The Arthur Gray Collection 10 30, 2015 View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 146. Previous|12|Next Image Lot # Item Title Quantity Time Left Your Bids 357 STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION: Beautiful stamp-size essay with an ornamental frame incorporating the Australian & British Flags printed in carmine on thin glazed card (41x33mm) with inscriptions & tiny maps of Australia hand-painted in crimson & the Star & Shield vignette printed in brown on similar card & affixed centrally BW #132ES(6), Cat $4000. Gorgeous and superb! Submitted under the pseudonym "Arte et Marte". Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 18. The Stamp Design Competition attracted 1025 s SymboleGradea+ Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 358 STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION: a very similar & equally lovely essay from the same artist, with a St George & the Dragon vignette printed in brown affixed centrally BW #132ES(7), Cat $4000. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 18. SymboleGradea+ Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 359 STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION: Original artwork of Parliament House flanked by Kangaroo & Emu, in pencil, crimson ink & Chinese white highlights on thin artboard (210x171mm) BW #132ES(9), endorsed with pseudonym "ESPERO N 1", Cat $5000. Submitted by Edgar Steitz from Western Australia. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 18. SymboleGradea Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 360 STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION: Skilfully rendered original artwork of Parliament House superimposed on an Outline Map of Australia with Magpie, Kookaburra & Golden Wattle, in pencil & watercolour (shades of grey & black) on artboard (290x215mm) BW #132ES(10), Cat $5000. Submitted by H Perry. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 18. SymboleGradea Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 361 STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION: Printed stamp-size designs of Parliament House (vertical) or 'ADVANCE/AUSTRALIA' & Map (horizontal), in brown on thick wove paper BW #132ES(12) & (13), tonespots mostly on the reverse, Cat $5000. Submitted by an unknown entrant. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 18. SymboleGradeb Estimate$500Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 362 STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION: 1926 stampless OHMS cover to one of the entrants, Melbourne slogan & Postmaster-General's Department dated cachet in violet. With the original enclosure, being a mimeographed letter to all the unsuccessful entrants, with a breakdown of the origin of the entrants (including 125 from Victoria, 60 from New South Wales, 20 from New Zealand, two each from the USA India & France (!), and one each from Canada & Ceylon!), 'OCT 21 1926' handstamp at upper-right. An important alb Symbolcl/lGradea Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 363 REQUISITION FOR THE DIE: Undated copy letter on PMG's Department letterhead being AJ Mullett's instructions to Waterlow & Son (London) re the engraving of the die: "...the printers plates will be made in Australia...The die should not be hardened as this will be done in Australia...", folded for display. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 22. SymbollGradea Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 364 REQUISITION FOR THE DIE: Stamp-size photographic reduction of the original artwork forwarded to Waterlow & Son with the letter: see previous lot. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 23. SymboleGradea Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 365 PROGRESSIVE DIE PROOFS - State 1: Many details unfinished, notably the Allegorical Figure, the Shield and the Sky, in carmine-lake on high quality wove paper (folded to 146x116mm) BW #132DP(1) with Printing Instrument Number '11286' embossed (in reverse) at left & endorsed "2.12.26/(4.30)" at lower-right, Cat $20,000. Superb! The figures in parentheses "4.30" apparently refer to the time of day. The ACSC states that three examples are recorded, this being the only one in private hands. As such, SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$15,000Price Realized$14,000StatusSold View details 366 PROGRESSIVE DIE PROOFS State 2: The Allegorical Figure & Shield Largely Completed as is a small portion of the Sky at Centre-Left BW #132DP(2) in carmine-lake, endorsed "2 proofs - 6 Dec 26/11.30am/JACH/1" at upper-right, Cat $20,000. Superb! The ACSC states that only two examples are recorded, confirming the notation "2 proofs". Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at pages 24 & 26. The initials are of Waterlow's engraver JAC Harrison. SymbolpGradea+ Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 367 PROGRESSIVE DIE PROOFS State 3: The Sky is Largely Completed, Lettering 'THREE HALFPENCE' is Complete, & Shading Lines have been added to the Shield & elsewhere BW #132DP(3)B in bright green, the embossed number omitted, Cat $20,000. Superb! Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 25. SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$15,000Price Realized$11,000StatusSold View details 368 PROGRESSIVE DIE PROOFS BW #132DP(3)C in deep blue, the embossed number omitted, Cat $20,000. Superb! Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 26. SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$15,000Price Realized$11,000StatusSold View details 369 PROGRESSIVE DIE PROOFS BW #132DP(3)D in bright orange, Cat $20,000. Superb! SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$15,000StatusUnsold View details 370 PROGRESSIVE DIE PROOFS BW #132DP(3)E in sepia-brown, Cat $20,000. Superb! SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$15,000StatusUnsold View details 371 PROGRESSIVE DIE PROOFS State 4 (Final): Shading of the Sky now Completed & some evidence of Strengthening of Diagonal Background Lines BW #132DP(4)C in bright green, endorsed "Appd/7 12 26" at lower-right, a few minor blemishes mostly on the reverse, Cat $20,000. Unique! SymbolPGradea- Estimate$15,000StatusUnsold View details 372 PROGRESSIVE DIE PROOFS BW #132DP(4)A in carmine-lake (close to the issued colour), a couple of minor paper inclusions well clear of the impression otherwise superb, Cat $20,000. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 27. SymbolPGradea Estimate$15,000StatusUnsold View details 373 "SPECIMEN" DIE PROOFS 1½d die proof SymbolPGradeb Estimate$10,000StatusUnsold View details 374 PRESENTATION DIE PROOFS: 1½d die proof in carmine-lake on wove paper (235x190mm) with printed inscription 'PRESENTED TO MR L BERNARD HALL..." and signed "HP Brown/7-2-27" at lower-right BW #132DP(8)B, minor blemishes mostly on the reverse, Cat $15,000. An impressive proof. Acquired at Gary Watson's auction of 11/4/1988. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 32. Four similarly inscribed proofs were prepared for AJ Derrick, B Hall (this item), AJ Mullett SymbolPGradea- Estimate$12,500Price Realized$8,000StatusSold View details 375 PRESENTATION DIE PROOFS: 1½d die proof in carmine-lake without inscriptions on thick wove paper (223x171mm) with deckled edge BW #132DP(9)B, some toning but generally of fine appearance, Cat $12,500. Illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 34. The ACSC states that three examples were created, one inscribed to the radio presenter at the Opening of Parliament House - now in the Australia Post Archives - and two uninscribed. The whereabouts of the other uninscribed proof is unknown. SymbolPGradeb Estimate$7,500Price Realized$4,500StatusSold View details 376 ISSUED STAMPS: Exhibit page with First Day of Issue usages including a block of 4 with 4 "strikes" of the datehead only from a Melbourne Krag machine (most unusual), pair with the rare 'POST OFFICE/CAMP D FCT' rubber cds (used at the temporary Military Camp established for the Opening Celebrations) in violet, block of 4 from 'NORTHAM' (WA), block of 8 from 'HENTY/NSW' etc. (6 items) Symbolv/gGradea Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 377 ISSUED STAMPS: 1½d upper-right corner block of 4, the second unit partly Imperforate at Top because of a post-printing paper-fold. Not listed in the ACSC, nor by Geoff Kellow in "The 1927 Canberra Commemorative". At page 30 he illustrates a different perforation error & states "...one example is recorded of stamps partly imperforate due to paper folds occurring after printing, but before perforating". The book was published in 2011 & this item was apparently discovered only in the last few years Symbol*Gradea Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 378 ISSUED STAMPS: 1½d vertical pair Imperforate Between BW #132b (SG 105a), above-average centring for this error, minor crease at upper-left, very lightly mounted, Cat $5000 (Cat £5000). The ACSC states "22 pairs have been identified...[including] a block of 4 in the Royal Collection & a pair in the Australia Post Archives...well-centred examples command a premium". Illustrated in the ACSC at page 5/7. Symbol*Gradea- b1 Estimate$2,500Price Realized$4,200StatusSold View details 379 ISSUED STAMPS: 1½d horizontal pair Imperforate Between BW #132ba (SG 105b), minor perf damage at left, minor wrinkles & hinge remainder, Cat $20,000 (£10,000). The ACSC states "seven pairs have been identified...[including] a block of 4 in the Royal Collection & a pair in the Australia Post Archives..." & a lightly cancelled pair. Illustrated in the ACSC at page 5/7 & by Geoff Kellow at page 55. [Stuart Hardy's very fine pair sold for $17,475] Symbol*Gradeb Estimate$7,500Price Realized$9,000StatusSold View details 380 ISSUED STAMPS: 1½d upper-left corner block of 4 Imperforate at Left BW #132bb, characteristic rough perfs, the lower variety unit is unmounted, Cat $20,000+ (mounted). Ex Alex Hick. Of the eight errors possible, the ACSC states two are in the Royal Collection & the Australia Post Archives, and four of the remaining six examples are in two blocks of 6. Illustrated in the ACSC at page 5/7 & by Geoff Kellow at page 56. [Stuart Hardy's example in a horizontal strip of 3 sold for $6698] Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$12,500Price Realized$19,000StatusSold View details 381 ISSUED STAMPS: 1½d upper-left corner blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '12' complete BW #132z-zk, the plate numbers are mostly lightly printed as is usually the case, Number '2' shows 50% only but all other numbers are complete, most are well centred, Number '3' has a blemish in the margin at left and Number '6' has some split/rejoined perfs & a repaired tear into the corner stamp, all others are very fine to superb, most have