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Sydney Harbour Bridge, souvenir tickets, 1d (child), 2d (child), 4d (adult), 8d, issued for the 'Harbour Bridge Celebrations, 1932-1982'. A rare set, mostly extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Sydney Harbour Bridge, toll tickets, third issue (wide tickets with narrow colour bands), set of six, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-, 1/3, 1/6, 2/-. Scarce set, mostly fine. (7)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Sydney Harbour Bridge, toll tickets, fourth issue (narrow tickets with narrow colour bands), set of four, 3d, 6d, 9d, 1/-. Scarce, fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Government Tramways, 1d, 4d, 7d, 8d and 9d tickets (all with red 'S' - Sunday surcharge). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $60
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Sydney Harbour Bridge, NSW Government Tramways, set of seven tickets all with red 'S' (Sunday surcharge), 1d, 4d, 7d, 8d (green bars), 8d (orange bars), 9d. Scarce, fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $70
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The Sir Ross Smith Flight, 1919, official souvenir book of his historic flight from England to Australia, published in 1920 by Union Theatres, first page signed in ink at top, Margaret Swann, Elizabeth Farmhouse, together with cuttings of Sydney Morning Herald report on the flight. Some foxing, 1919 penned on cover, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith collection, includes small piece (41x9mm) of his aircraft, Southern Cross, used in the Trans-Pacific and -Tasman flights, in an envelope marked, 'From: Major Ian Vickery to Capt Ken Taylor (17th Bn)'; the following books - Story of "Southern Cross" Trans-Pacific Flight 1928 by C.E.Kingsford-Smith and C.T.P.Ulm, 1928 first edition, pp228; My Flying Life prepared under supervision and from diaries and papers of the late Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, 1937 first edition, pp284 + 31; Charles Kingsford Smith, Smithy, The World's Greatest Aviator by Pedr Davis, 1977, this edition 1988, 157pp + index, with foreword by Nancy-Bird Walton and personalised by her and with her signature; large coloured postcard of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles Ulm from an oil on canvas by William Dargie; 45 RPM record, The Immortal Southern Cross by Jonnie Russell, 1991 and on flip side, Solo Woman; large photograph by Chas H.Butterworth of the De Havilland "Canberra" c1930 which was used in the search for Smithy when his flight disappeared over the Andaman Sea in 1935; newspaper cuttings of obituaries for Lady Kingsford-Smith and also Rollo Kingsford-Smith, nephew of Smithy. The first two books with foxing, overall fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $200
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Aviation books, These are Facts, The Autobiography of Air Marshall Sir Richard Williams KBE, CB, DSO, published by Australian War Memorial 1977, pp428; The Greatest Air Race, England - Australia 1919, by Nelson Eustis, 1969 first edition, pp188; The Aviators by William Joy, 1983 first edition, pp211, personalised and signed by Nancy-Bird (Walton); The Zeppelin Fighters by Arch Whitehouse, 1966 first edition, pp290. Foxing on edges, otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
WWI silk postcards, all from serving AIF soldiers, types include 'Merry Christmas', 'A Happy Christmas', 'Christmas Greetings', 'To my dearest Darling', 'Sacred Alliance', others feature a pouch with flap for including small message card, includes 'To My Dear Brother' with card 'Greetings from France', 'Best Kiss' with card 'I am thinking of You', 'Greetings From France' with card 'Remember', others with no message in pouch, 'Stop, No Going Pass', 'With Fondest Love'. The title on the last missing coloured silk, some foxing, otherwise fine - very fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
War related postcards, World War I, British (27) various types including With Love to the Girl I Left Behind, Good Luck and Safe Return, Absent - Yet Nearer, At Duty's Call, Kewpie card/Young man why are'nt you in Khaki?; British Navy (7) features Lord Jellicoe (2 types), and ships HMS Apollo, Ranger, Speedy and others, also a cigarette card for HMS Commonwealth crest; French (9); World War II, British Air Force No 1 S.F.T.S. (Service Flying Training School), US Battleship 'Vermont' and one postcard photo of unidentified aircraft carrier, a combination of used, some by serving soldiers, and unused. One damaged, otherwise mostly fine - very fine. (47)
