GENERAL, PICTURE POSTCARDS

Lot 13		Estimate: $150 Australia World War I: Range of cards featuring War Memorials in Australian capital cities and regional towns, all but one black and white, and with a range of different makers, also two cards showing Australian soldiers in the Victory March through London. Generally fine and a difficult group to assemble (34)
Lot 14		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $55 Australia World War I: Patriotic design featuring Britannia and Australian soldiers 'To Constantinople', with verses referencing Gallipoli, slight soiling and ink marks on reverse
Lot 15		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $55 Australia World War I: Very attractive design showing the Anzac emblem and Australian coat-of-arms frames by wattle sprays, published by Gale & Polden, London, very fine
Lot 16		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $50 Australia World War I: Christmas and New Year greeting card featuring a reproduction of an original sketch showing solider in trench and with 'from Lady Rawlinson and the friends of the 4th Corps.’ Some spotting (more severe on reverse)
Lot 17		Estimate: $40 Realised Price : $30 Australia World War I: Patriotic design featuring Australian soldier with flap on map of Australia, minor wear but very attractive
Lot 18		Estimate: $70 Realised Price : $60 Australia World War I: group of patriotic cards featuring the flags of the Allied countries, mostly attractive multicoloured designs, with one used in France and two used with 1d Red KGV, generally fine (10)
Lot 19		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $55 Australia World War I: Printed card used for acknowledgment of receipt of food hampers from R.G. Wilson & Co., Melbourne grocers, inscribed 'Your Hamper of Dainties Received', and sent 24 January 1919, very fine and scarce
Lot 20		Estimate: $80 Realised Price : $75 Australia World War I: Published by Monac and featuring an infant, the reverse shows a patriotic design with space for the message, including an illustration of HMAS 'Sydney', very fine and scarce
Lot 21		Estimate: $100 Realised Price : $90 Australia World War I: Christmas Greetings patriotic card featuring flag and inset photograph of Australian soldiers, slight peripheral wear otherwise fine and scarce
Lot 22		Estimate: $60 Realised Price : $55 Australia World War I: photographic card reproducing drawings of an Australian soldier, his sweetheart, the Anzac emblem and Middle East scene, small blemishes but scarce
Lot 23		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $44 Australia World War I: Patriotic design featuring flags and map, 'AUSTRALIA EXPECTS THIS DAY THAT EVERY ONE WILL DO THEIR DUTY'. Minor blemishes but scarce
Lot 24		Estimate: $50 Realised Price : $55 Australia World War I: Patriotic design featuring 'John Bull' and Australian soldier flanked by warships, published by Turner & Sons, Sydney, very fine and scarce
Lot 25		Estimate: $120 Picture Postcards: Belgium - group of six folders or booklets containing bound single-colour or multicoloured postcards with views of different cities or towns, comprising Brussels (12 cards), Antwerp (11 cards), Iseghem (10 cards), Roeselare (8 cards), Tournai (12 cards), and Kortrijk (12 cards). Folders with some wear or minor fading, however contents of all are fine. A scarce and attractive group (Six booklets with 65 cards)
Lot 26		Estimate: $90 Picture Postcards: France - Range of early 20th century postcards featuring French buildings, statuary and artwork, mostly Paris but some regional. Some with peripheral damage and others with small faults but many are fine (54)
Lot 27		Estimate: $150 Picture Postcards: France - group of folders with bound postcards featuring various French cities and towns, comprising Paris (24 cards), Amiens (20 cards), Amiens Cathedral (24 cards), Audruigo (20 cards), Bergues (10 cards), Dunkerque-Malo (18 cards), Hazebrouck (20 cards), Roubaix (10 cards), and Tourcoing (10 cards). Folders with some faults, but contents fine and an interesting lot (9 folders with 156 cards)
Lot 28		Estimate: $100 Picture Postcards: World War I - four sets of bound postcards showing scenes of war damage at Lille (two folders, one with ten folded postcards, other identical but incomplete and toning damage with seven postcards), Albert (12 postcards bound in with perforated margin), and Ypres (24 postcards). Some damage to interleaving in latter two booklets but cards are fine. An interesting group (4 booklets with 55 cards)