two units unmounted, Numbers '1' '2' '3' and '5' have all units u Symbol*/** Estimate$10,000Price Realized$11,000StatusSold View details 382 PUNCTURED 'OS': 1½d marginal block of 12 (3x4) from the base of the sheet, CTO with 'PARLIAMENT HOUSE CANBERRA/9MY27/FCT' cds - the First Day of Issue - & full unmounted o.g., Cat $240++. An unusually large block. SymbolfGradea Estimate$200Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 383 PUNCTURED 'OS': 1½d two singles on double-rate cover to Geelong (Vic) with '[Coat of Arms]/THE SENATE' printed in red on the flap, 'BRISBANE/27MY27/QUEENSLAND' cds, a few very minor blemishes, undercatalogued at $600 for a single on cover. This is a very scarce stamp commercially used, and it is rare properly used on cover. Only 18,800 stamps were punctured, of which a large number were CTO'd on the day of issue or placed in collectors' sets. Usage outside Canberra or Melbourne is most unusual, SymbolcGradea- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 384 PUNCTURED 'OS': 1½d upper-left corner strip of 3 with almost complete Plate Number '6' BW #132bd/ze, all units unmounted, Cat $5000: see Note 4 on page 5/8. Ex Alex Hick. Unique! The ACSC states that this is the only recorded punctured 'OS' plate number item. This strip and a Plate Number '12' block of 4 are both illustrated by Geoff Kellow at page 68. However, the block has been adjudged a fake: see "Forgeries of Official Perfins on the 1927 Symbol**Gradea c1 Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 385 STAMP DESIGN COMPETITION: Original pen & ink artwork for a rather bucolic scene of a Kangaroo "family" & a border of wattle blossoms, in crimson on thick wove paper (170x122mm) affixed to a slightly larger piece of thin card endorsed "BERT/ 3 " on the reverse, the design is superb, the backing has a few minor problems including slight damp-spotting at left. "Bert" was the pseudonym of ET Luke. This little-known competition was conducted by the Organising Committee to promote the International SymboleGradea Estimate$500Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 386 SHEET STAMPS: 3d blue tied to a plain cover by Newcastle machine cancellation of NO2/1928 being the First Day of Issue BW #133y, Cat $2000. Both the sheet stamps and "miniature sheets" were Line Perf 11 on unwatermarked paper. However, the sheet stamps are on vertical mesh paper, and the "miniature sheets" are on horizontal mesh paper. SymbolcGradea Estimate$750Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 387 SHEET STAMPS: 3d blue complete sheet of 120 (12x10) with Blind Double Perforations above the Top Row & at the Base of the Last Row, generally well centred, folded for display, unmounted, Cat $1200++ as normal singles. The ACSC states "One sheet is known...with double perforations along the base". We expect that is a different item, with obvious double perfs. Symbol**Gradea/a- Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 388 "MINIATURE SHEETS": 3d blue single stamp tied to Fred Hagen illustrated commemorative cover by the Exhibition cds of 29OC28 in red being the First Day of Issue BW #133MSya. Most attractive. SymbolcGradea Estimate$100Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 389 "MINIATURE SHEETS": 3d sheetlet from the lower-left of the sheet signed by "JA Murray/PMG Dept" and "John Ash/Stamp Printer", the lower units unmounted. James Murray was Chief Clerk of the Postmaster-General's Department. Symbol*/**Gradea- Estimate$250Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 390 "MINIATURE SHEETS": 3d block of four sheetlets from the lower-right of the sheet of 15, the first sheetlet with perforations on all sides, well centred, unmounted, Cat $1100++. A "perfect" single-page exhibit. In the sheet of fifteen sheetlets (5x3), only the second third & fourth sheetlets on the second row have perforations on all sides. These should be worth a significant premium, befitting both their relative scarcity and attractiveness. Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 391 "MINIATURE SHEETS": 3d horizontal strip of three sheetlets from the lower-right of the sheet of 15 Imperforate Between BW #133MSba with a Missing Row of Perforations Centrally between the First & Second Sheetlets, minor creasing in the margin at lower-right that doesn't impact on the variety, Cat $20,000. A remarkable error, mainly because it is so obvious yet can so easily be overlooked. The ACSC states "Two examples...have ben recorded...The third portion of this sheet may also exist". [In fac Symbol*Gradea Estimate$7,500Price Realized$6,250StatusSold View details 392 "MINIATURE SHEETS": 3d vertical strip of three sheetlets from the right of the sheet of 15, the upper sheetlet with Double Horizontal Perforations Between the Two Pairs, unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC. The ACSC lists only a sheetlet with Double Perfs at Left - now in the Australia Post Archives - and a sheetlet with Aberrant Diagonal Perforations, Cat $2000. Symbol**Gradea Estimate$600Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 393 "MINIATURE SHEETS": 3d sheetlet from the upper-left of the sheet, CTO with the Exhibition cds x2 strikes of each in red & in green all of 29OC28 being the First Day of Issue, full unmounted o.g., Cat $500++. Superb! This is the only sheetlet we have seen with the green cds in conjunction with the red cds. For many years, successive