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 41-50 of 502. Previous|12345678...51|Next 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345678...51|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Next
