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TEAM GROUPS - INTERNATIONAL TEAMS & GROUPS

SPRINGBOKS

Pc-25.jpg (22314 bytes) "The Springboks in London" by Half Tone Ltd, postally used, names altered in team listing 

Ref: F9-73-pcvnsa - £40.00

 57.jpg (21463 bytes) Published by Senior & Co, Bristol, a picture of the 1906 South African Rugby Football Team, photo by Scott & Co, Manchester . Players names listed below the picture. Postally used, dated 23/1/1907 , good condition, but the sender has initialled the front (top right). 

Ref: F9-74-pcvnsa - £39.00
29.jpg (21080 bytes) 1906 Springboks, very small tear to top, grubby, unused, 

Ref: F9-76-pcvnsa - £15.00

 51.jpg (21417 bytes) South African Team 1912-13, RP by Lewis Brothers. Bath produced by Viner's Series, Western-Super-Mare. Postally unused, good condition. 

F9-77-pcvnsa - £35.00

Pc-58.jpg (22772 bytes) South Africa 1912-13, photo by Lewis Bros, Bath, unused, 

Ref: F9-81-pcvnsa - £45.00

 55.jpg (20517 bytes) South African Rugby Football Team. Players names listed below picture. Printed by Millar & Lang, Glasgow and London . Pre match photo, South Africa won the game 28 points to 3. Postally used, date unclear, good condition. 

F9-79-pcvnsa - £49.00
56.jpg (21653 bytes) The Springboks in London 1906, published by Half-Tone Ltd, London . Players names listed below the picture. Postally unused, good condition.

F9-84--pcvnsa -  £42.00

45.jpg (19527 bytes) South African Rugby Football Team, RP taken by Rotary Photo EC. Postally used, dated London 20/10/1906 , good condition.

F9-83-pcvnsa - £42.00
67.jpg (60863 bytes) 1906 Springboks - "The South African Football Team in England 1906-7, unknown publisher, fixtures and players ages weights and heights on reverse, slight creasing throughout. 

Ref: F19-55-pcvnsa - £15.00 

 49.jpg (23358 bytes) The South African Rugby Team, RP by Davidson Brothers, London , with the players names above and below the picture. The sender has written the date in the bottom right hand corner ( 8/1/1906 ). Postally used, dated Finsbury Park, 8/1/1907 . 

F9-86-pcvnsa - £35.00
66.jpg (48940 bytes) 1906 Springboks - "South African Football Team (Springboks) - published by the Rapid Photo Printing Co, postally used, dated 1907, some slight creasing and small piece missing from top right hand corner. 

Ref: F19-56-pcvnsa - £15.00  

 52.jpg (21543 bytes) 1931-32 Springbok Rugby Team, RP produced by General Publicity Co, Cape Town and London . Players names listed below the photograph. Postally unused, excellent condition.

F9-88-pcvnsa -  £32.00

 

WALES

178.jpg (20864 bytes) 1905 Wales - The Welsh team that defeated New Zealand 16/12/1905 , by 3 points to Nil. Published by Western Mail, postally unused, excellent condition 

F19-51-pcvnwa - £60.00

 

TEAM GROUPS - CLUBS & OTHERS

03.jpg (26699 bytes) "Patea FC" - NZ rp  postcard, writing on the ball looks like Rapai P.F.C. some fading to the sides of the photo, this is probably due to the quality of the photograph taken. postally unused,  

Ref: F9-166-pcvntm - £35.00

 47.jpg (34367 bytes) "Wentworth Football Club 1910 "A" Team, card in excellent condition, postaly unused 

Ref: F9-178-pcvntm - £50.00
48.jpg (35079 bytes) "Melrose FC (NZ) 4th grade 1913, 'ZAK photo' in excellent condition, postaly unused - 

Ref: F9-172-pcvntm - £42.00

 220.jpg (15813 bytes) Photograph by LE Muller, London possibly of St Mark's College team 1913-14. Postally unused, but the reverse is signed RJ Wright, St Mark's College, and is dated 22/3/1914 , good condition.  

Ref:  F9-173-pcvntm - £28.00

Pc-36.jpg (17154 bytes) Christ College XV, Brecon, Wales 1930-31, photo by Jackson, Brecon, 

Ref: F9-174-pcvntm - £35.00

 postcard very similar to card to the left   Christ College XV, Brecon, Wales 1932-33, photo by Jackson, Brecon, 12 autographs on reverse - 

Ref: F9-175-pcvntm - £55.00
49.jpg (35724 bytes) "Butcher's Wednesday Football Team,  'ZAK photo' No 1285,  10.6.08, in pristine condition 

Ref: F9-176-pcvntm - £50.00

 16.jpg (17628 bytes) RP, St David's College 1st XV, Lampeter, postally unused, slightly creased.

