The Arthur Gray Collection (#76MG) Closed Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-20 of 20. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 ONE PENNY: 1d die proof in deep blue on wove paper BW #59(DP)2a, Cat $20,000. The only recorded example. RPSofV Certificate (dated "1913"!!) states "printer's proof in connection with the Postmaster-General's 1913 Christmas and New Year Greetings Card". Based on the colour being exactly the same as on the cards - see the next lot - this is probably correct, but it is only a supposition. The ACSC states "One example is known on white wove paper, quite distinct from the stock used for the cards. SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSold Lot #2 ONE PENNY: 1d impression in deep blue on Postmaster-General's Christmas and New Year Greetings Card BW #59DP(2), a couple of very minor blemishes on the reverse do not detract from the very fine appearance, Cat $6000. RPSofV Certificate (1975). The ACSC notes that the cards were printed from a special plate onto which the stamp impression was entered from the transfer roller. "There were 600 cards printed...Probably 12-15 cards have survived". [Lord Vestey's example - Ex Hugh Morgan - sold for SymbolPGradea- View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #3 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red block of 6 (2x3, some short perfs at right) tied to plain cover to Melbourne by blue registration line & at the top by one of four strikes of the 'REGISTERED/9DE13 B/SYDNEY NSW' cds being the official First Day of Issue BW #59ya, red & black/white 'NSW/Sydney' registration label, no backstamps, Cat $7500+. The ACSC states that 11 First Day Covers have been recorded of which one is in the Royal Collection. However, in our experience they are far more elusive than First Day SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSold Lot #4 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red Imprint/Plate 'No 1' block of 8 (4x2) BW #59(1)z, plus similar 'No 2', 'No 3' & 'No 4' blocks of 8 (4x2), a few minor blemishes & a few hinge remainders, Cat $1175. (4 blocks) Symbol*Gradea-/b View details Estimate$400Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #5 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red vertical pair Imperforate Between from Plate 1 BW #59b (SG 17a), adhesion & conicident stain at lower-left, Cat $4500 (£5000). The ACSC states "Two sheets from Plate 1 had a line of perforations omitted between the third & fourth rows. One sheet was in the pale red shade, and the other was in the rose-red shade". Symbol*Gradeb View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSold Lot #6 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red vertical pair Imperforate Between from Plate 3 BW #59b (SG 17a), unmounted, Cat $6000+ (£5000+) mounted. The ACSC states "Recently, two vertical pairs imperforate between have been identified as deriving from Plate 3". Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSold Lot #7 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb (SG 17b) from the top of the sheet [4/14], the lower unit with an ironed-out horizontal crease & some gum-loss, Cat $3500 (£2250). The ACSC states "One sheet from Plate 2 had all horizontal perforations missing, yielding 60 vertical pairs...This sheet had been set aside for destruction but was inadvertently sold at the GPO Sydney". [This statement could be construed as "The sheet was set aside at the printery Symbol*Gradeb/c View details Estimate$750Price Realized$2,200StatusSold Lot #8 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb (SG 17b), the lower unit with a very minor thin in the margin at the base, Cat $3500 (£2250). Symbol*Gradea/a- View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #9 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb from the base of the sheet [85/95] additionally Imperf at the Base and at Right with a slightly Diagonal Row of Aberrant Vertical Perfs BW #59bb(var), vertical crease & a couple of coincidental surface scuffs at right, Cat $3500+. Symbol*Gradec View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #10 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red horizontal pair Imperforate Between from Plate 1 BW #59bc [13-14] (SG 17cb), very lightly mounted, Cat $7500 (£5000). Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold Lot #11 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red marginal horizontal pair from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW #59bf, very lightly mounted, Cat $1250. Superb! This pair has been plated as Plate 3 [99-100]. Symbol*Gradea+ View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #12 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW #59bf, very lightly mounted, Cat $2500+. Superb! This block has been plated as Plate 3 [68-70/78/80]. Symbol*Gradea+ View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold Lot #13 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red block of 4 with central Double Vertical Perforations BW #59bi, very lightly mounted, Cat $350+. Superb! Symbol*Gradea+ View details Estimate$250Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #14 SIX PENCE: 6d maroon (shades) Plate Number '1' to '4' blocks of of 4 from the top of the sheets BW #60z to zc, most units are well centred, a few problems, the first three blocks each have two fine unmounted units, Cat $13,000 as mounted blocks of 8. [Hugh Morgan's and Lord Vestey's similar lots sold for £1608 & £1320 respectively] (4 blocks) Symbol*/**Gradea/b View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #15 SIX PENCE: 6d maroon (shades) blocks of 8 with the four complete imprints BW #60z zd ze & zf, most units are well centred, the blocks from the left & base have some perf separation/rejoining & the left-hand block also has a pre-printing crease across two units, many units are unmounted & the upper block with Plate Number 'No 1' is superb with all units being unmounted, Cat $13,000+ (mounted). Symbol*/** View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Lot #16 SIX PENCE: 6d maroon horizontal strip of 4 from the top of sheet with complete imprint & Plate Number 'No 1' BW #60z centred, all units unmounted, Cat $3250 for a mounted block of 8. Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #17 SIX PENCE: 6d maroon rare solo franking on an apparently commercial double-rate cover to Kentucky per "SS Maitai"with superb 'MELBOURNE/ 9 /29JA15/VICTORIA' cds & an unusually large red/white 'OPENED BY/CENSOR' label of Melbourne (?), faults but quite attractive, the stamp with toned perfs but undamaged, Cat $2500 on cover. The foreign letter rate was 2½d per half-ounce x2 so the cover was apparently overpaid 1d. At the time, the late fee was equal to the letter rate so 2½d should have been paid SymbolcGradec View details Estimate$500Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #18 TWO PENCE: 2d perforated plate proof in purple-black on gummed unwatermarked paper BW #61PP(2)A, a couple of really insignificant blemishes, Cat $125,000. An unissued denomination. Ex Agar Wynne (?), Franklin Burchett, Jack Cato, Herbert McNess and Les King. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). This and the next lot are considered by many collectors to be the most important items of Australian Commonwealth philately. They are both illustrated in the ACSC. [The 2d die was later adapted for the 6d & SymbolPGradea- b1 View details Estimate$75,000Price Realized$57,187.50StatusSold Lot #19 ONE SHILLING SWAN: 1/- perforated plate proof in brown-purple on gummed unwatermarked paper BW #62PP(1)A, a minor hinge remainder otherwise superb, Cat $125,000. An unissued denomination, and a fabulous item for a collector of "Birds". Ex Agar Wynne (?), Franklin Burchett, Jack Cato, Herbert McNess and Les King. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). Economic considerations - plus robust public condemnation and ridicule of the 1d design - were principally responsible for the decision to abandon rec SymbolPGradea b1 View details Estimate$125,000Price Realized$95,312.50StatusSold Lot #20 ONE POUND: Die proof for an unframed KGV sideface portrait as for the 2d but slightly larger, in black on thin wove paper (112x104mm, folded to 57mm wide for display) BW #61DP(1), a couple of very minor peripheral tears well clear of the impression, Cat $25,000. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). An enigma: the ACSC states "One example is recorded...The engraving is larger than that used for the 2d stamp, but is much smaller than the similar portrait used on bank notes. It is possible that this SymbolPGradea- View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
