Lot 2284

Description

Cyclorama of War, open-out catalogue post WWI; large official photograph of an Australian fighter pilot sitting and chatting beside his aircraft with his ground mechanic who is wearing a captured Italian's jacket, taken at Bardia WWII; large photograph of a Westland Wapiti aircraft picking up a message at 180mph; On Active Service envelope stamped by Field Censor and postmark of Field Post Office 27 Oc 1916, to Miss Violet-Norris of Chatswood; postcards, The FE8, or Farman Experimental No.8 by Tuck, Camp de Mailly featuring a blimp balloon, a French card with multiple signatures front and back, upended bi-plane in a paddock (unused), all 1920s-1930s; two envelopes dated 1881 with NSW penny red stamps, both addressed to Miss R.Beckingham, one c/o dressmaker at Glebe, the other at historic Athlone Place, Sydney (Ultimo); various French postcards, WWII sweetheart card, War 1914-16 damaged historic building, Palais de l'Elysee at Paris, Ypres in flames, Rezonville par aime Morot, Salon 1904 - E.Cheperon-"Murat" (1906) with handwritten message in French to Madamoiselle Marie Gore at Calais. The first with tears and edge damage, otherwise mostly fine - very fine. (14)

Rachel Beckingham was born in 1862 at Glebe and married Thomas Cooke in 1882 at Sydney.