The birth of the postcard can be traced back to the mid-19th century when individuals began sending simple illustrated cards through the mail. The first official postcard, known as a "correspondence card," was introduced in Austria in 1869. These early postcards featured a blank space for a message on one side and an image on the other, but lacked the divided back we associate with modern postcards.

The late 19th and early 20th centuries marked the Golden Age of Postcards, characterized by a surge in popularity and artistic creativity. Advances in printing technology, such as chromolithography, made mass production of colourful and elaborate postcards feasible. This era witnessed the rise of "souvenir cards," featuring images of tourist destinations, landmarks, and cultural scenes.

In 1907, a pivotal change occurred with the introduction of the divided back postcard, allowing for both the address and message to be written on the back, more...

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1936 real photogravure portrait postcards 'Australian & English…

1936 Cricket Player Portrait Postcards Set

1936 real photogravure portrait postcards 'Australian & English Cricketers 1936-37', almost complete set (19/20) compring Bradman, Brown, Chipperfield, Darling, Fingleton, Fleetwood-Smith, Grimmett, McCabe, Oldfield, O'Reilly, Allen, Duckworth, Fagg,…

1907 Australian Exhibition of Women's Work postcards 'Souvenir…

1907 Women's Work Exhibition Postcards (2)

1907 Australian Exhibition of Women's Work postcards 'Souvenir of the Australian Exhibition of Women's Work, 1907' 1) decorated with hand-painted bell, fine condition; 2) decorated with hand-painted map of Australia, minor tone spots. (Qty 2)

Six photo & postcard albums circa 1940-50s, mainly Australian…

Vintage Travel Memories: 1940s-50s Photo Albums

Six photo & postcard albums circa 1940-50s, mainly Australian Kosciusko, Katoomba, Sydney harbour, Tasmania, Queensland, Victoria etc & overseas trip 1953

Albert Namatjira: Two sets of six colour postcards of the…

Namatjira's Hermannsburg Landscapes Postcards (2nd & 3rd Series)

Albert Namatjira: Two sets of six colour postcards of the artist's Hermannsburg landscapes, 2nd and 3rd series in original covers, circa 1950s, 11 x 16 cm

One album of vintage postcards including Australia 99 in total.

Australian Adventure: Vintage Postcards Collection

One album of vintage postcards including Australia 99 in total.

Postcards including Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Aborigines, Singer…

Vintage Postcard Collection Featuring Various Themes

Postcards including Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Aborigines, Singer Sewing Machine, Viceroy Tea, S.T. Gill, real photograph, novelty and others (68 items)

Postcards: Aboriginal Subjects, collection of (43) real photo…

Aboriginal Postcard Collection from early 1900s

Postcards: Aboriginal Subjects, collection of (43) real photo cards, circa 1905-10, almost all postally used and the subjects mainly from identified locations: Queensland (5), South Australia (2), Tasmania (2), Victoria (10), Western Australia (14), and…

Postcards and souvenir cards, Australian themes all real photos…

Australian Souvenir Cards: Real Photos of Iconic Locations

Postcards and souvenir cards, Australian themes all real photos including Tasmanian, Mt Gambier, The Grampians and South Australia, (79 items)

Postcards Australian themes including Sorrento, Queenscliff,…

Australian Postcards: Coastal and Urban Treasures

Postcards Australian themes including Sorrento, Queenscliff, Port Arlington, Northcote, St Kilda, mostly real photograph, (69 items).

Postcards mainly Australian themes including Carlton street…

Australian Postcard Collection: Scenes of Carlton, Saw Milling, Gold Rush

Postcards mainly Australian themes including Carlton street scenes, Saw Milling, Gippsland, gold digger's shanty and others (97 items)

Postcards: A small collection of (13) mainly real photo cards,…

Early 1900s Real Photo Postcard Collection

Postcards: A small collection of (13) mainly real photo cards, circa 1905-10, with subjects including 'Aboriginals & Canoe' by Cooper, 'The First Cobbs' Coach Imported from America, Delivering H.M. Mails to the Natives at Coranderrk.', 'Crossing the…