Estimate $150
SOLD $110
Wartime postcards, sent by Australian soldier E.G.Sneesby to his family at Mayfield in Newcastle, NSW, issues from France and England and includes silk embroidered cards (22). Some with light foxing otherwise fine - very fine. (37)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
German New Guinea postcards, two for Austral-Japan-Linie, all feature New Guinea native scenes, two cards unused. Very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
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)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80
Sport's cards, mostly Australian ARL and NRL but also noted issues for USA National Basketball League including Michael Jordan, Fleer Ultra in case with Accugrade ASA sportscard authentication, as well a quantity of issues for Desert Storm and Dick Tracy. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (1,700)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Carte Des Isles Britanniques, map of the British Isles with the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland divided into provinces and counties, with supplement for the Orkney and Shetland Islands, by Robert De Vaugondy after Thomas Kitchin printed by C.F.Delamarch, undated (1800s), in colour, approx 53x71cm with 1.5x2.5cm borders. Foxing and two tears of 2cm on edge, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $50
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Views of Ireland, 19th century engravings (approx 12x18cm plus border with title below), all by W.H.Bartlett, includes Youghall Abbey (The Residence of Sir Walter Raleigh); Interior of Cashell Abbey; Interior of Holy-Cross Abbey, all printed by Geo. Virtue of 26 Ivy Lane, London. With some foxing around borders, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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Views of Ireland, 19th century engravings (approx 12x18cm plus border with title below), all by W.H.Bartlett, includes Augustinian Abbey, Adare (with the Castle of the Fitzgeralds and the Francescan Abbey); Glenariff; Clifden Castle (Connemara), all printed by Geo. Virtue of 26 Ivy Lane, London. With some foxing around borders, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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Views of Ireland, 19th century engravings (approx 12x18cm plus border with title below), the first two by W.H.Bartlett, the last by W.Hogarth, includes Phoul A Phuca; The Giants Causeway (from above); The Industrious 'Prentice Favourite, and Entrusted by his Master from the book Industry and Idleness, all probably printed by Geo. Virtue of 26 Ivy Lane, London. With foxing around borders, particularly on last, otherwise very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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Views of Ireland, 19th century engravings (approx 12x18cm plus border with title below), all by W.H.Bartlett, includes Ancient Crofs, Clonmacnoise; Dephi Lodge (Connemara); Taking a Stag, near Derrycunnihy Cascade, Killarney, all printed by Geo. Virtue of 26 Ivy Lane, London. Some faint foxing around border, otherwise good very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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Views of Ireland, 19th century engravings (approx 12x18cm plus border with title below), all by W.H.Bartlett, includes The Giants Causeway (from above); Gougauna Barra; Castle Howard Vale of Ovoca, all probably printed by Geo. Virtue of 26 Ivy Lane, London. Some faint foxing on back and on borders, otherwise good very fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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War Savings Certificate WWII, one pound, BA 025643 27 April 1942 (WD1a); military related postcards (10); Christmas 1941 card for 2/5 Field Regiment R.A.A., A.I.F.; OHMS envelope with four Army Signals postmarks 1941; Commonwealth Savings Bank pay envelope with War Effort message; promissory notes payable at Commercial Bank of Australia, Katoomba, 1961 (5); cheque for Commercial Bank of Australia, Katoomba, 1961 (6); cheque for Bank of Australasia, Wagga Wagga, 1923; cigarette card album of the Famous Film Stars series by W.D. & H.O.Wills (96 cards with duplication), various other loose cards, includes Heroic Deeds of the Great War series (7), War Medals series on silk cards (26) and various others (14). Mostly fine - good very fine. (169)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110