Newly formed Australian firm Abacus Auctions holds its second sale on July 22, devoted to coins and banknotes plus a selection of collectables and sporting memorabilia.
The latter includes numerous examples of cricketing memorabilia from the collection of the late Don Wigan of Launceston, Tasmania. Among them is this postcard of the steamer RMS Orontes on which the Australian cricket team travelled to England in the summer of 1948 for the Ashes series.