AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, 1908 AMERICAN FLEET

Lot 180		Estimate: $1,000 Realised Price : $750 Picture Postcards: 'W & B' Series of 'American Fleet Souvenir Fleet Post Card' printed in Blue and depicting the ships of the American Fleet (15). Also an identical card depicting the U.S.S. Ohio without W & B imprint, with additional printing front and reverse for Prize A.N.A. Sewing Machines. Fine and a rare group (16)
Lot 181		Estimate: $150 Realised Price : $170 Picture postcards: 'F&J' series of five multicoloured cards featuring ships from the American Fleet - 'Indiana', 'Illinois', 'Kentucky', 'Kansas' and 'Maine', very fine (5)
Lot 182		Estimate: $500 Realised Price : $575 Picture Postcards: Range from various publishers, including real photo types, many attractive multicoloured designs, ten sent through the post with 1d NSW (8), 1d SA or 1d Vic. Some small faults but generally fine and a difficult group to assemble from scratch (17)
Lot 183		Estimate: $150 New South Wales: 1908 American Fleet postcards 1d Carmine (2, shades) and 1½d Blue, very fine unused (3)
Lot 184		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $300 Queensland: 1908 1d American Fleet Postcard unused, very fine and scarce
Lot 185		Estimate: $300 South Australia: 1908 1d American Fleet Postcard, very fine unused
Lot 186		Estimate: $300 South Australia: 1908 1d American Fleet Postcard, very fine unused
Lot 187		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $420 Tasmania: 1908 1d American Fleet Postcard, unused and superb, scarce
Lot 188		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $160 Victoria: Ephemera comprising folded 'Program of American Fleet Celebrations' (130 x 80mm) while the Fleet was in Melbourne, plus folded Menu and Programme (230 x 130m) for the Smoke Night held at the Exhibition Buildings for the Warrant Officers, N.C.O.s and Petty Officers of the American and Australian Forces. Both fine and very attractive (2)
Lot 189		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $75 Victoria: 1908 American Fleet Postcards, 1d Carmine and 1½d Brown-red, very fine unused (2)
Lot 190		Estimate: $80 Victoria: 1908 American Fleet Postcards, 1d Carmine and 1½d Brown-red unused, very slight rubbing and 1½d blemish (2)
Lot 191		Estimate: $400 Realised Price : $340 Western Australia: 1908 1d American Fleet Postcard unused, superb and scarce