REFERENCE MATERIALS CONCERNING AUSTRALIAN AND OTHER CARDS.
USEFUL LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES RELATING TO POST AND OTHER CARDS
For links to a number of websites which present information about postcards, trade and cigarette cards and related ephemera CLICK HERE
INFORMATION ABOUT CARDS WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE SOCIETY
To access a variery of information which a number of members and friends of the Society have prepared and contributed for accesss through this web site CLICK HERE
KEY AUSTRALIAN TEXTS- Postcards:
Picture Postcards In Australia 1898 – 1920
David Cook 1985. Pioneer Design Studio Ltd. (This wonderfully informative book provides a wealth of information about Australian postcards, their history, design, and publication. It deserves updating in a new edition to take account of the discoveries and research of the past 25 years!)
Australian Postcard Catalogue – 1984
Paul Kornan 1983 (Contains much useful information about postcards, but information about prices/values is seriously out of date and should not be relied on now)
Australian Postcard Catalogue – 1987
Paul Kornan. 1986 (Contains much useful information about postcards, but information about prices/values is seriously out of date and should not be relied on now)
Collecting Australian Postcards.
Nuck Vukovic. 1983 (Contains much useful information about postcards, but information about prices/values is seriously out of date and should not be relied on now)
A QUIET PAINTER – Artist J.A. Turner
Shirley Jones. 2009 (This book contains many reproductions of Turner’s postcards)
George Rose. Australia’s Master Steriographer.
Ron Blum 2008 (Go to: WWW.ronblum.com.au to see a description of the book and to order copies)
George Rose: The Postcard Era
Ron Blum 2011 (This beautifully illustrated book provides a wealth on information about the postcards and related cards of one of Australia’s most prolific and enduring post card publishers. It is complemented by a CD which lists the titles of more than 18,000 of Rose’s postcards in both numeric and alphabetic/geographic order. (Go to: WWW.ronblum.com.au to see a description of the book and to order copies of the book and the CD)
The Semi-Official Postcards of Tasmania. 1908-1969
Mike Simco. For information and to order copies email the author.
F.W Nivern’s Advertising Postcards of Tasmania
Mike Simco. For information and to order copies email the author.
The Colored Shell Series of Queensland Post Cards.
The Queensland Card Collectors Soc. Inc.
KEY AUSTRALIAN TEXTS- Cigarette and Trade cards
Cigarette Cards. Australian Issues and Values
Dion Skinner. 1983. Renniks Books
Cartophilic Reference Book No 30. The Australian and New Zealand Index
The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd
Cartophilic Reference Book No 33 The Australian and New Zealand Index Pt 11
The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd
Australian Trade & Swap Cards. A valuation guide
Sue Waters & Barry Peade
The Trade Card Issues Of Hoadleys Chocolates Ltd.
Lew Bond. 1996
The Trade Card Issues Of Allen’s Confectionery
Lew Bond. 2006
Sweetacres – The Trade Card Issues Of James Stedman Limited.
Lew Bond. 2005
Catalogue And Card List Of Nabisco Vita-Brits Kornies Weeties Crispies Trade Cards. Alice Marsden & Paul Howieson. 2007
Catalougue And Card List Of Weet-Bix (Sanitarium )
Alice Marsden & Paul Howieson. Two Editions: 2007 & 2010
South Australian Football Cards
Robert Laidlaw/Andrew Bennett. 1995
Trading Card Heroes: Australian Rules Football Catalogue.
1890 – 2003 John Crennan. 2003
Scanlens Footy Card Checklist .1963 – 1993 (Inc Regina & Select Cards)
Aussie Rules Footy Card Checklist 1963 – 1994 (Scanlans etc)
Bradman Card Issues 1928 – 1970 – A Collector’s Guide.
Jodi Bridges. 2009
One very useful source of information about AFL cards is Damien Green’s AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL CARDS WEB SITE
OTHER AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES
The regular Newsletters an bulletins of the Australian card collectors clubs and societies contain many articles and notes which provide much helpful information about various cards and their publishers. Some back issues are available through individual clubs.
ACS Yearbooks. There was a concerted effort to foster and publish substantial research on Australian and other cards in the late 1980s which resulted in the publication of number of excellent “Annual collections” by the Australian Cartophilic Society. Unfortunately these publications did not continue into the 1990s. To see several articles CLICK HERE
A FEW KEY NON-AUSTRALIAN TEXTS- Postcards
There is an enormous range of reference material published in Europe, the USA and indeed all around the world. It would be impossible and inappropriate to attempt to present even a representative listing. Instead, the following few reference books are offered as a useful starting point for old picture postcards.
The Picture Postcard and its Origins.
Frank Staff. 1966 and 1979. Lutterworth Press
Picture Postcards and their Publishers.
Anthony Byatt. 1978. Golden Age Postcard Books.
The Dictionary of Picture Postcards in Britain 1894-1939.
A.W. Coysh.1984 The Antique Collectors Club
The Postcard Price Guide
J.L Mashburn.2001 Colonial House Production (USA)
Picture Postcard Values
Phil and Dave Smith. Annual Publication. PPV Publications (UK)
One very helpful website which provides a great deal of information about the very numerous and attractive postcards published by Raphael Tuck and Co. is Tucks Listings.
