Auction 309-320 - Australian States & Commonwealth British Africa, St. Helena - Day 2

1934: Competition Essays for the Centenary of Victoria, six bromide photographic Essays applied to card (163 x 78 mm.) from "Endeavour" the pseudnym of James Berry, the prize-winning design, with Sailing Ship and view of Melbourne, is the first bromide on this card, the other five were entered but were not chosen, one or two embellished with Chinese white on the photrographs. A scarce and most unusual item.rnrnProvenance: Prestige, Melbourne, 29 Nov 2005, lot 194.