editions of the ACSC referred to cancellations in red or "green", with no reference to blue strikes. Consequently, the common blue impressions were routinely, and er SymbolfGradea+ Estimate$750Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 394 PRESENTATION DIE PROOF: 3d die proof in green struck on thick handmade paper (216x175mm) with deckled edges BW #134DP(2), Cat $12,500. The ACSC states that 11 proofs were presented, one of which is in the Australia Post Archives. Only four others have been accounted for. [Lord Vestey's example - reduced to 166x130mm, with the deckled edges trimmed off - sold at auction in October 2014 for £4560. Derick Ray's example sold at our auction of 5/3/2015 for $8190] SymbolPGradea Estimate$7,000Price Realized$4,500StatusSold View details 395 CANCELLED PRIOR TO THE OFFICIAL DATE OF ISSUE: 3d block of 4, well centred, CTO with central 'GRAFTON/19MY29/NSW' cds & virtually full o.g. (the lower units being unmounted). The official First Day of Issue was 20/5/1929. The ACSC states "A stamp [sic] is known postmarked at Grafton (NSW) 19 May 1929". SymbolvGradea/a+ Estimate$100Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 396 BOOKLET STAMPS: 1930 2/- booklet with black/blue cover BW #B40 with one pane removed, plus the contents from another "exploded" booklet, a few blemishes & tonespots, Cat $1500 for a complete booklet. SymbolbGradeb Estimate$250Price Realized$200StatusSold View details 397 BOOKLET STAMPS: 1930 2/- booklet with black/blue cover BW #B40, unusually fine, Cat $1500. SymbolbGradea Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold View details 398 BOOKLET STAMPS: 1930 2/- booklet with black/blue cover with each pane including the Long Wing to Plane variety BW #B40d, Cat $5000. This is a remarkably fresh booklet. However, it has been reconstructed & the first pane - with the upper units hinged - does not belong to it! Fortunately, the three "Long Wings" - Cat $2700 as single stamps - are genuine! SymbolbGradea Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,350StatusSold View details 399 BOOKLET STAMPS: 1935 2/- booklet with black/greenish cover BW #B50 "exploded" with the cover & all contents, the three panes are unmounted but have minor tonespots, Cat $2250 intact. Symbolb**Gradea- Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 400 BOOKLET STAMPS: 1931 apparently commercial cover to London with extraordinary and rare franking of 3d green x7 (three with the Long Wing to Plane!! BW #B136d) & KGV 2d red tied by 'CREMORNE/22AP31/NSW' cds, superb 'SPECIAL/22AP31/=SYDNEY=' b/s, SymbolcGradeb Estimate$400Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 401 PUNCTURED 'OS': Type A (31x22mm) imprint block of 4 BW #134z plus upper-left blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '4' #134za-d, most units unmounted but there are some mostly minor faults, Cat $2250 (mounted): see Note 2 at page 5/13. Very scarce. [A similar group sold at the Prestige Philately auction of 1/9/2007 for $1322] (5 blocks) Symbol*/**Gradea/b Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 402 PUNCTURED 'OS': Type B (31¾x21½mm) imprint block of 4 BW #135z plus upper-left blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '4' #135za-d, Plate Number '3' block is unmounted, others with two units unmounted, Cat $6250 (mounted): see Note 2 at page 5/13. Rare. (5 blocks) Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$2,500Price Realized$4,000StatusSold View details 403 PRELIMINARY ARTWORK: Artist's sketch in pencil on tracing paper (245x171mm) of the approved design, signed in ink "G Pitt Morison" at lower-right BW #138ES(1), minor wrinkles & a small repaired tear at right, Cat $3000. Ex Alex Hick. Melbourne-born artist George Pitt Morison was an associate of Arthur Streeton and the "Heidelberg School". In 1906 he joined the staff of Fremantle's Museum & Art Gallery, eventually becoming Curator. He retired in 1942 and died four years later. SymboleGradea- Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold View details 404 PRELIMINARY ARTWORK: George Pitt Morison's slightly larger than stamp-size photographic print in shades of blue of the final artwork, small white blemish is a production imperfection. Very attractive. Ex Alex Hick. SymbolPGradea Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold View details 405 ISSUED STAMPS: 1½d part-imprint pair Imperforate at the Base BW #138b, well centred with characteristic rough perfs, very lightly mounted, undercatalogued at $40,000++. Superb! One of the most desirable errors of the King George V Commemoratives. The ACSC states that two pairs and two singles - all from the same sheet - exist. Illustrated at page 5/17.Hugh Morgan's single with the other half of the imprint sold for £14,400. In the auction catalogue it was noted as "gum a little browned (as... Symbol*Gradea+ Estimate$40,000Price Realized$30,000StatusSold View details 406 ISSUED STAMPS: 1½d block of 4 with Light Offset varying from 10% to 100%, unmounted. Unlisted in the ACSC. [NB: This issue was printed on ungummed paper. Therefore, to be a true offset, the printing on the reverse would need to be under the gum, which is not the case] Symbol**Gradea Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold View details 407 PUNCTURED 'OS': 1½d upper-left corner blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '12' complete BW #138baz to zk, Number '7' is creased & '9' has some perf separation otherwise very fine to superb, a few mounted in the margin but all units are unmounted, Cat $3900+ (mounted): see Note 2 at page 5/17. The ACSC states "dangerous fakes exist". Mark Knothe has advised that these blocks were acquired from Alex Hick, a grazier from Kaniva (Vic) who was a major collector from the 1930s until the 1970s. At Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSold View details 408 PUNCTURED 'OS': 1931 double-rate cover with '[Coat of Arms]/HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' printed in blue on the flap, to the Australian Postal Electricians Union in Melbourne with 1½d x2 (the first unit with corner fault at upper-left) tied by superb 'FEDERAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE/19MR31/FCT' cds, Cat $750 for a single on cover. A rare franking. SymbolcGradea Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 409 ESSAY: Stamp-size photographic reduction of the original artwork for the 3d value, the vignette being a photograph of a portrait of Charles Sturt, the design being approved but with many elements modified for the issued stamps, recessed in a thick card mount with oval 'Commonwealth Bank of Australia/NOTE/PRINTING BRANCH/Fitzroy Vict' [sic] cachet in violet on the reverse, the photo-essay is superb but the mount is spotty on the reverse. Unlisted in the ACSC. The three examples known to us - one SymboleGradea+/c Estimate$750Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 410 DIE PROOFS: SymbolPGradeb Estimate$8,500StatusUnsold View details 411 DIE PROOFS: a very similar item but recessed in a larger mount (130x139mm), a similar label - but with the date omitted - affixed to the reverse, minor toning that does affect the proof, Cat $20,000. Ex Sir Harry Brown, Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department and Walter Lederer. SymbolPGradeb Estimate$8,500StatusUnsold View details 412 THREEPENCE: 3d blue Plate Number '1' single from the top of the sheet Imperforate at Top BW #140b, rejoined along a vertical tear at left with a coincidental surface abrasion in the margin, Cat $22,500. The ACSC states "only five examples appear to have survived", including two examples in a block of 4 in the Australia Post Archives. Symbol*Grade(b) Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 413 PUNCTURED 'OS': 1½d upper-left corner blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '8' complete BW #139baz to zg, Number '8' with a minor stain in the margin otherwise very fine to superb, a few mounted in the margin but all units are unmounted, Cat $2600+ (mounted). Ex Alex Hick. [See the note after Lot 407] (8 blocks) Symbol**Gradea/a+ Estimate$750Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 414 PUNCTURED 'OS': 1½d red block of 8 (4x2, vertical crease alongside the central perfs) & 3d block of 4 (minor tonespots) both with John Ash Imprint BW #139bazh & #140bazb, lower units are unmounted, Cat $950+. Ex Alex Hick. [See the note after Lot 407] (2 blocks) Symbol*/**Gradea/b Estimate$250Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 415 LORD HOWE PROVISIONAL: 1½d carmine-red affixed to a commercial cover & just tied - at right by "PM" - by manuscript endorsement "2d/paid/PM/LHI" BW #139c to Sydney with poor 'LORD HOWE_ ISLAND/23AU/1930/NSW' cds alongside, roughly opened (fortunately without damaging the stamp), vertical fold & minor aging, Cat $3250: see Note 2 on page 5/20. Rare: the only example we have offered. [See also Lot 319] The ACSC at page 5/20 gives a fairly detailed account of the creation of the "Lord Howe Island SymbolcGradec Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 416 ORIGINAL ARTWORK: Official photographic reduction to 200% stamp-size of Frank Manley's original artwork showing the "Southern Cross" flying to the East, oval 'Commonwealth Bank of Australia/STAMP/PRINTING BRANCH/Fitzroy Vict' [sic] cachet in violet on the reverse. Superb! Unlisted in the ACSC. SymboleGradea+ Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 417 ORIGINAL ARTWORK: Official photographic reduction to 200% stamp-size of Frank Manley's original (amended) artwork showing the "Southern Cross" flying to the West, oval 'Commonwealth Bank of Australia/STAMP/PRINTING BRANCH/Fitzroy N6 Vict' [sic] cachet in violet on the reverse. Superb! Unlisted in the ACSC. SymboleGradea+ Estimate$250Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 418 DIE PROOFS: Progressive undenominated die proof of the original design with the "Southern Cross" Flying Eastwards with Key Elements Outlined Only and 'POSTAGE' Omitted at the Sides, in greenish black on highly surfaced (glazed) paper (110x74mm) BW #141(DP)1, minor split at the upper extremity of the impression where the die was too heavily applied & now repaired with archival tape, Cat $20,000. Ex Sir Harry Brown. The ACSC states that two examples are recorded. A really beautiful proof, greatly SymbolPGradea Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 419 DIE PROOFS: Die proofs of the 2d 3d & 6d in the issued colours on wove paper recessed in a single thick card mount (200x150mm) with bevelled edges BW #141-143DP(2), minor damp spots on the mount, the 3d proof is superb but the 2d & 6d are affected by staining from the adhesive used to affix them to the backing, Cat $60,000. Unique! Ex Sir Harry Brown. The ACSC states these are the only finished die