A FEW KEY NON-AUSTRALIAN TEXTS- Cigarette and trade cards
Cigarette Card Values
Murray Cards International. Annual Publication
Cigarette Card Catalogue
London Cigarette Card Co. Annual Publication
Trade Card catalogue
London Cigarette Card Co. Annual Publication
The New Ogden’s Reference Book.
Murray Cards International
Cricket Cigarette And Trade Cards
Derek Deadman. (1985)
Cricket Cigarette And Trade Cards
A Harris & G Seymour. (1993)
Classic Cricket Cards
R Tompkins (1980) (Repros Of Cricket Cards)
More Classic Cricket Cards
R Tompkins (1981) (Repros Of Cricket Cards)
Seconds Out – Round One
E Jones. (1993) (Boxing On Cigarette And Trade Cards)
Cigarette Card Catalogue
London Cigarette Card Company.
Trade Card Catalogue
London Cigarette Card Company.
The Catalogue Of Liebig Cards
L.C.C. Co. Ltd. 1988.
Other Texts published by the Cartophilic Society Of Great Britain Inc.
This Society has issued quite a number of Reference Books, relating to different English tobacco and trade manufacturers’ card issues, together with their five World Indexes that list tobacco cards issued in other countries.
REFERENCES HELD IN THE SOCIETY’S LIBRARY
The Society has a quite extensive library comprising of books and catalogues covering the many aspects of Postcard and Cigarette/Trade card collecting, and associated subjects, including many fine reference books.
These can be viewed/browsed by members of the Society at the committee meetings at Philas House (See Meetings).
| Till The Boys Come Home The picture postcards of the first world war Tonie & Valmai Holt |
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| A Picture Postcard Album A mirror of the times C Lauterbach & A Jakovsky |
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| Art Nouveau Postcards The posterists postcards Alain Weill |
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| Picture Postcards in The United States 1893 – 1918 A lasting friendship George & Dorothy Miller |
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| My Father & Edward Ardizzone Edward Booth Clibborn |
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| The Fishing here is Great Derek Mills |
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| Tall – Tale Postcards — A pictorial history Roger L Welsch |
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| The Mechanical Eye A history of Australian photography Con Tanre |
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| IPM Catalogue of Picture Postcards & Year Book 1988 JHDSmith |
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| The American Card Catalog JR Burdick (Ed) |
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| Tahiti Au Temps Des Cartes Postales Patrick O`Reilly |
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| British Exhibitions & Their Postcards Part 1 1900 – 1914 FAFletcher AD Brooks |
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| Testimony of War 1914 – 1918 Peter Liddle |
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| Picture Postcards Marian Klamkin |
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| Pictures in The Post The story of the picture postcard Richard Carline |
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| The Picture Postcard & its Origins Frank Staff |
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| FromTalbot to Stieglitz Masterpieces of early photography from the NY Public Library Julia Van Haaften |
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| I`ll Be Seeing You Picture postcards of World War 2 Tonie & Valmai Holt |
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| French Undressing Naughty postcards from 1900 to 1920 Paul Hammond |
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| Beside The Seaside — A picture postcard album (see also Index No037 ) Harriet Bridgeman & Elizabeth Drury |
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| Photography: The Early Years A historical guide for collectors George Gilbert |
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| Picture Postcards of The Golden Age A collectors guide Tonie & Valmai Holt |
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| The Postal History of The Port Phillip District 1835 – 1851 JRWPurves |
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| Tell me Pretty Maiden The Victorian & Edwardian nude Ronald Pearsall |
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| The Sailors War 1914 – 1918 Peter H Liddle |
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| Saga in Sepia The Shailer collection in The Palmerston North library Valerie Smith |
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| Fantasy Postcards William Ouellette |
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| A Contemporary Account of The First US Postal Card 1870 – 1875 Charles A Fricke |
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| Pioneer Postcards JRBurdick |
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| With Love — The Erotic Postcard Erik Norgaard |
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| A Pennyworth of Art — The Green Album Ronnie Barker |
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| Erotische Postkarten Barbara Jones und WilliamOuellette |
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| Picture Postcards & Travel — A Collectors Guide Frank Staff |
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| Pertwees Promenade & Pierrots One hundred years of seaside entertainment Bill Pertwee |
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| The World in Pictures C Von Wyss |
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| Beside The Seaside — A picture postcard album (see also Index No 020) Harriet Bridgeman & Elizabeth Drury |
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| Postcards of Yesteryear 1893 – 1926 Delaware & elsewhere George L Caley |
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| The History of The Christmas Card George Buday |
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| Collecting Postcards In Colour 1914 – 1930 (see also Index No 041) Valerie Monahan |
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| Collecting Postcards In Colour 1914 – 1930 (see also Index No 040) Valerie Monahan |
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| I`ve Lost My Little Willie A celebration of comic postcards Benny Green |
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| The Photographic Researches of Ferdinand Hunter & Vero C Driffield WBFerguson |
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| Richard Daintree — A Photographic Memoir GCBolton |
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| Victorian Photography — A Collectors Guide BECHowarth Loomes |
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| Photographer of The World The Biography of Herbert Ponting HJPArnold |
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| The Comic Postcard in English Life Frederick Alderson |
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| Picture Postcards In Australia 1898 – 1920 David Cook |
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| Savoy Seaside Postcards Alan Wykes |
