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 1-100 of 502. Previous|123456|Next Image Lot # Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 ONE PENNY: 1d die proof in deep blue on wove paper BW #59(DP)2a, Cat $20,000. The only recorded example. RPSofV Certificate (dated "1913"!!) states "printer's proof in connection with the Postmaster-General's 1913 Christmas and New Year Greetings Card". Based on the colour being exactly the same as on the cards - see the next lot - this is probably correct, but it is only a supposition. The ACSC states "One example is known on white wove paper, quite distinct from the stock used for the cards. SymbolPGradea Estimate$10,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSold View details 2 ONE PENNY: 1d impression in deep blue on Postmaster-General's Christmas and New Year Greetings Card BW #59DP(2), a couple of very minor blemishes on the reverse do not detract from the very fine appearance, Cat $6000. RPSofV Certificate (1975). The ACSC notes that the cards were printed from a special plate onto which the stamp impression was entered from the transfer roller. "There were 600 cards printed...Probably 12-15 cards have survived". [Lord Vestey's example - Ex Hugh Morgan - sold for SymbolPGradea- Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 3 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red block of 6 (2x3, some short perfs at right) tied to plain cover to Melbourne by blue registration line & at the top by one of four strikes of the 'REGISTERED/9DE13 B/SYDNEY NSW' cds being the official First Day of Issue BW #59ya, red & black/white 'NSW/Sydney' registration label, no backstamps, Cat $7500+. The ACSC states that 11 First Day Covers have been recorded of which one is in the Royal Collection. However, in our experience they are far more elusive than First Day SymbolcGradea- Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSold View details 4 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red Imprint/Plate 'No 1' block of 8 (4x2) BW #59(1)z, plus similar 'No 2', 'No 3' & 'No 4' blocks of 8 (4x2), a few minor blemishes & a few hinge remainders, Cat $1175. (4 blocks) Symbol*Gradea-/b Estimate$400Price Realized$650StatusSold View details 5 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red vertical pair Imperforate Between from Plate 1 BW #59b (SG 17a), adhesion & conicident stain at lower-left, Cat $4500 (£5000). The ACSC states "Two sheets from Plate 1 had a line of perforations omitted between the third & fourth rows. One sheet was in the pale red shade, and the other was in the rose-red shade". Symbol*Gradeb Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 6 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red vertical pair Imperforate Between from Plate 3 BW #59b (SG 17a), unmounted, Cat $6000+ (£5000+) mounted. The ACSC states "Recently, two vertical pairs imperforate between have been identified as deriving from Plate 3". Symbol**Gradea Estimate$3,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSold View details 7 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb (SG 17b) from the top of the sheet [4/14], the lower unit with an ironed-out horizontal crease & some gum-loss, Cat $3500 (£2250). The ACSC states "One sheet from Plate 2 had all horizontal perforations missing, yielding 60 vertical pairs...This sheet had been set aside for destruction but was inadvertently sold at the GPO Sydney". [This statement could be construed as "The sheet was set aside at the printery Symbol*Gradeb/c Estimate$750Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 8 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb (SG 17b), the lower unit with a very minor thin in the margin at the base, Cat $3500 (£2250). Symbol*Gradea/a- Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 9 ONE PENNY: 1d carmine-red vertical pair Imperforate Horizontally from Plate 2 BW #59bb from the base of the sheet [85/95] additionally Imperf at the Base and at Right with a slightly Diagonal Row of Aberrant Vertical Perfs BW #59bb(var), vertical crease & a couple of coincidental surface scuffs at right, Cat $3500+. Symbol*Gradec Estimate$1,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold View details 10 ONE PENNY: 1d pale red horizontal pair Imperforate Between from Plate 1 BW #59bc [13-14] (SG 17cb), very lightly mounted, Cat $7500 (£5000). Symbol*Gradea Estimate$4,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold View details 11 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red marginal horizontal pair from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW #59bf, very lightly mounted, Cat $1250. Superb! This pair has been plated as Plate 3 [99-100]. Symbol*Gradea+ Estimate$750Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 12 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red marginal block of 6 (3x2) from the right of the sheet Imperforate at Right BW #59bf, very lightly mounted, Cat $2500+. Superb! This block has been plated as Plate 3 [68-70/78/80]. Symbol*Gradea+ Estimate$1,500Price Realized$3,400StatusSold View details 13 ONE PENNY: 1d rose-red block of 4 with central Double Vertical Perforations BW #59bi, very lightly mounted, Cat $350+. Superb! Symbol*Gradea+ Estimate$250Price Realized$360StatusSold View details 14 SIX PENCE: 6d maroon (shades) Plate Number '1' to '4' blocks of of 4 from the top of the sheets BW #60z to zc, most units are well