Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024

Lot 939
Estimate: £140/180
Hammer: £220
Hanson Carter. New South Wales & Australia 1897-1925. Sepia real photograph postcard of Carter wearing Australian cap and blazer. Nicely signed in ink to image by Carter ‘Yours Sincerely’ and dated ‘1921’. ‘N.S.W.’ printed to lower border of postcard. The postcard was sent by Carter to a Miss Ima Hemmel of Somerset and written and posted in Scarborough where he was playing in a tour match, he has dated the card September 10th 1921. Carter writes, to back, ‘Last day of our tour. Trust this reaches you safely and had an envelope handy, would enclose it, might go astray in the post. Best Wishes H. Carter’. Post marked 12th September 1921’. A rarer signed postcard sent by the cricketer with message to the back. Good condition

Back to top