates, Persons, and Places..." by David Blair [Ferguson and Moore, Melbourne, 1881]. 780 pp + index. [Ferg.7103]. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$50StatusSold Lot #545 "VICTORIA. Votes and proceedings of the Legislative Assembly. Session 1, 1884" [John Ferres, Melbourne, 1884], Vol.1, 1041 pp. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #546 ENGRAVINGS & PRINTS, noted 1888 hand-coloured double-page engraving "The Great Hall of the Exhibition" by F.A.Sleap; three hand-coloured engravings showing the Melbourne Exhibition Building; plus a reprinted poster "First Australian Exhibition of Women's Work". (5 items, of which 4 are mounted). View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #547 "Victoria and Its Metropolis Past and Present", the 2 volumes complete, by Alexander Sutherland [McCarron, Bird & Co., Melbourne, 1888], with nearly 400 illustrations and folding colour map, some minor faults, rebound with new gilt enhanced spines. View details Estimate$400 - $600Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #548 1893 OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, LONDON: 1893 Victorian Parliamentary Report regarding the Opening of the Imperial Institute on 10th May 1893 presented to both Houses of Parliament. Details of the preperation, difficulties, exhibits and responses to the Victorian Court. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #549 1896 VICTORIAN FOOD AND HEALTH INDUSTRIAL SHOW: 4-page prospectus for the Victorian Food and Health Industrial Show to be held in the Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne; 2 examples, one with mss notation "Richmond Mon. July 13th".[Advertised dates for the Exhibition:1st - 22nd July, 1896]. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$50StatusSold SymbolD Lot #550 1898 OLD COLONISTS' CARNIVAL ART UNION & EXHIBITION: 1898 4-page prospectus for the Old Colonists' Art Union and Exhibition to be held in the Exhibition Buildings in Melbourne. Article invited include Foods, Beverages, Sporting Goods, Fabrics, Photography, Scientific Goods, Fine Arts, etc. [Exhibition dates: 21st - 28th May, 1898]. View details Estimate$100 - $150Price Realized$50StatusSold SymbolD Lot #551 TRADE FAIR & EXHIBITION SOUVENIRS: '1908 Franco-British Exhibition' New Testament (32 x 90 x 12mm), '1925 All Australian Exhibition Adelaide' tin badge (32mm) and wooden lifebouy ring (160mm) with image of the Exhibition building in centre, '1934-35 Victorian & Melbourne Centenary Exhibition' enamel and gilt badge (25mm). (4 items). View details Estimate$250 - $300Price Realized$125StatusSold Lot #552 "VICTORIAN YEAR-BOOK, 1909-10" by A.M. Laughton, Government Statist. [J.Kemp, Melbourne, n.d.,1910]; 732 pp + folding maps & charts. View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold SymbolB Lot #553 "The Year-Book of Australia for 1914", edited by Walter C. Cambridge [1914], rebound without original wrappers (loosely inserted), with advert for Java Exhibition 1914 on inside front cover. 814pp + folding maps + advert. pages. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #554 WORLD WAR ONE: 1915 EXHIBITION TRUSTEES: Victorian Parliamentary Report of Proceedings and Statement of Income & Expenditure for year ended 30 June 1915; an April 1916 letter from Postmaster General's Department asking for economic restraint during the War with respect to postal and telegraphic services together with a further supporting document titled "Economy is Essential". (3 items). View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold SymbolD Lot #555 REFERENCE BOOKS: "Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia. No.17-1924" [H.J.Green, Melbourne, 1924] 1096pp.; "Ports & Cities of the World - New Zealand, Australia, Netherlands East Indies, Malaya, Siam, Burma" [Globe Encyclopedia Company, London, 1925] 783pp, red leather with gilt titles; also, "Law, Somner Pty Ltd, Catalogue for 1925" [Melbourne, 1925] 160pp + notes pages. (3 items). View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold SymbolB Lot #556 1929-2007 EXHIBITIONS: Large binder housing diverse range of printed material incl. catalogues, correspondence, pamphlets, brochures and other publicity material for a diverse range of Exhibitions and Trade Fairs from 1929 BARCELONA to the 2007 IRRESISTABLE GLUTEN FREE WHEAT SHOW and many in between. Some useful ephemera. