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Australian Prime Ministerial Xmas cards. Joseph Lyons, printed…
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Sydney
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14-Sep-2019
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Australian Prime Ministerial Xmas cards. Joseph Lyons, printed Christmas card, from the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia (right Hon. J.A. Lyons, MP) with best Wishes for a happy Christmas & a Prosperous new year 1933 1934. Blue lettering on a cream ground tied with a blue ribbon. Embossed Australian coat of arms with golden waratahs surround; & Robert Menzies, printed Christmas card. The Season's Greetings from the Attorney General, Mr R.G. Menzies Canberra, Australia. Gold lettering on a cream ground tied with a red ribbon. Embossed Australian coat of arms (no date but 1930s). These cards are unused so they are probably specimen; patterns; Christmas card, Greetings from Lyell-Owen Pty Ltd process - Engravers 239 William Street Melbourne. Australian bush image signed W. (William) hunter & a quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes. Christmas 1939 - new year 1940. Posted but no writing on card so this could be a specimen; pattern (31 x 18 cm), posted envelope is included; Christmas card. Greetings from Lyell-Owen Pty Ltd process - Engravers 239 William Street, Melbourne. Bagdad image of a young man, an Arab elder & a mosque & some words of advice from the older man Christmas 1940 - new year 1941. Posted but no writing on card so this could be a specimen; pattern (28 x 18 cm), posted envelope is included: Christmas card. Greetings from Lyell-Owen Pty Ltd Process-Engravers 239 William Street, Melbourne. The image is Three-Colour reproduction of a Mexican tiger flower. Christmas 1938 - new year 1939. Posted but no writing on card so this could be a specimen; pattern (29 x 26 cm), posted envelope is included. Including. Modern Ideas in Printing Vol IX. A collection of work by Students of the Printers trade school Adelaide SA, 1933-1934. Large booklet (28 x 22 cm). Limp cardboard covers. 38 leaves including 2 foldouts. 'Each leaf is a different example of printing by the students of this school.'
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