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Online General Sale No. 87 Bidding closes at 5pm AEDT on Friday 7th August 2026 Note: You can now zoom in on large photos. Click on thumbnail to see large photo.
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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH, WORLD WAR I POSTAL HISTORY, A.I.F. IN FRANCE
| Lot 1269 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: Real photo postcards produced for the Australian Comforts Fund, 'Our Boys at the Front' series Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 24 and 28 showing various scenes at the French front lines, few with minor blemishes but generally fine (8)   | ||
| Lot 1270 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: 'Daily Mail' series featuring views of Anzac troops on the French front lines (11), few with spots but mostly fine, also a small group from other publishers (8), a useful lot (total, 19)     | ||
| Lot 1271 | [ PPC ] |
Picture Postcards: 'Daily Mail' Official War Postcards Series XIX Nos. 145 to 152, mostly views on the front lines, couple with minor blemishes but generally fine, with very tatty paper envelope in which they were sold (8)    | ||
| Lot 1272 | [ PPC ] |
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)     | ||
| Lot 1273 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES' with 'Rising Sun' motif, each with undated messages, one with some soiling, others fine (3)  | ||
| Lot 1274 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES' with 'Rising Sun' motif, fine to very fine unused, three different designs and one duplicate (4)  | ||
| Lot 1275 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES' with 'Rising Sun' motif, with messages, one dated 1916, one with tone spots (3)  | ||
| Lot 1276 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES' with 'Rising Sun' motif, three fine examples with messages, dated 1916, 1917 and 1918 (3)  | ||
| Lot 1277 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES' with 'Rising Sun' motif, two cards with minor blemishes with messages dated 1917 and 1918 (2)  | ||
| Lot 1278 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: Vertical designs with and Australian theme and 'Rising Sun' motif, one very fine, others with some toning (4)  | ||
| Lot 1279 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: With sentimental inscriptions, two are fine, the other with minor blemishes (3)  | ||
| Lot 1280 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: three dated cards, for 1915 ('Remember'), 1917 (including U.S. flag), and 1918 hand embroidered insertion not in card, fine (3)  | ||
| Lot 1281 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: vertical Australian flag designs, 'ADVANCE AUSTRALIA' or 'AUSTRALIA FOREVER', couple with small blemishes, mostly fine (5)   | ||
| Lot 1282 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Cards: Pair of cards 'To My Sister' and 'TO MY DEAR BROTHER' (IN LAW), minor spotting, tother with the covers the cards were sent in to Sydney, each with 'ARMY POST OFFICE/S.W.2' cds and oval censor handstamp (both with faults) (4)  | ||
| Lot 1283 | [ PPC ] |
World War I silk postcards (3), one with written message to England  | ||
| Lot 1284 | [ PPC ] |
Silk Postcards: 'AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES' silk tapestry Christmas card, fine  | ||
| Lot 1285 | [ C ] |
1918 covers (3) addressed to Victoria (2) or N.S.W., each with British style Army Post Office or Field Post Office cds, and with boxed censor handstamp; also undated picture postcard with similar censor handstamp (4)  | ||
| Lot 1286 | [ C ] |
1918 (7 Nov) to Melbourne, (22 Nov) to Sydney and (10 Dec) to South Australia A.I.F. Australian Comfort Fund envelopes, each with British Army Post Office or Field Post Office cds, and with boxed censor handstamps (3)  | ||