Postcards, Australian and British, ephemera and photos, vintage…

Vintage Postcards, Ephemera, and Photos (55+ items)

Postcards, Australian and British, ephemera and photos, vintage and antique, (55+ items)

Postcards, bundle of mostly British & European early 20th…

Early 20th Century Postcard Bundle

Postcards, bundle of mostly British & European early 20th century cards, with plenty of town scenes and tourist images incl. real-photo types, plus humorous and sentimental cards, also a few Australian cards and some photographs, condition is rather mixed…

Postcards: Norman Lindsay 'Australian Types' cards from the…

Norman Lindsay and Bulletin Series Postcards

Postcards: Norman Lindsay 'Australian Types' cards from the Bulletin Series No.5 'The Cocky' and 'Horse' also, 3 Bulletin comic cards (#923, #1348 & 1362) with Lindsay borders and a Lionel Lindsay Christmas card. (6).

Antique and vintage Australian fruit labels, postcard and…

Antique Australian Fruit Labels and Ephemera Collection

Antique and vintage Australian fruit labels, postcard and ephemera, 19th and early 20th century, (10 items)

One Album of mainly Australian postcards 67 cards in total.

Down Under Postcards: 67 Australian Views

One Album of mainly Australian postcards 67 cards in total.

One Album of mainly Australian postcards 73 postcards in total.

Down Under in Postcards

One Album of mainly Australian postcards 73 postcards in total.

A collection of Real-Photo postcards, with mainly Australian,…

Real-Photo Postcards from Around the World

A collection of Real-Photo postcards, with mainly Australian, Indian, Japanese, Egyptian and Ceylonese subjects. (85+).

Postcards: Zoo animals, Australian real photo, ships etc (59…

Assorted Postcards: Animals, Australia, Ships (59 Cards)

Postcards: Zoo animals, Australian real photo, ships etc (59 cards)

Postcards & Photographs: selection in album with 12 World War I…

WWI Postcards and Photographs with Australian Troops and Europe Views

Postcards & Photographs: selection in album with 12 World War I photographs of Australian Troops on the Western Front some showing religious services/parades, two showing athletic events, postcards with European views of Brussels, Marseilles, Paris,…

A collection of nineteen postcards and two envelopes by Franz…

Stelling's Australasian Postcards

A collection of nineteen postcards and two envelopes by Franz Stelling (1882-1966), painted with scenes from Auckland and Australia, including Auckland Domain, Katoomba Falls, Broken Bay NSW, Auckland Hospital, Hawkesbury River NSW.

1986 Five Nations XV v Overseas Unions XV: picture postcard…

Rugby Legends Signed Postcards

1986 Five Nations XV v Overseas Unions XV: picture postcard showing Cardiff Arms Park signed on reverse by members of the Overseas Union Team including Australians Nick Farr-Jones, Simon Poideven and Michael Lynagh, All Blacks John Kirwan, Andy Dalton and…

Postcards: England to Australia 1903-04 'Bosanquet, Warner and…

Vintage English Postcards to Australia (1903-1904)

Postcards: England to Australia 1903-04 'Bosanquet, Warner and Foster', Kent 1904 'Seymour, Huish and Fairservice', and circa 1904 England 'Strudwick, Hayward, Braund and Lilley'. (3)

One album of vintage world postcards including Australian,…

World Postcards: Vintage Australian Collection

One album of vintage world postcards including Australian, approximately 132 in total

Victoria: a group of mainly real photo type postcards including…

Real photo postcards of Victoria, advertising cards included

Victoria: a group of mainly real photo type postcards including a Dyson Son & Co. Advertising card, Marlborough Art Co. Photographs, Maffra sugar Beet factory, advertising cards including. 'Malthoid' flat roof at Flinders Street station and 'Weichelts…

Album early Australian & NZ postcards comprising a total of…

Early Australian & NZ Postcards Collection

Album early Australian & NZ postcards comprising a total of approximately 150 cards of Australian and New Zealand post cards, and foreign post cards, including Suez Canal, France, Asia, etc. Circa 1900 and 1910s.

