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Australian & Historical, Day 2 — Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.

Auction House:Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.Number of lots recorded:298
Sale Title:Australian & Historical, Day 2Lots with images:292
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:240
Date:28-Nov-2021
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English Campaign Medal: Mysore 1790-92, 38 mm silver with bilingual inscription in English and Farsi, with original ring for suspension. Indian officers and men who served under Marquis Cornwallis and Generals Abercromby and Meadows received this medal for service in the Heic campaign which brought about the downfall of Tippoo, Sultan of Mysore.
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Victorian Garrison Officer's mess waistcoat, circa 1890s
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An antique military parade sword in scabbard, stamped 'Lush & Co. Melbourne, Reeves', 19th century, 104 cm long
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Australian Light Horse: 15ct gold award fob (6.75gms) depicting crossed rifles and a bullet over a horse on a shield surrounded by laurel leaves, engraved verso 'Best Turned Out Member Squadron A.L.H. Presented By Sub. Insp. Carroway to J. Adrian 1909'.
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A group of regimental hat badges: 96th Regiment of Foot (English); 'The Hume Regiment' (the 59th); 'The Heidelberg Regiment' (the 60th); and the 10th Regiment, North Otago Rifles, New Zealand. (4 items).
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Postcards From Egypt 1915: A series of 11 postcards written between Feb and Nov. 1915, either from R.M.S. Moldavia, Zeitun Camp, Cairo or Headquarters A.I.F., Intermediate Base, and with various postmarks; all addressed to Victoria. Also, a collection of 36 unused Egyptian postcards typical of those souvenired by the 'Diggers'. (47 total).
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Patriotic Fobs & A Badge comprising of an enamel and 9ct gold fob with the Australian Coat of Arms; a 9ct gold fob depicting a soldier with his rifle; another similar 9ct fob but surmounted by a boomerang; and a 9ct gold badge (lacking clasp) with the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces logo. (4 items). Total weight: 13gms.
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A collection of mainly WW1-era patriotic badges including 'For Belgium and Honor'; 'Our Fighting Men'; 'Servia, Syria, Armenia'; 'Discharged Soldiers' Fund'; 'Charity'; 'Australian Air League 5/-', etc. (16 different).
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Somme trench art match box holder, timber box with military badges and a brooch, (3 items), the box 12 cm wide
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General Sir W. R. Birdwood (1865 - 1951), World War I period campaign trunk, painted metal, with lift-out tray and compartments, the General's name painted on the top surface, 27.5 cm high, 55 cm high, 37 cm deep.. Provenance: Private collection, Florida, U.S.A. General Birdwood, (eventually Field Marshal, 1st Baron Birdwood, Gcb, Gcsi, G CMG, Gcvo, Cie, DSO) was a British Army officer. He saw active service in the Second Boer War on the staff of Lord Kitchener. He saw action again in the First World War…
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A.I.F. Death Plaque for Private George Smith, 59th Australian Infantry Battalion. Smith died 18th June, 1916 and was buried in Egypt at the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
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Various 'Rising Sun' hat badges, including examples by Amor, Sydney; General Plastics; and 2 slider types, plus a collar pair by Arendsen. (6 items).
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Royal Flying Corps: Two hat badges, one with two lugs (35 mm high); the other with folding arms (45 mm). Also, an RAAF World War II-era Officer's peak-hat hatband with associated badges. (3 items).
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World War I: Australian Commonwealth Military Forces Rising Sun pennant in felt (length 62 cm), HMS Achilles cap band, Rising Sun cap badges (3), 'Australia' (2) & 'Awas (2) shoulder badges, uniform buttons large (4) & small (8), plus 'For King and Empire/Services Rendered' and 'Returned from Active Service' badges and two felt sew-on patches. (25 items)
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An Australian 1st world war embroidered silk scarf titled 'Souvenir of Egypt. in glassed frame, circa 1917, the scarf 54 cm high, 49.5 wide
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Souvenir of Egypt, Advance Australia, 1916', hand embroidered silk scarf, 51 x 51 cm
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15ct gold fob (5.7gms) made by William Drummond of Melbourne, engraved verso 'From Yarra Glen Dist. Citizens to Pve. L.B. Morris : Services France 1917'.
