La poste en Australie
| Place |
Paris |
| Transcription |
“L’Australie ou Nouvelle-Hollande est, comme on sait, la plus grande des îles du globe ou si l’on veut, le plus petit des continents. Malgré son immense superficie, elle ne compte pas 2,000,000 d’habitants d’origine européenne….” |
| Subject | |
| Category | |
| Creator |
Chocolat d'Aiguebelle |
| Current holder | |
| Link | |
| Item number |
4550419 |
| Access rights |
Digitised |
| Rights |
Out of Copyright |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | |
| Period of reference |
1880 |
| Description from source |
<1> card : col. ill. ; 11 x 8 cm. Advertising card depicting Australia. One of a set of advertising cards issued by Chocolat d’Aiguebelle advertising their chocolate. Features a colour illustration of two men and a woman around a table. One of the men is reading a newspaper, and the Australian flag is shown at the top right corner. A Western Australian postage stamp featuring the image of a black swan is reproduced at the bottom left corner. The verso of the card features text in French which provides general information about Australia and its geography, with a paragraph at the foot relating to the Chocolat d’Aiguebelle company. |
| Physical format |
Trade card |
| Place of Publication |
Paris |
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