Collection vintage mostly Australian post cards over 100 in…

Vintage Australian Postcard Collection: 100+ Pieces

Collection vintage mostly Australian post cards over 100 in total early Australian postcards

Collection vintage ephemera including a total of approximately…

Australian Vintage Ephemera Collection

Collection vintage ephemera including a total of approximately 10 early Australian postcards, a vintage cardboard box, and 3 Australian beer bottle labels.

Cartes-De-Visite accumulation from various Australian studios,…

Assorted Australian Studio Cards and Memorabilia Lot

Cartes-De-Visite accumulation from various Australian studios, several portrait cards, a glass side, a cut-down postcard of Phar lap, an original autograph of Lord Melbourne (on piece), etc. (quantity.).

Postcards real photo cards of Australian champions Walter…

Australian Champion Postcard Duo

Postcards real photo cards of Australian champions Walter Lindrum & George Gray, both with facsimile autographs. (Qty 2 items)

'Westwood' 63 Wolseley Road, Point Piper, photographic postcard,…

Westwood Point Piper Postcard in Carved Frame

'Westwood' 63 Wolseley Road, Point Piper, photographic postcard, housed in a carved Australian motif frame, 8.5 x 14 cm. Provenance, the Ruth Simons collection, 2005

An Art Nouveau postcard album, containing two hundred and…

Vintage Humorous Postcard Album

An Art Nouveau postcard album, containing two hundred and eighteen vintage humorous postcards with a few Victorian and Edwardian romantic and travel postcards.

One album of vintage postcards including Australian…

Vintage Aussie Postcards: A Collection of 150

One album of vintage postcards including Australian approximately 150

Postcards From Egypt 1915: A series of 11 postcards written…

Postcards from Egypt 1915: A Collection

Postcards From Egypt 1915: A series of 11 postcards written between Feb and Nov. 1915, either from R.M.S. Moldavia, Zeitun Camp, Cairo or Headquarters A.I.F., Intermediate Base, and with various postmarks; all addressed to Victoria. Also, a collection of…

Postcards: including Rose Series real photo images of Fern Tree…

Vintage Postcard Collection with Real Photo Images

Postcards: including Rose Series real photo images of Fern Tree Gully, Healesville & Frankston, other RPs of Fremantle Post Office and Adelaide 'Floral Carpet', plus humorous and foreign cards; 1924 use of Australian 1d violet Postal Card; also…

Australia: Bundle of postcards including Melbourne & Sydney…

Australian Postcard Collection: Melbourne, Sydney, and Regional Victoria

Australia: Bundle of postcards including Melbourne & Sydney environs including real-photo types, plus regional Victoria, topographicals, few overseas and modern cards. (78)

Australia & Foreign : Bundle of postcards approx 50/50 split of…

Melbourne and International Postcard Collection

Australia & Foreign : Bundle of postcards approx 50/50 split of Australian/Foreign cards with plenty showing Melbourne street scenes or landmarks; overseas cards from Ceylon, Gibraltar, Scotland, West Indies, etc, plus a few modern cards. (70)

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Sticking Up the Euroa…

Ned Kelly: Euroa Bank Heist

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Sticking Up the Euroa Bank'.

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Pulling Up The Line At…

Glenrowan: Ned Kelly's Last Stand

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Pulling Up The Line At Glenrowan'.

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Gang Reading The…

Ned Kelly's Gang Proclamation Reading

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Gang Reading The Proclamation'.

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Ned Kelly At Bay'.

Ned Kelly at Bay

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Ned Kelly At Bay'.

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Police Surrounding…

Police Surrounding Glenrowan Hotel in Ned Kelly Series

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Police Surrounding Glenrowan Hotel'.

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Black Trackers'.

Ned Kelly's "Black Trackers" by Arras Press

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'The Black Trackers'.

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Ned Kelly Shoots…

Ned Kelly Shoots Fitzpatrick

c1906 Arras Press: Ned Kelly Series 'Ned Kelly Shoots Fitzpatrick'. (Some superficial dirt spots on front).

