This fine mint South Australian Postcard with the lilac one penny Queen Victoria stamp front is a common postcard of limited appeal. The reverse of a common postcard may be a surprise, for if there is a printed message it can be of considerable interest (see also the Victorian postcard “John George Sauerbrey 1830-1919” at this site). The printing on the postcard is as follows: GRAND UNITED ORDER of ODDFELLOWSAPOLLO
This postcard has been difficult to research for the “records of radio operations in the 1920s are very poorly documented.” It was posted in March 1927 from Sydney to a Narara, N.S.W. address with the 1d green KGV head and the top centre shows a radio microphone, with the letters ‘2FC’ denoting the radio station It clearly shows the purpose of the card: ‘2 F.C. Sydney has pleasure in sending
The postcard has a red 2d KGV Head stamp canceled by a roller cancel ‘SEND/ A/ TELEGRAM and a circular postmark HOBART/ 1PM/ 19 AP/ 1933. It is addressed to The Carnegie Inst. Of Washington, Washington (D.C.), U.S.A. (Figure 1). The reverse has a ‘Belt & Buckle’ insignia enclosing a crown over a map of Tasmania, originating from The Royal Society of Tasmania, The Museum, Hobart, 21st April 1933. In
From the outset I have to admit that I am not an avid collector of Australian Colonial postcards, nor do I have much knowledge of ship routes from Brisbane to what I would call exotic places. The purpose of this paper is to see if readers can add information to the content of this paper. This 1898 postcard is listed as Higgins & Gage #10 and has the printed 1d (2