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W.W.I: 'Red Cross Society : Australian Branch' 20 page brochure listing clothing and other items that can be sent 'we will accept anything that is of value' for war time relief; also, a souvenir menu and program for a 'Welcome Home to Returned Soldiers who have enlisted from Richmond; Town Hall, August 7th, 1919. (2 items).
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Queensland Railways: Travel Pass for a 'Returned Soldier : First Class Pass : All Stations'; ticket No.10788 hand stamped for use until 'Dec 13, 1919'. Excellent condition. Rare.
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Gullett, H. S. & Barrett, Chas. (eds.), Australia in Palestine, [Angus & Robertson Sydney 1919], 1st edition, pictorial boards, quarto, xiv + 153pp., colour frontis., colour & b/w plates, text illustrations., maps, folding plate. Preface by Sir Harry Chauvel. Folding panoramas of battles for Rishon le Zion, and Beersheba (are present but defective). Includes colour photographs by Frank Hurley and 5 full-page colour paintings by George Lambert.
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The Victoria Cross For Valour : Souvenir Dinner Menu, 1919, with multiple Signatures, 'Dinner Offered by Mr. Hugh D. McIntosh to Heros of the A.I.F. on whom His Majesty the King conferred the Victoria Cross For Valour : Hotel Australia : on the night of Armistice Day, November 11th, 1919'. Following the title pages, the menu and a page devoted to a poem, 'To these Brave' by Frank Morton, the following 26 pages bear the original signatures of the following 19 Victoria Cross recipients (in the order they…
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A group of three 9ct gold fobs (total 8.1gms) presented to Corporal G.A. Ferguson, on his return from active service in 1919. The awards are from the residents of Buangor, Mount Cole and Willaura, small communities near Ararat in Western Victoria.
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9ct gold fob (4.7gms) presented to Private Thomas William Briggs, 12th Battalion, by the residents of Pontville Brighton for his 'Services in the Great War'; map of Tasmania on the front and engraved verso.
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9ct gold fob (7.6gms) presented to Srgt. T.S. Daniels, A.I.F., D.C.M., by the residents of Rhyndaston, Tasmania, for 'Services in Great War'; engraved verso.
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9ct gold fob (5.5gms) presented to Sgt. F. Holbrook, A.A.V.C., by the residents of Mepunga 'On his return from Active Service.', Mepunga is a small settlement on the coast near Warrnambool, Victoria. Holbrook had been a sergeant in the Army Veterinary Corps.
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9ct gold fob (5gms) presented to Sgt. H. Ferry, by the residents of Gundy 'For Duty Well Done.', Gundy is a small village near Muswellbrook, New South Wales.
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15ct gold fob (7.7gms) presented to Private Bertie J. Bumpstead by 'Bealiba Friends On His Return From France, 1919'. Bealiba is a small town near Bendigo, Victoria. Bumpstead had been a private in the 2nd Machine Gun Company.
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15ct gold fob (5.9gms) presented to Sgt. R.T. Stewart, 12263, A.M.T.S. 'From residents of Yarrawonga for Services Abroad in the Great War - 1914 - 1918 -', Yarrawonga is a town on the Victorian side of the Murray River.
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15ct gold fob (8.6gms) presented to Pte. B. Oats 'From Friends of Cornishtown District 1919.', Cornishtown is a rural area near Rutherglen, Victoria.
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15ct gold fob (14.7gms) engraved to front 'He Answered The Call' and verso 'Serg. S.F. Dunbar. From residents Upper Hunter. for Services ren'd King & Country 1919.', Samuel Frederick Dunbar was a member of the 1st Australian Light Horse Regiment.
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Gunner Archibald John Dunlop: 15ct gold fob (approx. 5.5gms; by William Drummond) suspended from a black silk band with a 9ct map of Australia and links. The fob engraved verso 'Presented to Gunner A.J. Dunlop on his return from the Great War : Stewarton : 4.7.1919'. Accompanied by Dunlop's British War Medal and his Victory Medal, both with ribbons. (3 items). Stewarton is a small area near Benalla in Victoria. Dunlop joined the 4th Light Horse Regiment.
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9ct gold fob suspended from a black silk band enhanced with an additional fob featuring a gold map of Australia and gold fittings. (approx.10gms). The fob engraved verso 'Presented to Spr. G.J. Simmonds on his return from Active Service by Koroit Fire Brigade 22nd Oct.1919.', Sapper Gordon James Simmonds had joined the 1st Reinforcements, 5th Division Field Company Engineers in November 1916.
