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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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.

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

Ned Kelly at Bay

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

c1910 the Weekly Times postcard 'Victorian Footballers' (2/84…

Rare University Footballers Postcard, c.1910

c1910 the Weekly Times postcard 'Victorian Footballers' (2/84 known) - University players - D.P.Greenham & G.Elliott. Fair/VG. Rarity 9. This is one of very few series to show University players

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,…

Edwardian postcard album. Large album containing approx 180…

Miss Spencer's Edwardian Postcard Collection

Edwardian postcard album. Large album containing approx 180 postcards addressed to Miss Spencer of Hobart, height 34 cm (album)

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)

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'.

Postcard Album, c1905-15 collection, mainly Australian scenes.…

Australian Postcard Album Collection

Postcard Album, c1905-15 collection, mainly Australian scenes. Fair/G condition. (103 items)

Large album of Australian & New Zealand postcards. About half…

Aussie & Kiwi Postcards: Scenic, Vintage, and Hand Drawn

Large album of Australian & New Zealand postcards. About half Australian & New Zealand scenic subjects. Remainder mostly British & a section of amateur hand drawn. Mostly used.

One album of vintage postcards including Australian…

Vintage Aussie Postcards: A Collection of 150

One album of vintage postcards including Australian approximately 150

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…

c1930 King's Theatre 'Australian Cricketers' part set (8/15),…

1930 King's Theatre Australian Cricketers Postcard Set (8/15)

c1930 King's Theatre 'Australian Cricketers' part set (8/15), size 90 x 145 mm (postcard size), including Don Bradman. Two creased, Fair/G condition. Very scarce

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.

The Kelly Gang - From an original Photograph' used Rp card from…

Vintage Australian Postcards Collection

The Kelly Gang - From an original Photograph' used Rp card from the Regal Post Card Co's series based on the film 'The Story of the Kelly Gang' released in 1906, also a group of five Charles Nuttall cards including 'The Story of the Bunyip', 'The Palace…

Two early photographs of Aborigines, depicted with a dugong,…

Early Aboriginal Photographs and Postcards

Two early photographs of Aborigines, depicted with a dugong, from the north West Scientific & Exploration Syndicate WA, and a portrait, from W. Norton, Sydney, together with early postcards

Postcard, the Kelly Gang: c1907 Regal Post Card Co. 'The Kelly…

The Kelly Gang Postcard

Postcard, the Kelly Gang: c1907 Regal Post Card Co. 'The Kelly Gang - From an original Photograph. Steve Hart, Dan Kelly, Ned Kelly'. Taken from an original c1870 photograph'. Fair/Good condition. Scarce. (One example, in poor condition, is in the…

Album of Australian postcards including cards by J. A. Turner,…

Australian Postcard Album

Album of Australian postcards including cards by J. A. Turner, 'Melbourne in the fifties' by S. T. Gill etc. 78 cards.

Three vintage postcard albums, including Suez Canal and…

Vintage Postcard Albums: Suez Canal & Australia

Three vintage postcard albums, including Suez Canal and Australia

Postcards: Interesting collection of cards including Australian…

Diverse Postcard Collection: 350+ Cards

Postcards: Interesting collection of cards including Australian real photographs, New Zealand, Fry's Cocoa, Golliwogg, ships, Aboriginal, Great War tanks, French, English, Continental and others, inspection will reward, (350+ cards)

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: 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…

An album of predominantly Australian postcards including views…

Australian Postcard Collection

An album of predominantly Australian postcards including views of Coburg Melbourne, Sorrento Victoria, shop fronts, J.A.Turner bush scenes, real photo views of Seymour, Taggerty and Trawool, Western Australia, foreign, etc. Mixed condition. (150+)

Postcard Album. Over 180 cards, predominantly Australian and…

Vintage Postcard Album

Postcard Album. Over 180 cards, predominantly Australian and English (early 20th century). Noted views of Mornington, Sorrento, Point Victor S.A, Broken Hill, Shipping and Industrial scenes. Housed in green Art Nouveau album. (180+)

An album of early 20th century and later postcards of military…

Australian Military and Medical Postcards from Early 20th Century

An album of early 20th century and later postcards of military and medical scenes etc. mainly Australian postcards including red cross, portraits of Australian solidiers, general view of Almasa second Oasis Camp, Heliopolis

Postcard: 'Ballarat Flying School' Mr Edwin Prosser Chief…

Ballarat Flying School: Learn to Soar with Prosser

Postcard: 'Ballarat Flying School' Mr Edwin Prosser Chief Instructor & Pilot

Postcards: Group including cards by Kerry, Neville Cayley birds,…

Eclectic Postcard Collection

Postcards: Group including cards by Kerry, Neville Cayley birds, Echuca floods, Murray River views etc. (60+ cards)

Postcards: An album containing a diverse collection. Noted…

Diverse Postcard Collection

Postcards: An album containing a diverse collection. Noted several Turners, a Western Mail Rp, a nice early NSW folder, Aussie troops in front of a Deana Durben poster in Tel Aviv (World War II), 'Abolition of Sunday Trams', Australian shipping and…

c1910 the Weekly Times postcard 'Victorian Footballers' (2/84…

Rare St Kilda Footballers Postcard from c1910

c1910 the Weekly Times postcard 'Victorian Footballers' (2/84 known) - St Kilda players - G.Dangerfield & H.Woodcock. Fair/VG. Rarity 9

