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 31-37 of 37. Previous|1234|Next Lot #51 PROOFS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA: 1d Die II in carmine on gummed unwatermarked paper with Single Line Perf 14 BW #70PP(7), remarkably well centred, large-part o.g., Cat $16,000. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). The ACSC states this is from the pair discovered in 1990 & that no other examples are recorded. This & the other example are especially significant items, being the only recorded perforated Die II proofs. SymbolPGradea b1 View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold Lot #52 PROOFS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA: 1d "electrotype proof" in black on wove paper (34x37mm) BW #70PP(8), Cat $17,500. Superb! Ex Greg Deleuil. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). The ACSC states that only two examples are recorded & that they are "plate proofs printed with the adjoining units masked, and so resemble die proofs". ["Ayers" (John Sussex) similar example sold for £6050] Geoff Kellow has advised of his opinion that the proofs created in Australia are of far greater importance than those crea SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSold Lot #53 THE WATERMARK MASTER PLATE: Original artwork for the master plate of twelve impressions of the Crown/A watermark in graphite pencil on a piece of low-grade brown paper (folded to 91x78mm) endorsed across the first row "1787" in green crayon, a bit knocked-about consistent with it having been used in the manufacturing process. A very unusual, desirable & unique artefact. SymbolPGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #54 THE WATERMARK MASTER PLATE: The master plate of twelve Crown/A watermark "bits" from which the dandy roll was developed, instrument number '1787' impressed vertically at upper-left, some very minor corrosion. The watermark bits were constructed from fine wire that was affixed to the surface of the 2mm-thick metal backing plate (86x74mm). A remarkable survivor and another highly desirable & unique artefact. [Manufactured by the English firm Edwin Amies & Son Ltd] Symbol?Gradea- View details Estimate$500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #55 THE WATERMARK MASTER PLATE: Wire "bits" from the original dandy roll comprising a vertical "strip" of three. Symbol?Gradea View details Estimate$100Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #56 WATERMARKED PAPER SAMPLES: Two pieces from a gummed sample sheet 1) a block of 12 (3x4) with 'POSTAGE' in the margin at right, minor creasing; and 2) a block of 12 (6x2) with 'TRALIA' in the margin at right, superb. The paper was manufactured at Roughway Mill, Plaxtol in Kent by James Spicer & Sons. The initial shipment arrived in Melbourne in early-July 1914. (2 items) SymbolPGradeb/a+ View details Estimate$250Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #356 Set of photographic reductions to stamp-size of original artwork for five designs submitted to the Australian High Commissioner in London, comprising 2d KGV x2 variations on the theme, 6d Kangaroo, 10d Federal Parliament House (Melbourne) & 2d Ferns and each on separate backing card (38x65mm) endorsed "17th May 1923" & "A" to "E" respectively. Superb! A unique set! These essays are not listed in the ACSC. They represented a speculative venture by De La Rue to print stamps for Australia. However SymbolEGradea+ View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next