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15ct gold fob (approx. 6gms) suspended from a black silk band enhanced with an additional fob featuring a 9ct gold Coat of Arms of Australia, two gold shields and gold fittings. The fob engraved verso 'Corp J.C. Doggett 107 Howitzer Battery, Aust. Field Artillery'. Corporal John Claude Doggett was a school teacher from Kurraca, near Wedderburn in Victoria. He enlisted in February 1917.
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Brother G.W. Lorriman: 9ct gold fob suspended from a black silk band with 9ct shields and links. The fob, with Manchester Unity I.O.O.F. shield to front, engraved verso 'Loyal Woods Point Lodge M.U. - Presented to Bro. G.W. Lorriman. Appreciation for Service in Great War 1914 - 1916. 11-10-19'. Lorriman was a miner from Gaffney's Creek, Victoria when he joined the 1st Reinforcement, 39th Battalion in April 1916.
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9ct gold fob suspended from a black silk band together with 9ct map of Australia, shields and links (apprx. 10gms total). The fob, engraved verso 'Presented to Gnr. P.A. Wylde by Spalding Residents For Services Rendered for King & Country, from March 1915.', Percy Albert Wylde of Spalding, South Australia enlisted in January 1915 and joined the 9th Light Horse Regiment. He departed aboard Hmat Morea in August 1915 and returned in March 1919.
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15ct gold fob (soldier on shield with boomerang, kangaroo and emu) suspended from a black silk band together with two 9ct gold shields and links (approx. 10gms total). The fob, engraved verso 'Presented to Pte. A.W. McCullough, 21st Batt. A.I.F. by the Citizens of Yackandandah, March 1919.', Arthur Welshman McCULLOUGH of Yackandandah, Victoria, enlisted in February 1916 and joined the 21st Battalion, 14th Reinforcement. He departed aboard Hmat A32 Themistocles in July 1916 and returned in January 1919,…
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9ct gold fob suspended on a silk band which is supplemented by three gold shields and gold fittings; the front of the fob shows a soldier standing at ease with his rifle, a map of Tasmania above him; engraved verso 'Presented by Residents Smithton District to 6278 Pte. F. Grundy 2nd A.F.B. A.I.F. Duty Nobly Done 1914 - 19.' (gold weight approx. 10gms). Fred Grundy, from Smithton, Tasmania enlisted in May 1916, joining the 12th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement. They embarked from Melbourne aboard Hmat A59…
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Richards, Lieutenant Edward John, Australian Airmen. History of the 4th Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. [Melbourne, Bruce & Co. Printers, circa 1919], Quarto, 80 pages plus 26 pages of photographic plates. Pictorial papered boards; with original cloth spine. Ownership inscription (to inside front cover) of W.W. Jenkins, late 'B. Flight, 4th Squadron, A.F.C.' Accompanied by several original photographs, mainly aerial, but also including an airman believed to be Jenkins.
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9ct gold fob suspended from a black silk band with 9ct shields and links. The fob, with a soldier and a map of Australia to front, engraved verso 'Portland Rifle Club War Service Medal Presented to S.H. Haynes 1920'. Samuel Henry Haynes of Cashmore, Victoria enlisted in February 1916 and joined the No.4 Tunnelling Company. He departed aboard Hmat A69 Warilda in May 1916 and returned, wounded in August 1917.
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The National Bank of Australasia Limited. Record of War Service of Bank and Staff. 1914-1919. [Published Melbourne; Osboldstone & Co. Pty. Ltd.; 1921], First Edition; 4to; pp. 164; illustrated throughout including 19 full page war views and over 470 photographic portraits; original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on front board. Of the 1112 people employed by the bank in July 1914, 508 of those enlisted, 90 were killed in action or died of their wounds, 31 gained distinctions. The book is accompanied…
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A Mothers and Widows Badge, by Amor, Sydney; being a round white metal badge bearing the image of a grieving woman with a laurel wreath and the words 'For Australia'. A bar is attached to the bottom of the badge bearing a brass star to represent one child killed. Also, a War Widows Guild 'kookaburra' badge by Luke of Melbourne. (2 items).
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'Reserved Occupation' white metal badge by Wallace Bishop, dated 1940 verso. Issued to persons in reserved occupations who had volunteered to serve with any service if called upon at any time during the war (but who were deemed to be required to remain at their profession), and also to members of the Navy, AIF, and Air Force who are discharged because they are in reserved occupations.