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #557 The Great Sydney Exhibition, December 1931 - Easter 1932: long flyer (actually a printer's proof) outlining the proposal by George A. Taylor, for an exhibition in Sydney intended to lead to the construction of a City of Peace, show-casing Australia at the forefront of new wireless, aviation and construction technologies. The exhibition did not proceed due to lack of enthusiasm. View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #558 Envelopes with various promotional slogan cancels x4; two envelopes with different promotional imprints; "Australia's/Great Event!" programme of events; City of Melbourne "Order of Ceremony" & Entree Card; McAlpin's Flour promotional blotting card in superb condition; ES&A and Collins House poster stamps and a complete sheet of 20 different Centenary labels (no gum). View details Estimate$300 - $400Price Realized$150StatusSold Symbol(*) / C Lot #559 EXHIBITIONS: Library of catalogues and books, noted "New Zealand Centennial Exhibition 1939-40, Official Souvenir Catalogue" [Wellington, 1939]; "Royal Adelaide Exhibition, March 21st to May 17th 1947" [Adelaide, 1946]; "The Great Exhibitions" by Allwood [London, 1977]. (50+ items). View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #560 TRADE: Library of books, noted "Victorian Commerce 1834-1934" by Cooper (signed) [Melbourne, 1934]; "A Small Rich Industrial Country" by Arndt [Melbourne, 1968]; "Exhibiting Overseas" by Black [London, 1971]; "Australia Reaching Out" by AUGE International [Sydney, 1987]. (90 items). View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #561 HISTORY & COMMERCE: Library of books, noted "100 Years of Progress - A Complete History of the State of Victoria" by Daley [Melbourne, 1935]; "A Centenary History of the Australian Natives Association 1871-1971" by Menadue [Melbourne, 1971]; "Australia Unveiled - The share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia" by Schilder [Amsterdam, 1976]; "Victoria Illustrated" by Paynting & Grant [Melbourne, 1985]. (36 items). View details Estimate$400 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #562 HANNOVER TRADE FAIRS: Philatelic envelopes & souvenirs including 1949 Allied Occupation M/S on souvenir page (Cat £375), 1950 souvenir with Berlin Goethe set (Cat £225), etc; also Leipzig Trade Fair 1946 Russian Zone miniature sheet (superb CTO, Cat £350), etc; generally very fine. (20 items). View details Quantity18Estimate$350 - $450StatusUnsold SymbolO / C Lot #563 1947-1969 EXHIBITIONS etc: Registered covers with Exhibition datestamps & provisional registration labels including for 1947 'ROYAL ADELAIDE EXHIBITION', 1952 'QLD INDUSTRIES FAIR', 1958 'FRENCH FAIR' x2 (one a rpinted envelope), 1959 'INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR', '1961 SYDNEY TRADE FAIR', 'BRITISH EXHIBITION 1964', 1968 'TRADE FAIR AND MOTOR SHOW/GEELONG', 1969 'PORTLAND TRADE FAIR', '1969 'TRADE FAIR/DANDENONG...' etc, generally fine to very fine. Scarce group. (15 items) View details Quantity33Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$400StatusSold SymbolC Lot #564 MELBOURNE MOTOR SHOW: "International Motor Show" Official Catalogues or Guide Books for 1952, 1954, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963 & 1966. (7 items). View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$100StatusSold Lot #565 YEAR BOOKS: "Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia" for 1956, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975-76 & 1977-78; plus "Victorian Year Book 1973". (10 items). View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #566 SHIPPING: Library including "Shipping Arrivals & Departures Sydney" in 3 volumes [Canberra, 1977-88]; "Shipping Arrivals & Departures Victorian Ports" in 2 volumes by Syme [Melbourne, 1984-87]; "Shipping Arrivals and Departures Tasmania" in 2 volumes [Canberra, 1983-85]. (17 books). A valuable resource. View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #567 MEDALS REFERENCE LIBRARY: Books including "Australian Commemorative Medals and Medalets from 1788" by Carlisle [Sydney, 1983]; "Australian Historical Medals 1788-1988" by Carlisle [Sydney, 2008]; auction catalogue of Dr.John M.Chapman Collection. (5 items). View details Estimate$150 - $200Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #568 STAMPS, POSTAL HISTORY & POSTCARDS REFERENCE LIBRARY: including "The Postal History of New South Wales 1788-1901" by White [Sydney, 1988]; "Queensland Postal History" by Campbell [Melbourne, 1990]; "Franked! The Official Mail of Victoria 1864-1902" by Steig & Watson [Melbourne, 2008]; "The Stamps of Victoria" by Kellow [Melbourne, 1990], etc. (61 items). View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next