proofs for this series: there are no examples in the Australia Post Archives. SymbolPGradea+/c Estimate$30,000StatusUnsold View details 420 ISSUED STAMPS: 2d red John Ash Imprint pair apparently imperforate vertically but with Blind Perforations. Unlisted in the ACSC. Simon Dunkerley Certificate (2007) states "very rare with three pairs recorded...this being the only imprint piece". Symbol*Gradea Estimate$250Price Realized$380StatusSold View details 421 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red (a couple of pulled perfs & rounded upper-right corner) & 3d blue (superb!) marginal singles - the 3d with Plate Number '3' - affixed by the margins to a fragment of House of Representatives notepaper (123x75mm), the stamps are both unmounted, Cat $1000+. Symbol**Gradeb/a+ Estimate$400Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 422 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red upper-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '5' BW #141(OS)zd, the first unit with minor blemishes, the lower units very lightly mounted, the second unit is unmounted, Cat $3500+ (mounted). Ex Alex Hick. [Lord Vestey's similar block sold for £1560] The ACSC states "dangerous forgeries exist..." Mark Knothe has advised that these blocks were acquired from Alex Hick, a grazier from Kaniva (Vic) who was a major collector from the 1930s until the 1970s. Symbol*/**Gradea/b Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 423 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red upper-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '6' BW #141(OS)ze, well centred, a couple of thins in the upper margin, all units are unmounted, Cat $3500+ (mounted). Ex Alex Hick. [Lord Vestey's similar block sold for £1560] Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold View details 424 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red upper-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '7' BW #141(OS)ze, well centred, minor thin in the upper margin, all units are unmounted, Cat $3500+ (mounted). Ex Alex Hick. [Lord Vestey's similar block sold for £1560] Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold View details 425 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red upper-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '8' BW #141(OS)zg, well centred, all units are unmounted, Cat $3500+ (mounted). Superb! Ex Alex Hick. [The ACSC states that Plate Number '8' "does not seem to have been recorded before 1970: see note after Lot 422. Lord Vestey's similar block sold for £1560] Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 426 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 3d blue upper-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1' BW #142(OS)z, all units are unmounted, Cat $6000+ (mounted). Superb! Ex Alex Hick. Symbol**Gradea Estimate$4,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 427 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 3d blue upper-left corner block of 4 with Plate Number '2' BW #142(OS)za, well centred, the first unit with a hinge remainder otherwise unmounted, Cat $6000+ (mounted). Ex Alex Hick. [The ACSC states that Plate Number '2' "does not seem to have been recorded before 1970"] Symbol*/**Gradea/a- Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 428 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 3d blue upper-left corner block of 6 (2x3) with Plate Number '3' BW #142(OS)zb, the fifth unit with Plane Dropping Mail Bag BW #142(OS)d, well centred, a few split/rejoined perfs in the side margin, the upper pair with a hinge remainder, the four lower units - including the variety - are unmounted, Cat $7500+ for a mounted Plate Number block of 4 plus two unmounted singles. Ex Alex Hick. Symbol*/**Gradea b1 Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold View details 429 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red & 3d blue John Ash Imprint blocks of 4 BW #141(OS)z & 142(OS)z, the upper units are very lightly mounted, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $9500+ (mounted). [Similar CTO blocks of 4 sold at a Melbourne auction in October 2013 for $8050] Symbol*/**Gradea+ Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold View details 430 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red & 3d blue (minor wrinkle) plus 3d Air Mail punctured 'OS' (a couple of faults) & Kingsford Smith 6d violet on cover with '[Coat of Arms]/THE SENATE' printed in red on the flap, by air to England with very fine to superb 'CANBERRA/16NO31/FCT' cds & 'SPECIAL/AIR MAIL FLIGHT/NOV/1931/AUSTRALIA-ENGLAND' cachet in violet, the central fold was made before the stamps were affixed and the Kingsford Smith 3d is unaffected, a few blemishes on the reverse, Cat $1500 for the 2d or $ SymbolclGradea- Estimate$1,500Price Realized$975StatusSold View details 431 JOHN ASH IMPRINT BLOCKS: Exhibit page with 6d dull brown & 6d grey-brown blocks of 6 BW #144zd & ze, the latter with the lower units unmounted, the former unmounted, Cat $500 minimum. [The grey-brown block - from the 1934 printing - is stated to be from Plate 2, with Re-Entry to 'STRALI' & Plane's Wing, but we can't see it] (2 blocks) Symbol**/*Gradea b1 Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 432 USAGE ON COVER: 1936 Alfred Herbert (Aust) Ltd printed airmail cover (262x112mm) to the company's head office in England with very scarce franking of 6d