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'Thirty Niners Assoc. Life Member' badge (by Stokes), also, 'Ex-Servicemen's Club - Victoria 1939' badge, (2 items).
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Three 9ct gold R.A.A.F. brooches, (3). Total weight 4.8gms.
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10th Infantry Battalion, A.M.F. 'The Adelaide Rifles' brass hat badge.
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Thirty Second Battalion, A.M.F. brass hat badge.
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N.S.W. Government Railways: Travel Pass 'For Soldiers in Uniform Only : Expires 5 June 1941'; ticket No.7504 for use between Otford, Campbelltown, Kenny Hill, Penrith, Richmond and Cowan. Excellent condition. Endorsed by Lt. R.A. Bower the issuing officer and by the soldier, W.M. Conville. Rare.
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Two World War II period chrome aeroplane ashtray ornaments with Australian map bases, the bases 16 cm wide
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A trench art cigarette lighter in the form of an officer's cap, a decorated tin with rising sun badge, and an Australian chrome picture frame with emu and kangaroo, early to mid 20th century, (3 items), the picture frame 12.5 cm wide
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New South Wales Ambulance Corps: 9ct gold fob (4.8gms) engraved verso '1942 Efficient : A.I. Hall'.
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Borneo Burlesque : comic tragedy, tragic comedy, artwork - Don Johnston and Jock Britz ; story - George Forbes ; production: 'Bill' Clayton, [Sydney; Printers Pty Ltd, 1947], #36 from a limited edition of 338 copies signed by Johnson, Britz, Forbes and Clayton. Original pale green cloth binding, with red, deep green and grey decoration. Containing several full page screen printed reproductions of posters produced for the plays. Endorsed in the ownership position by A.W. Walsh (sketched and listed as No.5…
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Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (1879 - 1968), 'Gallipoli Mission' (1948) and 'Anzac to Amiens' (1948), both books with hardcover and both with the ownership inscriptions of Cadet Officer W. J. Scammell, No.2 Course O.C.S., 1952; also, 'The Anzac Cook Written and Illustrated in Gallipoli by The Men of Anzac' [1916]. (3 vols.).
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B.C.O.F. in Japan: A printed Christmas card from Radio Station W.L.K.U. The Voice of the Royal Australian Air Force in Japan, 77 Squadron R.A.A.F., Iwakuni, B.C.O.F.; together with the RAAF Service envelope in which it was delivered, postmarked A.F.P.O. No.30 - R.A.A.F. Japan. Sent by Kenneth Francis Whalen, a dentist of 77 Squadron RAAF, who served in Japan with Bcof from 1947-1950.
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Three nickel plated powder compacts in the form of military caps, one engraved 'My Duntroon Souvenir, 1951', the largest 8 cm wide
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772). 'Carte Reduite Des Mers Comprises Entre L'Asie et L'Amerique Apelees par les Navigateurs Mer Du Sud ouMer Pacifique...', [Paris: Depot de la Marine, 1776.], attractively hand-coloured, 55 x 82 cm (image), 83 x 112 cm (frame). Important chart showing the opening up of the Pacific Ocean and the discoveries of Australasia immediately prior to the great voyages of Bougainville and Cook. Originally issued in 1742, the map depicts a Pacific with California correctly shown as…
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Thomas Bowen (1733 - 1790), 'A New & Accurate Map of Asia, drawn from the most approved Modern Maps & Charts.', London, 1799, some contemporary hand-colouring, 32 x 41 cm (plate), 57 x 66 cm overall with frame. Shows a largely speculative Southern Australian coastline. Among the most notable features is the reference to the Sea of Korea.
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Australia: hand-drawn map, c1,850s, ink and watercolour, marked 'Drawn by W.L. Corry' at lower, left, 21 x 25 cm (framed & glazed);, together with a large-format Larousse, International Atlas of 1950. (2 items).
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'Tasmania in 1859' by Sprent/Hogan;, 2 examples of this large wall map, both in poor condition. (2).
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'Australia' by Keith Johnston F.S.S.E. [circa 1880], with inset map of Tasmania, all the latest routes of the explorers (Giles 1875, Forrest 1869, Stuart 1860, Forrest 1870, etc.); contemporary colour to coasts and colonial borders. Overall 37 x 48 cm.