centred, a few problems, the first three blocks each have two fine unmounted units, Cat $13,000 as mounted blocks of 8. [Hugh Morgan's and Lord Vestey's similar lots sold for £1608 & £1320 respectively] (4 blocks) Symbol*/**Gradea/b Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 15 SIX PENCE: 6d maroon (shades) blocks of 8 with the four complete imprints BW #60z zd ze & zf, most units are well centred, the blocks from the left & base have some perf separation/rejoining & the left-hand block also has a pre-printing crease across two units, many units are unmounted & the upper block with Plate Number 'No 1' is superb with all units being unmounted, Cat $13,000+ (mounted). Symbol*/** Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSold View details 16 SIX PENCE: 6d maroon horizontal strip of 4 from the top of sheet with complete imprint & Plate Number 'No 1' BW #60z centred, all units unmounted, Cat $3250 for a mounted block of 8. Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 17 SIX PENCE: 6d maroon rare solo franking on an apparently commercial double-rate cover to Kentucky per "SS Maitai"with superb 'MELBOURNE/ 9 /29JA15/VICTORIA' cds & an unusually large red/white 'OPENED BY/CENSOR' label of Melbourne (?), faults but quite attractive, the stamp with toned perfs but undamaged, Cat $2500 on cover. The foreign letter rate was 2½d per half-ounce x2 so the cover was apparently overpaid 1d. At the time, the late fee was equal to the letter rate so 2½d should have been paid SymbolcGradec Estimate$500Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 18 TWO PENCE: 2d perforated plate proof in purple-black on gummed unwatermarked paper BW #61PP(2)A, a couple of really insignificant blemishes, Cat $125,000. An unissued denomination. Ex Agar Wynne (?), Franklin Burchett, Jack Cato, Herbert McNess and Les King. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). This and the next lot are considered by many collectors to be the most important items of Australian Commonwealth philately. They are both illustrated in the ACSC. [The 2d die was later adapted for the 6d & SymbolPGradea- b1 Estimate$75,000Price Realized$57,187.50StatusSold View details 19 ONE SHILLING SWAN: 1/- perforated plate proof in brown-purple on gummed unwatermarked paper BW #62PP(1)A, a minor hinge remainder otherwise superb, Cat $125,000. An unissued denomination, and a fabulous item for a collector of "Birds". Ex Agar Wynne (?), Franklin Burchett, Jack Cato, Herbert McNess and Les King. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). Economic considerations - plus robust public condemnation and ridicule of the 1d design - were principally responsible for the decision to abandon rec SymbolPGradea b1 Estimate$125,000Price Realized$95,312.50StatusSold View details 20 ONE POUND: Die proof for an unframed KGV sideface portrait as for the 2d but slightly larger, in black on thin wove paper (112x104mm, folded to 57mm wide for display) BW #61DP(1), a couple of very minor peripheral tears well clear of the impression, Cat $25,000. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). An enigma: the ACSC states "One example is recorded...The engraving is larger than that used for the 2d stamp, but is much smaller than the similar portrait used on bank notes. It is possible that this SymbolPGradea- Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,500StatusSold View details 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 SymboleGradea Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea Estimate$15,000Price Realized$11,500StatusSold View details 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). SymbolPGradea Estimate$12,000Price Realized$8,500StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea- Estimate$8,000Price Realized$5,500StatusSold View details 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. SymbolPGradea Estimate$15,000Price Realized$19,000StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$12,000Price Realized$9,000StatusSold View details 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] SymbolPGradea Estimate$12,000Price Realized$9,000StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 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. SymbolPGradea Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 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. SymbolPGradea Estimate$12,500Price Realized$18,000StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea Estimate$15,000StatusUnsold View details 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. SymbolPGradea- Estimate$8,000StatusUnsold View details 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. SymbolPGradea- Estimate$7,500StatusUnsold View details 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] SymbolPGradea Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 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] SymbolPGradea Estimate$10,000StatusUnsold View details 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. SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$12,500Price Realized$9,500StatusSold View details 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. SymbolPGradea Estimate$12,500Price Realized$11,000StatusSold View details 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. SymbolPGradea- Estimate$3,000Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 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. SymbolPGradea