Soapg Advertising: A collection of mainly Australian…

Australian Soap Advertising Postcards Collection

Soapg Advertising: A collection of mainly Australian advertising postcards displayed in an album. Noted Sale Steamboat Co.; James Stedman; Hobbs Studio, Murwillumbah; Bensdorp's Cocoa; Singer Sewing Machines; Vitagraph; Capilla Hair Tonic; Preservene Soap…

Australian Postcards: An accumulation including Aboriginal…

Assorted Australian Postcards (90+)

Australian Postcards: An accumulation including Aboriginal subjects, American Fleet types, several J.A. Turners, Swain & Co., T. Willmett & Son North Queensland Railway and Mining types, Nellie Stewart cards by Harcourt McGuffie, Hobart; street scenes,…

Postcards selection including many real photo examples…

Vintage Postcards Collection

Postcards selection including many real photo examples including Hornibrook Highway Bridge (c.1930s), 'Rotolactor Menangle' (milking machine, Camden NSW, c.1950s), also Gb postcards mostly Bristol & South West England images, as well as Australian &…

Australian Postcard range including a group, of 4 Rp Anzac Cove…

Vintage Australian and New Zealand Postcard Collection

Australian Postcard range including a group, of 4 Rp Anzac Cove images not previously by us;, 'General Birdwood's Visit to Frankston'; 'F. Castro's, Butcher's Shop, Wagga Wagga'; 'Echuca Wharf';, 'Railway Station, Derrinallum'; 'Moore Bros, Travelling,…

Early South Australian postcard album, an amazing personal…

South Australian Postcard Album: A Personal Collection

Early South Australian postcard album, an amazing personal collection of mostly South Australian and some interstate postcards, all unhinged, including late 1800's and coloured Indigenous postcards

Postcards 'Dunlop Road race 1904', 'Start - Sydney Thousand',…

Vintage Racing Postcards Collection

Postcards 'Dunlop Road race 1904', 'Start - Sydney Thousand', Rw 'Fatty' lamb (signed in black ink), Gus Lang, H Larsen, Jean Bardot, Harris Horder, Willie Spencer, Hubert Opperman (3 - two with facsimile autographs), Russell Mockridge (2), mainly fine.…

Postcards 1893 Victoria 1d Postal card advertising Aspendale…

Vintage Horse Racing Postcards

Postcards 1893 Victoria 1d Postal card advertising Aspendale park Races; 1920s postcards of Gloaming, Accarak, Roisel & Hall of Fame jockey Frank Dempsey. (quantity 5)

Postcards Don photo series Wirraway, stand by, Bitalli, heroic,…

Vintage Horse Racing Postcard Collection

Postcards Don photo series Wirraway, stand by, Bitalli, heroic, finish of Moonee valley cup 1923; 'Finish of Melbourne Cup 1905', 'Melbourne Cup 1906', 'Finish of Melbourne Cup 1909', 'Finish of the Melbourne Cup 1910', 'Caulfield cup 1905'; Flemington…

Autographs Duke Kahanamoku faint signature 'Kahanamoku 1915' on…

Duke Kahanamoku Autographed Real Photo Postcard in Bathing Costume

Autographs Duke Kahanamoku faint signature 'Kahanamoku 1915' on front of real photo postcard in bathing costume. [Duke Kahanamoku was a five-time Olympic medallist in swimming 1912-24, and popularised the sport of surfing; his exhibition at Sydney's…

'Nellie' Melba: bold signature on picture postcard showing…

Autographed postcards of Nellie Melba and Tittell Brune

'Nellie' Melba: bold signature on picture postcard showing portrait image of the opera singer, the card postally used on new Years day 1908 from Melbourne to Bondi; also Tittell Brune's signature on an unused picture postcard showing a full-length image…

Postcards: mostly European array of early 20th century cards…

Early 20th Century European and Australian Postcards

Postcards: mostly European array of early 20th century cards with few Australian noted including 'Campbell Street, Toowoomba', 'Brunswick Street, Brisbane', 'Post office, Flinders Street, Townsville', 'Above the Rapids, Gorrdon river, 'Tasmania'; Great…

Australian carved timber postcard album with carved Australian…

Carved Timber Postcard Album with Vintage Australian Postcards

Australian carved timber postcard album with carved Australian flora decorated cover, with approximately 135 vintage postcards.