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Celestial Map: 'Planisphere Of The Southern Sky' Constructed at the Melbourne Observatory; printed by John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne for the Government of Tasmania. Special edition for the Board of Education Tasmania, engraved by William Slight, circa 1881. 47 cm x 47 cm, The Melbourne Observatory was one of the most significant scientific enterprises undertaken in colonial Victoria. The Observatory was originally established in 1853 at Williamstown, later moving to its site at the Royal…
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'Plan of Boneo Swamp Lands', by Johnstone & Tait, Melbourne, showing landowners, proposed roads, and drains; marked-up in crayon. Framed, overall 74 x 53 cm.
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Port Phillip : Surveyed by Commander Henry L. Cox, R.N. [1864];, two later editions, with corrections and additions to, 1921 and 1948. Both 102 x 70 cm. (2).
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Road Maps, 1920s: The 'Atlantic Road Map of Victoria', 'The Shell Road Map of N.S.W.' and, 'The Vacuum Oil Road Guide of, South Australia'. (3 items).
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'Shire of Nunawading - Box Hill Riding', published by R.L. Jarrett, circa 1925, linen backed, with wooden rods top and, bottom, 75 x 101 cm.
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'Tchelery Holdings' (Pastoral Property), near Moulmein, N.S.W.; circa 1920s, mss map of the name, size and allocation of paddocks, with details of vegetation and water sources. Linen backed with wooden rollers top and bottom. 105 x 87 cm.
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'Melbourne and Suburbs' by F.S. Hilke, 1923 (1928 edition), linen-backed, with wooden rollers top and bottom, 152 x 105 cm.
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The London to Melbourne, MacRobertson Centenary Air Race 1934, porcelain hanging plaque by Koninklyk Goedewaagen Gouda (and numbered '183' on reverse), 18.5 cm diameter; depicting a stork (Uiver in Dutch) carrying passengers and mail over the route from London to Melbourne, created to celebrate the success of the KLM aeroplane in this important air race.
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Fiji: 'Map of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu Islands', to accompany report by H.J.C. Conolly', 1936;, the main point being the location of mines, hot, springs and the geology of the islands. 57 x 57 cm linen backed on an oversized roll. Some fading and deterioration.
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Bp/C.O.R. Road Maps, mid-1950s, for Queensland (1st ed.), South Australia (2nd ed.), & Victoria (2nd ed.); all in superb condition. Printed by Premier Printing, Melbourne. (3). All 24.5 x 18 cm.
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'The Universal Map of, Melbourne & suburbs', 1963; mounted on linen with wooden, supports top and bottom, 115 x 86 cm.
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'Melbourne Metropolitan Planning Scheme', 1968 wall map by the Melbourne & Metropolitan, Board of Works, linen backed and with wooden, rollers top and bottom, 138 x 119 cm.
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The Melbourne & River Murray Railway: The 30th Dec.1858 contract between Cornish & Bruce, the railway construction company, and Benjamin Richardson, Thomas Stroud and Joseph Goodyer of Ravenswood, for the construction of 'the portion of a main line of Railway called the Melbourne and River Murray Railway between Melbourne and Sandhurst....' with seventeen pages of details of the project, the schedule of agreed fees for excavations, cuttings, digging of ditches, stripping and stacking soil and creating…
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New South Wales Government Railways: A group of August to November 1886 Carrier's Way Bills issued at Albury Station. Goods described include maize, paper, wire, cabbage, drapery, etc., headed to or from Melbourne. (17 items).
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An early tramways tin with key, late 19th early 20th century, 22 cm high, 23 cm wide, 15 cm deep
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Harold Emanuel Freedman (1915-1999), Women of Service (the porter), colour lithographic poster, circa 1947, poster No.245 for Victorian Railways, printed by F.W. Niven. Linen backed, 101 x 64 cm. The rarest of the images in the series.
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Harold Emanuel Freedman (1915-1999), Men of Service (the locomotive designer), colour lithographic poster, circa 1947, poster No.248 for Victorian Railways, printed by F.W. Niven. Linen backed, 101 x 64 cm. Extremely rare image.