Ref: F9-177-pcvntm -  £26.00
05.jpg (19421 bytes) 1926-27 Navy Team, RP, ???Bow (written on ball), postally unused, crease down left hand side. 

Ref: F9-184-pcvntm - £21.00

 06.jpg (18752 bytes) Real photograph by SJ Carroll, SPDHFC 1912. Postally used, dated 23/12/1912 , posted to an address in Dublin , probably an Irish team.

Ref: F9-185-pcvntm - £29.00
24.jpg (21488 bytes) St John's College RFT 1904-1905, photo by Stuart. Postally unused, good condition but has a small crease on the bottom right hand corner.

Ref: F9-190-pcvntm -  £25.00

 159.jpg (20022 bytes) RP of Swansea University Rugby team taken in October 1922. Postally unused, right hand corners are slightly creased.

Ref: F9-193-pcvntm -  £35.00
HMS-Colossus-cup-winners-19.jpg (13517 bytes) HMS Colossus Rugby Football Team, Cup Winners 1917 - 18. postally unused, small tear. 

Ref: F19-58-pcvntm - £25.00 

 121.jpg (17322 bytes) RP of Welshpool Grammar School Team 1932-33. Postally unused, excellent condition, 

Ref: - F9-195-pcvntm -. £29.00
01.jpg (19085 bytes) Swansea RFC approx 1909, Willie Trew captain, players named on reverse, Health & Strength series, used but not postally. 

Ref: F9-196-pcvntm - £50.00

 04.jpg (19778 bytes) Newport High School RF team 1921-2, unused. 

Ref: F9-197-pcvntm - £39.00
05.jpg (18956 bytes) Newport Evening Post 1911, fantastic card, the team have "Post" on the fronts of their jerseys, unused, 

Ref: F9-198-pcvntm - £39.00

 06.jpg (20037 bytes) Whitchurch (Cardiff) ex schoolboys 1921-22, unused in excellent condition. 

Ref: F9-199-pcvntm - £35.00
22.jpg (14478 bytes) Llanelli County School RFC 1926-7, a real photo postcard by R Clare, Mumbles, from the Elvet Jones (Wales & British Lions) collection, Elvet has signed the card to the reverse, edges worn with 1 small tear, some surface damage. 

Ref: F9-200-pcvntm - £45.00 

 1924-5-v-Bridgend-Cardiff-t.jpg (12593 bytes) Cardiff RFC v Bridgend 1924-25, unknown publisher, unused, photo looks to have been taken at the Bridgend ground, notations to the reverse of card, one dog ear. 

Ref: F19-59-pcvntm - £39.00
82.jpg (38632 bytes) Cardiff 1st XV - Health & Strength Series, approx 1912, RA Gibbs captain, unused in very good condition, some rubbing to reverse. 

Ref: F9-233-pcvntm - £35.00

 13.jpg (21212 bytes) Glasgow Academy 1924/5 - unused, good condition. 

Ref: F9-181-pcvntmuk -  £19.00

TEAM GROUPS - UNIDENTIFIED TEAMS

19.jpg (16592 bytes) Unknown team group 1928-9, believed to be a team from the Cardiff area. 

Ref: F9-201-pcvntmuk - £15.00

 102.jpg (17460 bytes) Unidentified team, postally unused, good condition.

Ref: F9-194-pcvntmuk -£12.00
27.jpg (30349 bytes) "Unknown schoolboy/junior team" photo by Poulson & White, Warwick, Players are named on reverse but no team listed 

Ref: F9-167-pcvntmuk - £16.00

 224.jpg (21650 bytes) RP of an unidentified team. Postally unused, bottom right corner is worn.

Ref:  F9-180-pcvntmuk - £12.00  

20.jpg (27359 bytes) "Unknown schoolboy/junior team" - missing small bottom right corner, pin hole top centre, postcard by Kodak, Austral, 

Ref: F9-168-pcvntmuk - £8.00

 217.jpg (15816 bytes) Photograph of an unidentified boys team. Postally unused, the reverse state To Smiler, and is dated 1/11/1915 , the corners are creased and there is a mark on the top right corner.

Ref: F9-169-pcvntmuk -  £16.00
21.jpg (28242 bytes) "Workers united" - unknown group of workers with rugby ball, originated from South Island, NZ, damp affected to majority of right hand side, hills in background - 

Ref: F9-170-pcvntmuk - £12.00

 219.jpg (15290 bytes) Unidentified team photograph. Postally unused, excellent condition.

Ref: F9-171-pcvntmuk -  £12.00
01.jpg (15471 bytes)

Photograph of boys team in 1913, postally unused, small crease on top left corner. 

