Picture Postcards: New Guinea and Papua fine range from the German period (including five used and franked with either 5pf or 10pf adhesives) up to the 1930s featuring a wide range of subjects including missionaries and many native scenes, many real photo types. also a few from Dutch New Guinea, Nauru and Solomon Islands, plus eight modern cards. Few with small faults, but generally fine and a very useful group (78)
Lot 19
Estimate: $250
Realised Price : $200
Picture Postcards and Photographs: New Guinea and Pacific World War II Battlefield real photo types, including a series from Grogan Co. of Danville, Illinois, together with a large number of photographs, mostly U.S. Army, Navy, Coast Guard and Marine captioned photographs, also including a series of photographs taken by W.O. O'Keefe of Waverly, NSW. Many interesting subjects including captured Japanese soldiers. Generally very fine (72)
Lot 20
Estimate: $200
Realised Price : $380
Picture Postcards: New South Wales - good range from early 1900s to 1930s featuring views of Sydney, including street and harbour scenes, small group featuring Sydney Harbour Bridge, few with small defects but generally fine with about half used. A good lot (156)
Lot 21
Estimate: $700
Realised Price : $850
Picture Postcards: Papua - a fine series of real photo postcards published by W.H. Cooper of Royal Arcade, Melbourne, featuring 1920s depictions of Papuan life, with native studies and village scenes, artifacts and industries. Some toning on the reverse but picture sides very fine and a very scarce group (39)