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Postcards: including Rose Series real photo images of Fern Tree Gully, Healesville & Frankston, other RPs of Fremantle Post Office and Adelaide 'Floral Carpet', plus humorous and foreign cards; 1924 use of Australian 1d violet Postal Card; also photographs including Mt Pleasant Railway Station. (28 items)
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Postcards: Mixed selection predominantly Australian themes including rare early real photographs of Lilydale (Vic), Queenscliff, Melbourne, Sydney, North Queensland, plus a selection of foreign examples, (110 items)
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An Australasian accumulation in a small box; mostly Rp types but also some silks, family portrait types, New Zealand, etc. South Aust., Victoria looks well represented. Mixed condition. (300+).
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Australia: Bundle of postcards including Melbourne & Sydney environs including real-photo types, plus regional Victoria, topographicals, few overseas and modern cards. (78)
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Australia: Advertising types incl. Lyric Theatre, Fitzroy (4, featuring 'Sweet Nell'), Fiske Bros. Stables and Garage, Melb., Moran & Cato, Weekly Times, Ginger Meggs, Disney, and Prince Henry Hospital. (10).
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Australia: Assortment including real-photo types with NSW and Victoria cards well represented, also topographicals, plus British World War I greeting types, and a few photos/souvenir cards. (86)
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Australia: interesting bundle with real-photo, topographicals, public buildings, some overseas greeting types, and a few modern cards. (70)
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Australia & Foreign : Bundle of postcards approx 50/50 split of Australian/Foreign cards with plenty showing Melbourne street scenes or landmarks; overseas cards from Ceylon, Gibraltar, Scotland, West Indies, etc, plus a few modern cards. (70)
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Sporting Themes, mainly Australian, incl. 'J.J. Kelly' wicket-keeper from The Wilson Autograph Series; 'Fielder, Kent'; 'Mr. Ben Chaffey's Accarak', 'Mundulla F.B. Team' incl. 2 team pics titled 'The Champions' 91905); Kalgoorlie Race Course, and a golfing mystery solved.(8).
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Sticking Up the Euroa Bank'.
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Sticking Up Younghusband's Station'.
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Pulling Up The Line At Glenrowan'.
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Gang Reading The Proclamation'.
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Death of Dan Kelly & Steve Hart'.
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Ned Kelly At Bay'.
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Police Surrounding Glenrowan Hotel'.
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Black Trackers'.
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c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Ned Kelly Shoots Fitzpatrick'. (Some superficial dirt spots on front).
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The Art of J.A. Turner: A collection of all 46 known images; various publishers and formats, arranged alphabetically (by title) in an album. Accompanied by the envelope for 'Turner Series No.1 Set of Six Cards'. (46 cards, of which 29 are used and 17 are unused.). Turner's paintings recorded in painstaking detail the life and daily pursuits of the small rural settler in the mountain ranges of Victoria. The collection includes noted scarce scenes 'Refreshments', Repairs', 'Tired' & 'A Dangerous Visitor'. An…
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Soapg Advertising: A collection of mainly Australian advertising postcards displayed in an album. Noted Sale Steamboat Co.; James Stedman; Hobbs Studio, Murwillumbah; Bensdorp's Cocoa; Singer Sewing Machines; Vitagraph; Capilla Hair Tonic; Preservene Soap; Howard Smith Coal; The New Idea; Philips Lights; Healesville Grand Hotel; Leemings Boot Stores; Miller's Ostrich Feathers; Kleratext Carbons; True Blue Motel; Havelock Tobacco; Va cmark; Marseilles Tiles; Barracluff's Ostrich Farm, Morrie Jacobs,…
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Melbourne Scenes: Two framed displays, each with 12, postcards, circa 1910, (24).
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Australian Postcards: An accumulation including Aboriginal subjects, American Fleet types, several J.A. Turners, Swain & Co., T. Willmett & Son North Queensland Railway and Mining types, Nellie Stewart cards by Harcourt McGuffie, Hobart; street scenes, etc. (90+)
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Australia: A nice range including Kerry types, J.A. Turners, Queensland Intelligence & Tourist Bureau types, Perth street scenes by Bon Marche Stores, several bullock teams, a Magnetic Island Rp, shipping, mining, Rose types, a few N.Z., etc. Mixed condition, (280+).
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Advertising/Blotters: Postcards backed with blotters for 'Three Castles Cigarettes' (2), Edison Lamps (9), General Electric fans (1) & Mazda Lamps\ (1). Mixed condition but quite scarce. (10).
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