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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The John Lancaster Collections of Australian Trade Exhibitions
• Sale Date:
  18 Oct 2016 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  453
• Lot Description:
  "SEMI-OFFICIAL" POSTCARDS - TASMANIA: Exhibition cards
  produced by John Vail, Tasmanian Government Printer with 21 of the 23 recorded scenes, comprising "A Flock of Shropshire Sheep", "A Prize Merino Ram...", "A Tasmanian Timber Mill" (corner fault), "An Apple Trophy", "British and Foreign Woolbuyers...", "Carting Blackwood Logs...", "Electric Light and Power Station...", "English Trout", "Hauling Timber Through Forest", "Hop-Picking at New Norfolk" (one of only two examples recorded used in-period, with Ulverstone cds of JU29/08), "Hydraulic Tin-Sluicing", "Loading Potatoes at Devonport", "Magnet Silver Mine...", "Mount Lyell Smelters...", "Orchards in the Glenorchy Valley", "Packing Apples...", "Packing Rabbits...", "Packing Stores for the Mines", "Preparing Poultry...", (large corner repair), "Shipping Apples..." and "Tasmania Gold Mine, Beaconsfield", some blemishes on the address-sides but generally fine to very fine.It is believed that 24 designs were printed, of which 23 have been identified. This is the most comprehensive group w
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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