Ref: F9-179-pcvntmuk- £15.00

 14.jpg (20430 bytes) RP, unidentified team, postally unused, excellent condition. Ref: F9-183-pcvntmuk -  £18.00
02.jpg (21075 bytes) RP, Unknown team, postally unused, crease across the middle, removed from album. Ref: F9-182-pcvntmuk - £9.00 175.jpg (19276 bytes) Unknown team photograph. Postally unused, top right corner is creased.

Ref: F9-187-pcvntmuk -  £10.00
08.jpg (18523 bytes) Excellent condition, postally unused. Photograph by Oxford St , London , Studio, unknown team probably military.

Ref: F9-186-pcvntmuk - £18.00

 19.jpg (16189 bytes) Unidentified team from 1913, postally unused, excellent condition.

Ref: F9-189 -  £20.00
11.jpg (21796 bytes) Real Photograph by Bassano of unknown team group , postally unused, excellent condition. 

Ref: F9-188 -  £16.00

100.jpg (18085 bytes) RP of an unidentified team, postally unused, good condition, small mark in bottom left corner.

Ref: F9-192-pcvntmuk -  £15.00
146.jpg (17424 bytes) Unidentified RAF team photograph, postally unused, excellent condition.

Ref: F9-191-pcvntmuk -  £19.00

 83.jpg (29268 bytes) Unidentified boys team, Dunedin (NZ), an Esquilant photo, one boy has a shamrock on a jersey and there is a priest/vicar seated far left, perhaps there is an Irish connection. An unused card in excellent condition. 

Ref: F9-235--pcvntmuk

CROWD SCENES

10.jpg (38160 bytes) Wellington v Springboks July 1921 crowd scene, postally unused, two faces in the crowd identified by crosses, 1- Mr Boyes, Asst Commissioner of Pensions & L Crow. The crowd on the bank have taken to wearing trilbys instead of bowlers 

Ref: F9-202-pcvncw - £35.00

 64.jpg (32156 bytes) At the Taranaki - Wellington Match 12.9.08, ZAK Photo, No 1777, 

Ref: F9-203-pcvncw - £38.00

 

COMIC & ILLUSTRATED

204.jpg (18337 bytes) Raphael Tuck & Sons "Write Away" postcard Series No 761, "Sorry I couldn't get away". Postally used, dated Croydon 8/8/1902 , good condition, but sender has written on front.

Ref: F9-204-pcvnav -  £38.00

Pc-47.jpg (16670 bytes)

Eastern European card, nicely illustrated, postally used dated 16/2/05 , senders message appears on the front - 

Ref: F9-205-pcvnav - £45.00

183.jpg (25572 bytes)

"Gran-pop" Series published by Valentine & Son. The illustration is by Lawson Wood and called a "hand off" Postally used, dated Lythan St Annes Feb 1943, good condition. 

Ref: F9-206-pcvnav - £49.00

Pc-53.jpg (17440 bytes)

illustrated card, plain backed, believed to be of Eastern European origin, 

Ref: F9-207-pcvnav- £55.00

Pc-06.jpg (18144 bytes)

"I am now bound for home" - some light staining throughout, used - 

Ref: F9-208-pcvnav - £24.00

Pc-26.jpg (20540 bytes)

"Sorry I can't stop, by Donal McGill, used, excellent condition 

Ref: F9-209-pcvnav - £50.00

226.jpg (30533 bytes)

Bamforth & Co Ltd "Rag-Time" Series No 501. Postally unused, excellent condition. 

Ref:  F9-210-pcvnav- £40.00

135.jpg (19987 bytes) "A Full Back" published by Davidson Bros from originals by Tom Browne. Postally used, dated Tobrington 18/12/1906 , good condition. 

Ref: F9-212-pcvnav -  £55.00
126.jpg (31676 bytes) No 501 of the "Rag time" Series published by Bamforth & Co,. Postally used, dated Wolverhampton 23/6/1913 , there are slight creases in the bottom corners. 

Ref:  F9-211-pcvnav -  £38.00

 196.jpg (27266 bytes) American postcard, copyrighted by J Bergman 1905. Postally used, dated Boston 28/10/1906 . It has a crease across the top right corner, and there are two marks on the front. 

Ref: F9-213-pcvnav -  £35.00
chicks.jpg (80802 bytes) Eastern European (probably Russian) chicks playing rugby, postally used. 

Ref: F9-16-pcvnav - £40.00

 well-tackled.jpg (90343 bytes) Millar and Lang postcard "well tackled" small crease to top of card and some bumping on corners, postally used. 

Ref: F9-242-pcvnav - £30.00
hero-of-his-side.jpg (83805 bytes) Millar and Lang postcard "The Hero of His Side", some slight chipping to sides, postally used, dated 1909. 

Ref: F9-241-pcvnav - £30.00 

 pc-1.jpg (59400 bytes) "Are We Down Hearted" published by Davidson Bros, illustration taken from an original by Tom Browne, Serte 2598. Postally used, dated approx 1910, crease to top left hand corner. 