Greetings Postcards: mostly 1900s-1930s selection with World…

Vintage Greetings Postcards: WWI Silks & Dutch New Year Cards

Greetings Postcards: mostly 1900s-1930s selection with World War I silks addressed from France to Australia (5), range of New Year, Easter, Christmas greeting types mostly American or British and few cards used in Australia; also a range of Dutch New Year…

A large collection of vintage family photographs from…

Vintage Queensland Family Photographs in Chocolate Box

A large collection of vintage family photographs from Queensland including Kodak postcards from the Brisbane exhibition, 1916 and earlier, contained in a vintage chocolate box, the largest 13.5 x 8.5 cm

12 real photo postcards. Circa 1905 scenes from Bronte, Manly,…

Vintage Australian Postcard Scenes

12 real photo postcards. Circa 1905 scenes from Bronte, Manly, Bondi, Bellingen, Glen Innes, Dorrigo, Sydney city and an interesting horse drawn charabanc loaded with many women. 54 x 27 cm

Marimekko (Finnish), assorted tableware, comprising one teapot,…

Marimekko Tableware Collection from Private Estate, NSW

Marimekko (Finnish), assorted tableware, comprising one teapot, four mugs, one small bowl, two ribbed glass cups, seven circular side plates, eight rectangular plates, one dinner plate, plastic coasters, four teacups, and a box of postcards (quantity),…

China: an album of snap-shots and postcards with typed…

1920s China: Peking Snapshots and Shanghai Postcards

China: an album of snap-shots and postcards with typed annotations describing sites in and around Peking, circa 1920s; also, booklet titled 'So - this is Shanghai' by Kelly & Walsh Ltd, from the same period. (2 items).

Postcards. An impressive album with a diverse range including…

Rare Postcards: A Diverse Collection of Impressive Memorabilia

Postcards. An impressive album with a diverse range including some rarities. Of note Aboriginal, Titanic, Great White Fleet, Australian towns, Camel teams, 1907 and 1908 Melbourne Cup, Prahran, Kyneton, Kalgoorlie, Gold Mining, Kilmore, Mining Disasters,…

Australian & New Zealand Postcards very impressive album of…

Australian & New Zealand Postcards: Impressive Rare Collection

Australian & New Zealand Postcards very impressive album of mainly real photo examples with many rarities including Trucking Wheat Warracknabeal, George Town Pier by Spurling, Snow in Ballarat, Kerang, Stawell, The Cable Station Southport Queensland,…

Australian Postcards album including Aboriginal interest,…

Discover Australia's Diverse Landscapes: A Postcard Collection

Australian Postcards album including Aboriginal interest, Dandenong Ranges, Ovens River, Railway Workshops and Yards Ipswich Queensland, Sandringham Station and Tram Terminus, examples by Kerry, The Grampians, Parade Day Horsham and many more. Inspection…

Swain & Co. 'Australian Aboriginal Lubra' undivided back Rp…

Australian Aboriginal Lubra and Other Australian Subjects Postcards (3)

Swain & Co. 'Australian Aboriginal Lubra' undivided back Rp postcard; plus 2 other Australian subjects. (3).

Postcards Australian, English, New Zealand, etc.; useful group…

Postcard Collectors: Exploring Australian, English, New Zealand, and more!

Postcards Australian, English, New Zealand, etc.; useful group with some postmark interest, (220+).

An Australian Nurse At Heliopolis: 14 Feb.1916 real photo…

Nurse's Uncensored Message: Impending Move to France Revealed

An Australian Nurse At Heliopolis: 14 Feb.1916 real photo postcard ('No.27, General View of Heliopolis Camp. Cairo') with hand-written message (posted under cover) to her sister, Flo. 'We are told that our unit may move off anytime now to France...'.…

A collection of vintage postcards relating to the Central-Coast…

A collection of vintage postcards relating to the Central-Coast region of Australia