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 51-60 of 502. Previous|1...456789...51|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 #57 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green block of 4 tied to piece by Sydney machine cancellation of 'FE22 - 1915' being the official First Day of Issue, some toning. The ACSC states that three First Day Covers are recorded, one in the Australia Post Archives, Cat $15,000. SymbolΔGradec View details Estimate$400Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #58 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green vertical coil strip of 3 from Electro 2 [L4/10/16] with characteristic trimmed perfs at right, the upper unit with marginal coil join still attached behind. Unlisted in the ACSC because of the potential to "create" such strips from normal stamps. On his exhibit page, Arthur Gray stated "The only recorded strip according to the Dix & Rowntree monograph, who [sic] incorrectly plated the stamps as being from the right plate". Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold Lot #59 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: Electro 1: ½d green upper-left corner block of 24 (6x4, no margins), three units with Vertical Scratches through Right Side of Stamp [6/12/18] BW #63(1)d plus White Flaw below 'TR' of 'AUSTRALIA' and Rounded Inner Frame at Upper-Left #63(1)e & f, unmounted, Cat $500++ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #60 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green 'JBC' & 'CA' Monogram corner blocks of 4 BW #63(1)z & zb, the latter with Flying Egg above Emu BW #63(1)j [59], Cat $1700. Symbol*Gradea View details Estimate$600Price Realized$900StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1...456789...51|Next123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Next Previous 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051 Next