Estimate$12,500Price Realized$12,000StatusSold View details 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. SymbolPGradea Estimate$20,000Price Realized$18,000StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradec Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 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] SymbolPGradea Estimate$7,500Price Realized$5,750StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea Estimate$12,500Price Realized$9,500StatusSold View details 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] SymbolPGradea Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$20,000Price Realized$15,000StatusSold View details 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) SymbolPGradea/a+ Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold View details 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) SymbolPGradea+ Estimate$800Price Realized$3,400StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea/a- Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,000StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradec Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,200StatusSold View details 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 SymbolPGradea d1 Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 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+ Estimate$10,000Price Realized$8,000StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold View details 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- Estimate$500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold View details 55 THE WATERMARK MASTER PLATE: Wire "bits" from the original dandy roll comprising a vertical "strip" of three. Symbol?Gradea Estimate$100Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 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+ Estimate$250Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$400Price Realized$500StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$250Price Realized$320StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold View details 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 Estimate$600Price Realized$900StatusSold View details 61 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: Electro 2: ½d green with Major Cracked Electro through Oval between Kangaroo & the King BW #63(2)k, Melbourne machine cancellation largely clear of the variety, Cat $2500. SymbolgGradea b1 Estimate$750Price Realized$950StatusSold View details 62 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green 'JBC' & 'CA' Monogram corner blocks of 6 BW #63(2)z & zb, the latter is unmounted, Cat $1500 (mounted). Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$600Price Realized$1,200StatusSold View details 63 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: Electro 3: ½d pale green with Major Cracked Electro below Lower-Left Value Tablet BW #63(3)h additionally with the Watermark Inverted, machine cancellation well clear of the variety, Cat $2000+. The ACSC states that "Stamps from Electro 3 are ten times scarcer than those from Electros 1 and 2". SymbolgGradea b1 Estimate$850Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 64 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green 'CA' Monogram single BW #63(3)za, well centred, a couple of tiny blemishes, Cat $8500. The ACSC states "Electro 3 monograms are rare". Symbol*Gradeb b1 Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 65 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green 'CA' Monogram single BW #63(3)za, very lightly mounted, Cat $8500. Superb! Symbol*Gradea+ d1 Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold View details 66 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green 'JBC' Monogram single BW #63(3)zc, unmounted, Cat $8500+ (mounted). Symbol**Gradea c1 Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 67 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green lower-right corner block of 12 (6x2) with 'JBC' Monogram BW #63(3)zb, well centred, some perf reinforcement & hinge remainders, a few gum blemishes that don't detract from the very fine facial appearance, Cat $12,500+ (for a monogram strip of 3). Ex Professor Victor Dix. This monogram strip is instantly recognisable from the unusual grid-of-dots in the "Jubilee Line" below the last unit. [Much better centred than Stuart Hardy's irregular block of 6 (2/4) - t Symbol*Gradeb Estimate$6,000Price Realized$4,600StatusSold View details 68 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: Electro 5: ½d green with Major Cracked Electro (First State: from Left-Hand Wattles to 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA') BW #63(5)h, well centred, minor blemishes at the top & minor wrinkles, Cat $5000. [More attractive than the "Pericles" example that sold for $2075] SymbolfGradeb b1 Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 69 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green with Major Cracked Electro (Second State: now from 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' through Outer Oval & Dissecting Roo's Head) BW #63(5)ha, slogan cancellation largely clear of the variety, Cat $6000. The ACSC states "The second state is rare on Single Watermark paper. The unit was substituted by Harrsion, apparently prior to his first printing". SymbolgGradea c1 Estimate$2,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold View details 70 