Airmail + CofA Watermark 10/- Kangaroo (rounded corner at lower-right) tied by 'AIR MAIL/5JE36/SYDNEY NSW' cds, minor wrinkling & central fold well clear of the stamps, Cat $1750 for the 10/- on cover. The rate was 1/6d per ½oz x7 = 10/6d for a letter weighing between 3 & 3½oz. SymbolclGradeb Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 433 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 6d dull brown horizontal pair (+ unoverprinted 6d pair & KGV 2d) on Christmas Air Mail cover to England, 'SHIP MAIL ROOM/17NO31/MELBOURNE' cds being the official First Day of Issue, faults but presentable & both the overprinted stamps are fine. Rare: unlisted in the ACSC. [NB: most mail for the flight was lodged on the day before this stamp was issued] Until 1937 the Melbourne GPO used the Ship Mail Room cds on all overseas mail. SymbolcGradec Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 434 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 6d dull brown marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet with One Plate Dot BW #144(OS)za, a couple of split perfs in the margin otherwise superb, unmounted, Cat $1500+. Symbol**Gradea c1 Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 435 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 6d dull brown upper-right corner block of 8 (2x4) with One Plate Dot BW #144(OS)za, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat $1700+. Superb! Symbol**Gradea+ a1 Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 436 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 6d dull brown John Ash imprint block of 6 BW #144(OS)zd, unmounted, Cat $375. Superb! Symbol**Gradea+ b1 Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSold View details 437 THE STANDARD ISSUE: 1/- green tied by 'REGISTERED PERTH/15FEB32/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds to plain Mitchell First Day Cover to NSW with 'FIRST DAY/FLOWN COVER' & boxed 'AIR MAIL.' cachets, blue & black/white registration label, Sydney arrival b/s of 19FE32 BW #145y, Cat $375. According to "Australian First Day Covers" by Moore, Woolley & Pauer (2009) at page 71, "S Mitchell" was the English name adopted by the immigrant Greek tailor S Hadjinihalakis. SymbolcGradea Estimate$200Price Realized$340StatusSold View details 438 THE STANDARD ISSUE: Two marginal blocks of 4 in slightly different colours, one overprinted 'OS', unmounted, Cat $700+. (2 blocks) Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 439 THE STANDARD ISSUE: 1/- green marginal example from the top of the sheet Imperforate at Top BW #145ba, repaired tear from upper right-hand perfs to just past the first 'A' of 'AUSTRALIA' but of fine appearance, Cat $22,500. A great item for a Birds collector. The ACSC states that two mint examples, one "with roughly torn upper margin", and a similarly separated used stamp, are recorded. It is clear that the finder was not a collector! (which, in one sense, adds to the appeal of this item). Symbol*Grade(b) Estimate$5,000Price Realized$8,500StatusSold View details 440 THE STANDARD ISSUE: 1/- yellowish green marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet with a single "Plate Dot" between the perforations in the margin BW #145z, horizontal crease across the base of the lower units, unmounted, Cat $1750 (or $600+ as four single stamps). The ACSC states there were eight plates: "A single plate dot appears in the left selvedge opposite rows 4 and 5...the plates must have been differentiated by markings which were invariably trimmed off the issued sheets". In respe Symbol**Gradea/b c1 Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold View details 441 THE STANDARD ISSUE: 1/- green marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet with a single "Plate Dot" between the perforations in the margin BW #145z (var), unmounted, Cat $1750+ (or $400+ as four single stamps). Superb! The ACSC refers to only the dot in the left-hand margin. Symbol**Gradea+ c1 Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 442 THE STANDARD ISSUE: 1/- John Ash Imprint blocks of 4 BW #145za in green (mounted), yellowish green (unmounted & superb) and an intermediate shade (aged gum but unmounted), Cat $1725+. Symbol**/*Gradea+/b Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 443 THE STANDARD ISSUE: 1/- green pair (gum-stained perfs) plus Third Wmk Kangaroos 9d violet two pairs tied to complete c.1933 parcels label by a largely very fine strike of the huge rubber 'PARCELS OFFICE/GPO/MELBOURNE' undated cancellation (deteriorated - "scalloped" - frame), Cat $350 for a single 9d on cover. The rate was for between 8 & 11 pounds to an adjoining State, or for between 5 & 8 pounds to a non-contiguous State, New Guinea or Papua. [NB: In the period prior to 1/3/1933, there was no SymbolcGradea- Estimate$250Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 444 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1/- green block of 4, CTO with central 23mm 'GPO/19DE32/MELBOURNE' cds and full unmounted o.g., Cat $200++. Superb! SymbolvGradea+ c1 Estimate$100Price Realized$260StatusSold View details 445 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1/- green marginal block of 4 from the left of the sheet with a single "Plate Dot" between the perforations in the margin BW #145(OS)z, CTO but with a non-GPO Victorian cds, large-part o.g. with the lower units being unmounted, Cat $1250 mounted mint (or $200+ as four single stamps). [See the comments at Lot 440] SymbolvGradea b1 Estimate$200Price Realized$440StatusSold View details 446 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 1/- green John Ash Imprint block of 4 BW #145(OS)za, very lightly mounted, the lower units unmounted, Cat $475+ (mounted). Superb! Symbol*/**Gradea+ c1 Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 447 CHAMBON "ESSAYS": 1937 1/- in deep red BW #145PP(1)A, exceptional centring, a couple of very minor marks on the reverse, lightly mounted, Cat $1000. The ACSC states that the so-called "Chambon Essays" - with 'AUSTRALIA' and 'ONE SHILLING' scored through on the die - were printed by France's Stamp Printing Works on their Chambon printing presses, "apparently in connection with efforts of the French authorities to sell Chambon intaglio printing equipment to the Note Printing Branch". SymbolPGradea- a1 Estimate$400Price Realized$400StatusSold View details 448 CHAMBON "ESSAYS": 1937 1/- in deep bright blue BW #145PP(1)B marginal example from the top of the sheet, very well centred, unmounted, Cat $2000. Gorgeous & superb! Derived from the sheet of 50 discovered only in 2013: only two singles have been offered, selling at the Prestige Philately auctions of 7/2/2014 and 2/5/2014 for $1840 and $1495 respectively. The ACSC ambiguously states "...A sheet of 50 in each colour appeared for sale in Europe". In fact, single sheets of 50 in red and in blue wer SymbolPGradea+ b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 449 CHAMBON "ESSAYS": 1937 1/- in black-brown BW #145PP(1)D, exceptional centring, unmounted, Cat $5000. Superb! Derived from the block of 4 discovered only in 2014 and subsequently split. To date, no other examples have been recorded. [When originally offered for sale in Europe, and subsequently (including in the ACSC), the shade has been erroneously noted as "black". Close examination shows that it is in a very dark shade of brown] SymboleGradea+ a1 Estimate$3,500Price Realized$4,000StatusSold View details 450 FIRST DAY COVER: 2d red (both), 3d blue & 5/- green - the complete set - tied to plain cover by 'PARRAMATTA/14MR32/NSW' cds being the First Day of Issue BW #148ya, all stamps are extremely well centred, a couple of very minor blemishes, Cat $6000. The ACSC states "Collectors should be aware of dangerous fakes". Voila! About 15 years ago, a small group of similar First Day Covers appeared in the market. Prior to that time, only three First Day Covers bearing all four stamps had been recorded, an SymbolcGradeb Estimate$500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 451 TWOPENCE RED: 2d marginal blocks of 4 from the left of the sheet with One Plate Dot above Red Line BW #146z and from the right of the sheets with One to Four Plate Dots below Red Line #146za-zd, generally well centred, very fine to superb, the last is lightly mounted, the others are unmounted, Cat $4500. A rare and desirable "set", rarely available complete or in this quality. The horizontal lines are perforating guide-lines. The ACSC states that the plate dots were often removed, or partially Symbol**/*Gradea/a+ Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold View details 452 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green tied to large parcel piece to Melbourne by two strikes of the 'MORDIALLOC/14MR32/VIC.' cds being the official First Day of Issue BW #148y, minor surface thinning well clear of the stamp which is very well centred & very fine, Cat $5000 for a First Day Cover with 2d 3d & 5/-. Although apparently a commercial usage, the highest intra-state parcel rate at the time was 3/3d. A 50%+ overpayment is almost irrefutable evidence that the article was philatelically-inspire SymbolΔGradea- Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold View details 453 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green, Queensland cds of 15MR32 (Second Day of Issue), Cat $500 for commercially used. Postally used examples are much scarcer than CTO. Most such stamps have been used on interstate or overseas parcels and exhibit creases, tears etc and/or heavy cancellations. Our guesstimate is that for every 100 CTO stamps, there may be two or three postally used examples, and a ratio of less than 1:100 for fine used examples with a steel cds. CTO stamps routinely sell for around $2 SymbolfGradea b1 Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 454 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green, exceptional centring, "socked-on-the-nose" 'GLADSTONE/25FE33/QUEENSLAND' cds, Cat $500 for commercially used. A gem! SymbolfGradea+ a1 Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 455 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green from Sheet A with Retouch over Centre of the Bridge BW #148d, exceptional centring, CTO well clear of the variety, no gum, Cat $750. The 5/- was printed four panes-up (20 x4), so the occurrence of both retouches is 1:80. Both should therefore be worth significant premiums. SymbolvGradea a1 Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold View details 456 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green from Sheet D with Retouch over Left-Centre of the Bridge BW #148e, CTO well clear of the variety, virtually full o.g. (lightly mounted), Cat $750. SymbolvGradea c1 Estimate$300Price Realized$380StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next