Ref: F19-53-pcvnav - £25.00 

 

STADIA

118.jpg (19290 bytes) Ariel photograph of Cambridge University Football Ground, Grange Road . Published by Metclafe & Co, Cambridge . Postally unused, small crease on top left corner, and slight tear at top. 

Ref: F9-214-pcvngr -  £9.00

 122.jpg (17827 bytes) French postcard "L ' Auvergne - Cantal 895. Aurillac - Parc des Sports". Postally unused, but the back has been written on in French, good condition, corners slightly worn. 

Ref: F9-215-pcvngr -  £36.00
119.jpg (17963 bytes) Ariel colour photograph of Cambridge University Football Ground, Grange Road . Published by Metclafe & Co, Cambridge . Postally unused, good condition. 

Ref:  F9-216-pcvngr - £16.00

 215.jpg (18686 bytes) Canadian postcard of Upper Canada College , Toronto . Postally used, dated 28/8/1915 , good condition. 

Ref:  F9-217-pcvngr - £29.00
173.jpg (20784 bytes) Ley's College, Cambridge , published by HM & Co, London . Postally used, dated Willington Quay 3/5/1904 , sender has written on the front of the postcard, bottom corners are slightly creased. 

Ref: F9-218-pcvngr - £19.00

 84.jpg (26887 bytes) Postcard sized photo - plain back - believed to be a photo of Stade Colombes, approx 1920s, small mark to photo and a small corner fold. 

Ref: F9-236--pcvngr - £25.00

 

INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS

32.jpg (26405 bytes) A Tredgar player who went North and played for Salford (note on back), 1938, postally unused, in good condition. 

Ref:  F9-220-pcvnpy   - £26.00

 16.jpg (25231 bytes) John Alexander McNab, Hawkes Bay & New Zealand. Represented the All Blacks in one match against NSW in 1925, a signed postcard sized photograph by Crown Studios , Wellington. 

Ref: F9-231-pcvnnzxb - £155.00
17.jpg (25608 bytes) Innes 'Bunny' Finlayson, North Auckland & New Zealand. Bunny Finlayson played in 6 tests for the All Blacks including all 4 on the 1928 tour of South Africa, a signed (B Finlayson) postcard sized photograph by Crown Studios , Wellington. 

Ref: F9-232-pcvnnzxb - £185.00 

    

 

MISC

15.jpg (38093 bytes) RP postcard of young boy in Cap ('A') with ball, postally used in Auckland, NZ, dated 1906, the cap is probably an early Auckland one, 

Ref: F9-221-pcvnmi - £29.00

 179-b.jpg (25582 bytes)179.jpg (21165 bytes) Picture of LeBoulevard des Italiens, Paris . Postally used, dated Paris 10/11/1924 , also Stamped with Olympic Games postmark. The front is marked where the postal ink has come through, and there is a tear on the top right. 

Ref: F9-222-pcvnmi -  £40.00

Pc-41.jpg (14212 bytes) War-time rugby - heavy crease down centre, unused, palm trees in background, possibly Egypt during war, referee in military dress, 

Ref: F9-223-pcvnmi - £19.00

 132.jpg (25717 bytes) "Just signed on" published by Aristophot Co, London . Postally unused, but message wriiten on reverse, excellent condition. 

Ref: F9-224-pcvnmi  -  £45.00

76.jpg (33139 bytes) 57.jpg (56249 bytes) Printed card - Coleccion del Jatabe "Roche", "Los Sports" Foot-Ball Rugby. Unknown card, probably Spanish but printed in France, postcard size, text on reverse. 

Ref: F2-40-pcvnmi- £40.00

 162.jpg (23906 bytes) Unknown individual. Postally unused, good condition. 

Ref: F9-225-pcvnmi  -  £39.00
Pc-45.jpg (18172 bytes)  Ley's College, Cambridge, postally used, dated 3/3/05, slight damage to one corner 

Ref: F9-226-pcvnmi - £30.00

 153.jpg (33519 bytes) French Rugby postcard for the Olympic Games -Paris 1924. Postally unused, excellent condition. 

Ref:  F3-227-pcvnmi  - £120.00

 

NOTIFICATION & SELECTION CARDS

zz_0056.JPG (34330 bytes) zz_0057.JPG (39203 bytes) zz_0058.JPG (66502 bytes) A Llanelly (Wartime) Rugby XV postcard, used, dated 18/3/45. A lengthy message mentioning AC Beamish & WE Jones, written and signed by Ivor Jones (16 caps for Wales 1924 - 1930 & 1930 British Lion, IRB Rep 1960s, WRU President 1968/9 The card has an uneven edge at the top, we believe it was hand cut in the interests of economy at the time. An ideal opportunity to obtain a rare Llanelli postcard and international autograph. 

Ref:F09-61-pcvnse - £85.00  

 

 

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