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| Edwardiana For Collectors Therle Hughes |
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| Picture Postcards & Their Publishers Anthony Byatt |
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| The Book of Postcard Collecting “1 st edition” (see also Index No 055) Thomas E Range |
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| Wish You Were Here A Centennial guide to Postcard Collecting Larry Freeman |
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| A Guide to Collecting Trade & Cigarette Cards Roy Geddes |
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| British Cigarette Card Issues 1920 – 1940 Handbook Part 2 Dorothy Bagnall & ECWharton Tigar |
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| The Complete Catalogue of British Cigarette Cards 2 nd edition (1982) London Cigarette Card Company |
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| The Catalogue of International Cigarette Cards 1982 London Cigarette Card Company |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No1 The cigarette card issues of W& Ffaulkner The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No2 The cigarette card issues of R& JHill Ltd The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No4 The cigarette card issues of Gallaher Ltd The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No5 The cigarette card issues of Abdullah Adkin & Anstie The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No6 The cigarette card issues of Ardath Tobacco Co Ltd The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No7 The Directory of British cigarette card issues The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No8 Glossary for collectors of cigarette & other trade cards The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No9 The cigarette card issues of Lambert & Butler The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No 10 The cigarette card issues of WA |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No 12 The cigarette card issues of James Taddy & Co The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No 13 The cigarette card issues of Godfrey Phillips The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No 17 The cigarette card issues of John Player & Sons The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd (LCCC reprint) |
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| Collecting Cigarette Cards & Other Trade Issues Dorothy Bagnall |
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| Catalogue Part 1 — For use with Handbook Part 1 British cigarette card issues 1888 – 1919 1979 edition Ian ALaker & FCDoggett |
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| Catalogue Part 2 — For use with Handbook Part 2 British cigarette card issues 1920 – 1940 1976 edition Ian A Laker |
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| Catalogue of Cigarette & other Trade Cards – 1977 Murray Cards |
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| Catalogue of Trade Card & post 1945 Cigarette Card Issues 1977 edition Ian ALaker London Cigarette Card Co Ltd |
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| Catalogue of Cigarette & other Trade Cards – 1979 Murray Cards |
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| Catalogue of Cigarette & other Trade Cards – 1980 Murray Cards |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No26 The World Index Part 2 1965 The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No23 The World Tobacco Issues Index 1956 The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book Nos15 & 24 (in one volume) Ogden & Guinea Gold Booklets The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No28 The World Index Part 3 1976 The Cartophilic Society of GB Ltd |
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| Catalogue of Trade Card Issues – 1986 edition London Cigarette Card Company Ltd |
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| The Guide to Cigarette Card Collecting – 1985 Alberts 11 th edition |
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| Bernhard Picture Postcard Catalogue Germany 1870 – 1945 Irma & Willi Bernhard |
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| A Voyage with The Mails between Brisbane – London Australia & Great Britain 3 rd edition |
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| Philas Library Catalogue — Part 1 : March 1992 Philatelic Association of NSW |
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| Christies Australia Cricket Memorabilia Auction 0140 (catalogue) |
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| Messages from The War Postcards from World War 1 |
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| Before The Phone 100 years of Postcard Messages |
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| Australian Postcard Catalogue – 1984 | |
| Elisabeth — Die Seltsame Frau Egon Conte Corti |
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| Cigarette Cards Autographs & Postcards (catalogue) October 1992 TVennett-Smith |
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| From The Home Front to The Front Line Images of The Great War Juan Mahoney |
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| The Postcard Century 2000 cards & their messages |
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| A History of Postcards Martin Willoughby |
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| The Mechanical Eye in Australia Photography 1841 – 1900 Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury |
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| Australian Trade & Swap Cards A valuation guide Sue Waters & Barry Peade |
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| Catalogue of Trade Card Issues – 1985 edition Ian A Laker and Y Berktay London Cigarette Card Company Ltd |
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| Collect First Day Covers – 1991 Collectors guide to Great Britain First Day Covers Benham (A Buckingham) Ltd |
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| Cricket Cigarette and Trade Cards A further listing by Alan Harris & Geoff Seymour Murray Cards (International) Limited |
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| The Trade Card issues of Hoadleys Chocolate Ltd. Compiled by Lew Bond |
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| Australians behind the camera Directory of early Australian Photographers 1841-1945 Sandy Barrie |
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| Picture Postcards In Australia 1898-1920 David Cook |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No 30 The Australian & New Zealand Index The Cartophilic Society of Great Britain (1983) |
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| Cartophilic Reference Book No 33 The Australian & New Zealand Index (Part II) The Cartophilic Society of Great Britain (1983) |
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| The Picture Postcards of Raphael Tuck & Sons Limited Ed.No1072 (Incl. Separate 30 page index) Edited by J.H.D. Smith |
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