b'164POSTCARDS14041900s-30s array (few later) in album many from British Commonwealth islands including Aden, Barbados, Bermuda (incl. Hamilton Cricket Field), Ceylon, Fiji (real-photo types), Gibraltar, Jamaica, Malta, St Lucia (incl. Ladies Pavilion, Cricket Field, Castries), Trinidad (incl. Lunatic Asylum); also Cuba, Egypt incl Suez Canal, Haiti, Kirkwall (Scotland), Martinique, Nova Scotia (Canada), Panama; some evocative subject matters and plenty of animated scenes. Good lot. (180 approx)$400600Ex 14041405Early 20th century selection of postcards, mostly family1406members/groups taken at London or Melbourne studios incl.HMAS MELBOURNE: Collection of WWI era real-photo Melba Studio (Swanston St), Yeoman & Co (Bourke St) & W.postcards (plus a few photographs) taken by crew members, Latimer (Fitzroy); some WWI images of AIF servicemen onemostly whilst the HMAS Melbourne was deployed in the dated Salisbury, Jan 1917, another showing Albert ParkCaribbean, many are annotated and dated on the reverse, Methodist Cricket Club. Premiers 1908-09; also quantity ofstating where the images were taken and the activities taking 1930s era Australian & British CIGARETTE CARDS mostlyplace with 1915 (Feb) Divers at work, Kingston, Jamaica; film stars, plus some 1933 Godfrey Phillips Whos Who in1915 (Feb) Washing Day, off Havana; 1915 (Feb.12) Speed Australian Sport cards. (qty) trial from British Honduras to Kingston (Jamaica).during a gale $100200& 1916 (Feb.6) Full power trial from Bermuda to Jamaica; 1915 (Aug) Native boys diving for coins, St Lucia; 1915 (Sep.2) Testing life saving rafts at Bridgetown, Barbados; 1916 (Apr.3) HMAS Melbourne & SS Midland laden with pontoons & munitions for Vladivostok, at St Lucia; 1916 (Mar.5) Investigation party stranded at San Jose Island, Brazil; also coaling scenes at Martinique, Jamaica or St Lucia and Coaling at sea off Anguilla Island from Admiralty collier Eastwood; plus group shots of HMAS Melbourne crew and the ships band; ship sports scenes with Aussie Rules team photos incl. Football Exhibition game, Australian rules at Trinidad (stokers team) dated 18/4/16 and Three legged race, Obstacle race & Band Race all dated Bermuda, 22/7/16, plus a Beattie (Hobart) real-photo postcard showing boxers on a floating stadium; few others taken in other locations incl. Silk battle flags off Cocos Island, dated Nov 9, 1914, and Scapa Flow (Orkneys, Scotland). An important, and likely unique, assembly. (165)The HMAS Melbourne carried out alternate patrols, in tandem with HMAS Sydney, of the Caribbean (based at Bermuda) and the North Atlantic off Long Island (based at Halifax, Nova Scotia), between 1915 and 1916 , as part of the North American and West Indies Squadron.$1,5003,0001407NAVY CREW: WWI era real-photo selection, many are of Australian crew of HMAS Melbourne, Cerberus, Tingira or Yarra, few group shots including navy marching band; photographers include Eden Studios (J. Yeoman, Melbourne) & Electric Studios (Sydney); also several cards showing naval crew taken at Clearys Photo Studio (Kingston, Jamaica). (50)$2004001408SHIPS & SHIPPING: Mostly WWI era ships with many real-photo types taken by crew members of HMAS Melbourne whilst deployed in the Caribbean, some annotated on reverse with location, description and date when image was taken, including 1915 (Feb.9) French cruiser Conde off Havana; Ex 1407'