Photographs Collection, in small suitcase, noted Australian…

Vintage Photograph Collection: Australian & British Cartes-de-Visites

Photographs Collection, in small suitcase, noted Australian carte-de-visites (30) & tin types (7); Australian Cabinet Cards (67); Brtish Carte-de-Visites (148); Carte-de-Visites (2) of famous dwarves including Tom Thumb & Commodore Nutt; other photographs…

Album of postcards including Australian country towns, Louis…

Snapshot Australia: Postcards and Photographs

Album of postcards including Australian country towns, Louis Wain, real photograph Aboriginals, 'Coakley's Royal Hotel Daylesford', the Australian Cricket Team etc. 110+ items

Postcards: Group many early 20th century Australian including…

Early 20th Century Australian Postcard Collection

Postcards: Group many early 20th century Australian including street scenes. NSW (35+), Queensland (20+), Victoria (10) and general world (40+). Mixed condition.

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),…

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.

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

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)

An album of Australian postcards including Mt Buffalo,…

Aussie Postcards: Mountains, Caves & Forests

An album of Australian postcards including Mt Buffalo, Warburton, Jenolan Caves, Kinglake

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

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,…

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…

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 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).

24 various postcards. One real photo postcard of Lithgow…

Assorted Postcards and Panoramic Photos of Australia

24 various postcards. One real photo postcard of Lithgow Pottery by H Mellor, c1910; seventeen Australian postcards, mainly real photo various scenes; & six panoramic photos of rose bay, Bondi beach.

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+).

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: 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).

Hockey: Early 20th Century real photo team postcards, one with…

Early 1900s Hockey Team Postcards with Australian Tour Mention

Hockey: Early 20th Century real photo team postcards, one with message indicating it shows an Australian hockey team touring New Zealand in 1911. (Qty 2)

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,…

Album of Australian postcards, with range of country &city…

Scenic Australia: A Postcard Collection

Album of Australian postcards, with range of country &city scenes

Postcard album including vintage Tasmanian & novelty postcards

Tasmanian Treasures: A Postcard Collection

Postcard album including vintage Tasmanian & novelty postcards

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…

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

An album of early 20th century Australian postcards of rural…

Vintage Victoria: Rural Postcards of Early 1900s

An album of early 20th century Australian postcards of rural Victoria including Scenes of Marysville, Healsville, Warburton etc.

A collection of 15 May Gibbs postcards various subjects…

May Gibbs Postcard Collection and Ephemera

A collection of 15 May Gibbs postcards various subjects including Gumnut babies three framed and twelve loose cards 9 x 14 cm (frames 16 x 21 cm) with ephemera: two May Gibbs exhibition catalogues Provenance: Josef Lebovic gallery 1982

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

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

'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…

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,…

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.

Album of postcards predominantly Australian. An impressive…

Australian Postcard Collection: Mining, Trains, and Pioneer Motoring

Album of postcards predominantly Australian. An impressive group including mining, bridge building, trains, country towns and interesting real life photos including pioneer motoring. Well worth inspection. 160+ cards.

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,…

Collection of vintage and antique postcards including real…

Vintage Postcard Collection including Rosebud and Aboriginals

Collection of vintage and antique postcards including real photograph street scenes of Rosebud and Dromana, Aboriginals, aviation, Roses Series, Olinda, Monbulk, country towns etc. Inspection will reward. (220+ cards)

Queensland: A collection of postcards produced by the…

Queensland Postcards for Franco-British Exhibition 1908

Queensland: A collection of postcards produced by the Queensland Government for distribution during the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908 in London. The cards were intended to attract potential settlers, tourists and investors and were printed by G. A.…

Thunderbolt' Art Series Postcards (6 Cards in Packet) No.70:…

Thunderbolt Art Series Postcards

Thunderbolt' Art Series Postcards (6 Cards in Packet) No.70: c1905 complete series titled 'Thunderbolt Series': 'Three Minutes to Live', 'The Wounded Companion', 'The Meeting', 'Hands Up', 'For Life & Liberty' & 'The Leap for Life', several with the…

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 & Cigarette Cards c.1920s-30s picture postcards (16)…

Vintage Postcards & Cigarette Cards Collection

Postcards & Cigarette Cards c.1920s-30s picture postcards (16) including some from Advance Sporting Budget Series & Don Photo Series; plus 1931 Muratti 'Australian Race Horses' complete set (24). Fine condition. (Qty 40)

Two postcard albums. Early 20th century cards including New…

Vintage Postcard Albums

Two postcard albums. Early 20th century cards including New Zealand & Australian town photographic scenes. Also comic; English scenes; greeting etc.

Snowdon Family Postcard Album, c1900-20, includes Royalty with…

Snowdon Family Postcard Album, c1900-20

Snowdon Family Postcard Album, c1900-20, includes Royalty with most of the crowned heads of Europe (Prince Albert, Edward VII, royal families of Sweden, Russia, Italy, etc); political, ecclesiastical & theatrical personalities; ships; comic cards…

c1905 Valentines 'Association Series' postcard for West…

West Melbourne Valentine's Postcard - Association Series

c1905 Valentines 'Association Series' postcard for West Melbourne. G/VG. Colourful and attractive.

An impressive early 20th century post card album featuring…

World Tour Postcard Album, 1907

An impressive early 20th century post card album featuring approx 950 postcards of a world trip which encompasses Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, America, Canada, United Kingdom, also with signed Maggie Papakura postcards, the last Aboriginals of Tasmania…