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 481-490 of 502. Previous|1...4445464748495051|Next Lot #481 PERF 10½: 2d upper-left corner block of 4, the third unit with Re-Entry Adjacent to Bottom & Right-Hand Frames BW #151d, very lightly mounted & the variety is unmounted, Cat $750+. Rare: the first example we have seen. The ACSC states that "About 80,000 sheets were affected...they were distributed but with the [vertical] corner pair of stamps removed"!!!! and "all examples of the removed pairs were destroyed". Pity the team of minions who copped this despicable detail! View details Estimate$500Price Realized$850StatusSold Symbol*/**Gradea c1 Lot #482 POSTHUMOUS DIE PROOFS: 1/- die proofs in grey-black, in deep violet & in brown-purple on white card each reduced to stamp-size BW #153DP(1)A B & C, all affixed to a 1984 Australia Post mock-up of a proposed "replica card" (133x96mm) for the issue with colourless embossing of 'AUSIPEX 84' at the top, affixed to artboard of the same size & the whole affixed to a larger piece of thick grey card (173x131mm), Cat $3000. Unique! The ACSC states "Only one proof in each colour was prepared...struck fr View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold SymbolPGradea+ Lot #483 DIE PROOF: 2d Dark Hills die proof in the issued colour on highly surfaced wove paper reduced to little more than stamp-size (39x28mm), a horizontal crease at the base has caused minor damage to the value tablets & the last line of the inscription. Unique! Ex the Estate of John Ash, Harmers of London (3-4/10/1978, Lot 604), James Williamson and Lord Vestey. The only recorded die proof for any of the values and, despite the damage at the base, a quite delightful item. This item is apparently inc View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold SymbolPGradeb Lot #484 FIRST DAY COVER: 2d 3d & 9d tied to plain cover by 'LEETON/1NO34/NSW' datestamp (a superb strike on the reverse) being the official First Day of Issue BW #160y, locally addressed with blue & black/white registration label, Cat $550. Superb! [NB: The typed inscription states the stamps commemorated the centenary of introduction of merino sheep to Australia by John Macarthur. In fact, they marked the centenary of Macarthur's death, in 1834] View details Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold SymbolcGradea+ Lot #485 PLATE PROOF: 1/6d perforated plate proof in lilac-purple apparently on the same unwatermarked paper as used for the issued stamps BW #161PP(1), exceptional centring, apparently cut from the sheet, minor blemishes from being affixed to a small piece of backing card (43x34mm). Unpriced in the ACSC, which states "only one example is recorded in private hands". In recent years, a few stamps alleged to be examples of the plate proof have appeared on the market. These have included an example on cove View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSold SymbolPGradeb a1 Lot #486 ISSUED STAMP: 1/6d dull claret John Ash Imprint block of 16 (4x4) with Retouched Shading above Upper-Left of the Right-Hand Globe BW #161za, the upper row lightly mounted, all other units - including the variety - are unmounted, Cat $1900++. A very fine block. Multiples larger than blocks of 8 are rarely encountered. View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Symbol**/*Gradea b1 Lot #487 PLATE PROOF: 1/- black Perf 13½x12½ BW #165PP(1) horizontal pair, characteristic centring, weak central perforations, one unit with a minor gum blemish otherwise unmounted, Cat $5000++ (£2400++ - mounted - see the footnote below SG 155). Unissued: the issued stamp is Perf 11. The ACSC states this is a "plate proof". Only one sheet of 120 was printed but only part of that sheet survived. [Single examples sold at the Prestige Philately aucrions of 11/7/2008 & 19/11/2011 for $1610 & $1552 respectiv View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Symbol**Gradea c1 Lot #488 ONE SHILLING: 1/- black Plate Number '1' & '2' upper-left blocks of 4 BW #165z & za, plus John Ash Imprint block of 4 #165zb (one unit very lightly mounted), unmounted, Cat $1500. The ACSC states "Imprint blocks are relatively scarce because a proportion of the issue was made to post office in half-sheets divided along the gutter, thus separating the imprint". (3 blocks) View details Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold Symbol**Gradea Lot #489 ONE SHILLING: 1/- black plus 6d Large Kookaburra & KGV 1d green tied to commercial airmail cover to Scotland by late usage of Melbourne Krag slogan cancellation, repaired flap fault otherwise superb, Cat $400 for the 1/- on cover. The rate was 1/6d per half-ounce + 1d late fee. Very attractive. View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSold SymbolcGradea- Lot #490 FIRST DAY COVER: 2d 3d & 2/- tied to Mitchell printed FDC BW #168y by 'REGISTERED PERTH/2MAY35/WESTN AUSTRALIA' cds, by air to England with blue & black/white 'GPO PERTH' registration label & 'SOUTHEND-ON-SEA' arrival b/s, Cat $300. Superb! 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