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 1-37 of 37. Previous|1|Next Lot #21 MODEL FOR THE SIDEFACE PENNY: Two photographic bromides of the Penny Engraved (37x55mm, & slightly larger) affixed to a single piece of card (131x80mm), the second - with pinholes at the upper corners - endorsed "Work 1 x 13/16". Unique! Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. In October 1913, a proof of the Penny Engraved was sent to London, where Perkins Bacon were engaged to prepare a new die from which to create surface-printed plates. These bromides are presumed to have been created by Perkins Bacon i View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold SymboleGradea Lot #22 THE DE LA RUE DIE PROOFS: Stage 1 unmasked die proof with blank tablets & incomplete crown, in black on highly glazed card BW #70(DP)1, Cat $25,000. Unique! Ex De La Rue Archives and Tony Finlayson. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). [Note, the portrait profile has been very lightly engraved] Prior to 1976, all KGV Penny die proofs were believed to have been created by Perkins Bacon. In that year, a series of 11 stamp-size die proofs were sold from the De La Rue Archives. They are on the highly View details Estimate$15,000Price Realized$11,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #23 THE DE LA RUE DIE PROOFS: Stage 4 die proof of the completed design but with a solid field behind the King's head, in black on highly glazed card BW #70(DP)4, Cat $20,000. Unique! Ex De La Rue Archives and Tony Finlayson. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). View details Estimate$12,000Price Realized$8,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #24 THE DE LA RUE DIE PROOFS: Stage 9 die proof of the completed design but now with a horizontally-lined field behind the King's head, in black on highly glazed card BW #70(DP)9, tiny surface abrasion above the King's neck, Cat $20,000. Unique! Ex De La Rue Archives and Tony Finlayson. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). This was the penultimate stage of the design process; the emu has a peaked crest. N.B.: Of the eleven die proofs Ex De La Rue Archives, only five are believed to be in private hands View details Estimate$8,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea- Lot #25 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 1 die proof of the completed design with a solid field behind the King's head & uncleared surrounds, in bright vermilion on highly glazed thin card (90x95mm) BW #70(DP)11Aa, Cat $20,000. Unique! Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. The most visually dramatic of all the Penny Head die proofs. View details Estimate$15,000Price Realized$19,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #26 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 1 die proof of the completed design with a solid field behind the King's head now with cleared surrounds, in bright vermilion on highly glazed thin card (88x98mm) BW #70(DP)11Ab, Cat $16,000. Superb! Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only three in this format exist. The State 1 proofs in vermilion were the first pulled by Perkins Bacon. Most of the Perkins Bacon die proofs have the firm's cachet on the reverse &/or are signed/initialled. This & the previous lot are View details Estimate$12,000Price Realized$9,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea+ Lot #27 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 1 die proof of the completed design with a solid field behind the King's head now with cleared surrounds, in black on highly glazed thin card (94x125mm) endorsed at top "Received 12 2 14" & at base "First state" and with 'PERKINS BACON & CO LTD/PROOF/...' cachet on the reverse BW #70(DP)11Ba, Cat $16,000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only two in this format exist. This is De La Rue Stage 5. [Hugh Morgan's significantly smaller example (48x61mm) sold for £6240] View details Estimate$12,000Price Realized$9,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #28 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 1 die proof of the completed design with a solid field behind the King's head now with cleared surrounds, in bright red on highly glazed thin card (94x125mm) endorsed at top "Received 12 2 14" & at base "First state" and with 'PERKINS BACON & CO LTD/PROOF/...' cachet on the reverse BW #70(DP)11Ca, Cat $15,000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only three in this format exist. [Lord Vestey's almost identical example sold for £6600. Hugh Morgan's example without endors View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #29 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 1 die proof of the completed design with a solid field behind the King's head now with cleared surrounds, in bright red on highly glazed thin card reduced to stamp-size BW #70(DP)11Cc, Cat $6000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #30 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 1 die proof of the completed design with a solid field behind the King's head now with cleared surrounds, in green on highly glazed thin card (94x125mm) with no endorsements or cachet BW #70(DP)11Eb, Cat $15,000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only two in this format exist. Die proofs in colours other than black or red are far fewer in number & so, in our opinion, should be worth a significant premium. View details Estimate$12,500Price Realized$18,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #31 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 1a (Scratched Die) die proof as State 1 with a Very Fine White Diagonal Scratch from the Kangaroo's Paws to the Emu's Feet on highly glazed thin card (94x125mm) with no endorsements or cachet, Cat $16,000+. A unique & technically important proof. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. [NB: listed in the ACSC as a variety of BW #70(DP)11Bb] The damage to the die must have occurred at the premises of Perkins Bacon or immediately after its return to De La Rue. Correcting th View details Estimate$15,000StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #32 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in black on thin pinkish card (110x58mm) endorsed at top "State 2" & at base "First State" BW #70(DP)12Avar, a few tiny blemishes, Cat $15,000+. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives and "Ayers" (John Sussex). This proof, on unusual stock, doesn't conform to the listing in the ACSC. View details Estimate$8,000StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea- Lot #33 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in black on highly glazed thin card (125x75mm) with no endorsements on the face BW #70(DP)12Ac, 'PERKINS BACON & CO LTD/PROOF/...' cachet on the reverse, faint crease just impacts the impression, Cat $12,500. Six examples recorded. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. View details Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea- Lot #34 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in bright red on highly glazed thin card (118x82mm) endorsed at top "Received 19 2 14" & at base "Second state" BW #70(DP)12Ba, Cat $16,000. Unique! Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. [There are subtle differences from the previous lot in the engraving of the King's hair & the background lines] View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #35 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in bright red on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with no endorsements on the face BW #70(DP)12Bb, endorsed on the reverse "2nd state of die proof" that is probably not contemporary, Cat $15,000. Four examples recorded. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. [Hugh Morgan's example sold for £7200] View details Estimate$10,000StatusUnsold SymbolPGradea Lot #36 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in deep red-violet on thin unsurfaced wove paper (118x87mm) with no endorsements BW #70(DP)12Da, Cat $16,000. Superb & unique! The stock is most unusual but it was almost certainly pulled by Perkins Bacon. NB: the ACSC states the colour is "bright violet". However, comparison with the next lot will show that is a markedly different shade. View details Estimate$12,500Price Realized$9,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea+ Lot #37 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in bright violet on highly glazed thin card (124x93mm) with no endorsements BW #70(DP)12Dc, Cat $15,000. Beautiful & unique! Ex Perkins Bacon Archives. View details Estimate$12,500Price Realized$11,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #38 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in mauve ("pale violet" in the ACSC) on highly glazed thin card reduced to stamp-size with close margins BW #70(DP)12E, adhesions on the reverse, Cat $10,000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only one other example recorded. View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold SymbolPGradea- Lot #39 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, in brown-purple ("purple-brown" in the ACSC) on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with no endorsements BW #70(DP)12F, Cat $16,000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only one other example recorded. View details Estimate$12,500Price Realized$12,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #40 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the King's head, two impressions in black & in rose-carmine ("carmine-rose" in the ACSC) on highly glazed thin card (reduced to 60x35mm) BW #70(DP)12G, Cat $30,000. Unique and the only such "double header" proof in the entire Georgian Heads Series. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives and Greg Deleuil. View details Estimate$20,000Price Realized$18,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #41 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2/3 die proof with uncleared surrounds with the King's nose now straightened but otherwise identical to State 2, in black on thin unsurfaced paper (125x94mm), minor toning & wrinkling BW #70(DP)13Aa, Cat $12,500. Ex Stanley Gibbons Australia (18/3/1999) and "Ayers" (John Sussex). Only three other examples are recorded: Sir Gawaine Baillie's fine example sold for $10,350. As noted in the ACSC, this proof is quite abnormal. It is stated "It is possible that thi View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold SymbolPGradec Lot #42 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 3 die proof with the King's nose now straightened & the lined background slightly modified, in carmine-red on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with manuscript "4th" at lower-right erased & otherwise without endorsements BW #70(DP)13Bc with 'PERKINS BACON & CO LTD/PROOF/...' cachet on the reverse, Cat $12,500. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: four examples are recorded. [Lord Vestey's example without endorsements sold for £7200] View details Estimate$7,500Price Realized$5,750StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #43 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 4 die proof with the Emu's feathers & neck re-engraved, in black on highly glazed thin card (125x95mm) with manuscript "4th" at lower-right & endorsed at the top "Die Proof Final State/SB 14 5/14" BW #70DP(14)Aa with an unusual "belt & buckle" Perkins Bacon cachet on the reverse, Cat $15,000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only two examples with endorsements recorded. The initials "SB" are of Seymour Bennett. One can almost hear his sigh of relief as he signed-of View details Estimate$12,500Price Realized$9,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #44 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 4 die proof with the Emu's feathers & neck re-engraved, in carmine-red on highly glazed thin card (125x94mm) with manuscript "4th State" at lower-right BW #70DP(14)Bb with an unusual "belt & buckle" Perkins Bacon cachet on the reverse, Cat $16,000. Ex Perkins Bacon Archives: only three examples with endorsements recorded. [Hugh Morgan's example without endorsements sold for £6600] View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea Lot #45 THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 4 die proof with the Emu's feathers & neck re-engraved, a "set" of four, in black, rose-red, green & bright ultramarine on glazed to highly glazed thin card all reduced to stamp-size & affixed to larger backing cards (89x104mm) BW #70DP(15)A to D, Cat $45,000. Ex "Ayers" (John Sussex). Superb! Both the exhibit page & the ACSC state these are all on "thin wove paper" but they are definitely on thin glazed card. However, Geoff Kellow has advised us "They are ce View details Estimate$20,000Price Realized$15,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea+ Lot #46 THE PERKINS BACON IMPERFORATE PLATE PROOFS: Horizontal plate proof pairs in black, shades of red x3, bright violet & mauve on glazed ungummed thin card BW #70PP(2)A B C D & E, all but the first are marginal, Cat $4600+. Several are superb! (6 pairs) View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold SymbolPGradea/a+ Lot #47 THE PERKINS BACON IMPERFORATE PLATE PROOFS: Matching marginal blocks of 4 in black, carmine-rose x2 (very similar shades) or bright violet from the left of the sheets with "Jubilee Lines", the first unit in each block with Broken Shading Line above the Wattles at Left being an early state of Four Lines of Shading Broken BW #70-72(2)g, Cat $1400++ (as normal plate proof singles). Superb! Ex De La Rue Archives and Greg Deleuil. (4 blocks) View details Estimate$800Price Realized$3,400StatusSold SymbolPGradea+ Lot #48 THE PERKINS BACON IMPERFORATE PLATE PROOFS: 1d in pale carmine on glazed ungummed thin card BW #70PP(2)B lower-right quarter-sheet of 30 (6x5) from Pane IV with "Jubilee Lines" below the lower six units, enormous margins at right & base & the virtually complete "gutter" at left, with original state of [34-35] prior to development of the Rust Flaws, Thin 'G' [40] & a very early state of the Pregnant 'Y' [41], a few very minor blemishes, Cat $14,250++ (as singles). An important proof. Ex Perkins B View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea/a- Lot #49 PROOFS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA: 1d in deep carmine on Victorian V/Crown Watermark Paper Perf 14 BW #70PP(4), grossly misplaced perforations, light crease & somewhat aged, Cat $15,000. Ex William Holbeach. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). [Obviously very rare but also aesthetically challenged, it is offered with a very modest estimate] Because the KGV design was a different size from the Kangaroo stamps, it was necessary to re-configure the perforating machines. Our suggestion is that this proof w View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold SymbolPGradec Lot #50 PROOFS CREATED IN AUSTRALIA: 1d in carmine on Pink Paper Perf 14 & punctured 'OS' BW #70PP(5), full unmounted o.g.!!, Cat $7500. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). Ex Prestige Philately (24/5/2008). The ACSC states that this "is believed to be a proof prepared for the contractor who manufactured the OS puncturing head. At least one pair and two singles are known. The origin of the tinted watermarked paper is unclear; it may have been specially dyed for the purpose". It was stated in the Prestig View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold SymbolPGradea d1 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. View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold SymbolPGradea b1 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 View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSold SymbolPGradea+ 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. View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold SymbolPGradeb 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] View details Estimate$500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Symbol?Gradea- Lot #55 THE WATERMARK MASTER PLATE: Wire "bits" from the original dandy roll comprising a vertical "strip" of three. View details Estimate$100Price Realized$850StatusSold Symbol?Gradea 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) View details Estimate$250Price Realized$500StatusSold SymbolPGradeb/a+ 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 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,700StatusSold SymbolEGradea+ Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next