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green horizontal pair [42-43] the first unit with Thin Fraction BW #63(5)m (SG 20d), well centred, rounded corner at upper-left and a little toned, Cat $35,000 (£19,000). Ex Dr Leslie Abramovich and Charles Zuker. One of the most highly regarded varieties of the Georgian Heads series. The ACSC states "It occurs on Single Watermark paper only on the rare May 1918 printing. Five mint examples including in a block of 6 & in three pairs Symbol*Gradeb b1 Estimate$7,500Price Realized$6,000StatusSold View details 71 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green 'CA' & 'JBC' Monogram strips of 3 BW #63(5)z & zb, the latter a little aged, both with two units unmounted, Cat $1400 (mounted). Symbol*/**Gradea/a- Estimate$500Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 72 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: ½d green (deep shade) with the Watermark Inverted 'CA' Monogram block of 6 BW #63(5)z, unusually well centred (especially the monogram unit), perf separation/rejoining at upper-left, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $700++ (mounted). Symbol**/*Gradea Estimate$500Price Realized$850StatusSold View details 73 HALFPENNY GREEN COMB PERF: Electro 6: ½d "Cyprus" green Harrison Two Line Imprint (Stop after 'PRINTER.') block of 8 BW #63(6)za with Retouches to Neckless Emu [R53] & Crack through King's Ear [R54] BW #63(6)h & i, some perf separation/rejoining including of the left-hand block of 4, the gum a little aged, Cat $12,500. [The "Pericles" block of 32 - also with perf separation and rejoining - sold for $4054] Symbol*Gradeb Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 74 HALFPENNY GREEN SINGLE-LINE PERF: ½d pale green BW #64B (SG 20a), a bit aged, unused (no gum), Cat $20,000 (£9500). Michael Drury Certificate (2015). The ACSC states that a block of 4 & eight mint singles (one in the Australia Post Archives) have been recorded. There was no example in the Stuart Hardy, Hugh Morgan or Lord Vestey Collections. SymbolΩGradeb b1 Estimate$5,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSold View details 75 HALFPENNY GREEN SINGLE-LINE PERF: ½d emerald BW #64A & ½d pale green BW #64B (SG 20a), Ballarat or Melbourne machine cancellations, Cat $1900 (£1100). Separate Michael Drury Certificates (2015). SymbolgGradea b1 Estimate$750Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 76 HALFPENNY GREEN SINGLE-LINE PERF: ½d pale green BW #64B (20a), exceptional centring, Melbourne machine cancellation, Cat $1000 (£550). Michael Drury Certificate (2015). SymbolgGradea a1 Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSold View details 77 HALFPENNY GREEN SINGLE-LINE PERF: ½d pale green BW #64B (SG 20a) horizontal pair, well centred, light 'DANDENONG/19OC16/VIC' cds, Cat $2000+ (£1100+). Superb! A rare multiple & probably the finest of the 10 or so used pairs recorded. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). [Far superior to Stuart Hardy's pair that sold for $2213] SymbolfGradea+ b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold View details 78 HALFPENNY COLOUR TRIAL: 1921 ½d perforated plate proof in lilac-brown on watermarked paper BW #66(PP)1, no gum, Cat $40,000. A great rarity and, in our opinion, one of the most outstanding KGV Head proofs. One of only two examples recorded. Ex the Estate of Ronald Harrison. Michael Drury Certificate (2015) as "red-brown". The ACSC states a change of colour from green to "warm plum" was approved on 16/12/1921, and that "the Stamp Printer supplied seven colour trials of the ½d in red-brown". A c SymbolPGradea c1 Estimate$20,000Price Realized$15,000StatusSold View details 79 HALFPENNY ORANGE: ½d orange two singles tied to a plain Sheard First Day Cover BW #66y by two superb strikes of the 'RED HILL/8NOV23/QUEENSLAND' cds being the official First Day of Issue, minor blemishes & a minor repair at lower-right of the cover, Cat $10,000. Unique: the ACSC states "The date of issue was 8 November 1923...One first day cover has been recorded". NB: for many of the KGV Heads, there is no official First Day of Issue. SymbolcGradeb Estimate$2,500Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 80 HALFPENNY ORANGE: ½d orange Two-Line Harrison Imprint blocks of 4 from Electro 7 BW #66(7)z State 1 (intact central "Jubilee Lines") & State 2 (central "Jubilee Lines" broken at upper-right), plus a State 2 imprint block of 8 with the Watermark Inverted BW #66a(7)z, the last block is unmounted, Cat $600++. (3 blocks) Symbol*/**Gradea Estimate$200Price Realized$550StatusSold View details 81 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: 1d carmine block of 4 & 1d Kangaroo on cover to "HL White/Belltrees/Scone NSW" with two strikes of 'REGISTERED/17JL14 A/SYDNEY NSW' cds - another strike on the reverse - being the official First Day of Issue BW #70y, red & black/white 'NSW/Sydney' registration label, 'SCONE/18JL14 6A/NSW' arrival b/s, Cat $25,000. Unique! Ex Greg Deleuil. [The rate was 1d + 3d registration. Either this was a double-rate cover or the 1d Roo was superfluous. We suggest it was added SymbolcGradea Estimate$18,000Price Realized$24,000StatusSold View details 82 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: 1d carmine with the Watermark Inverted BW #70a (SG 21bw), minor corner crease at lower-right, light Melbourne machine cancellation, Cat $25,000 (£13,000). The ACSC states "At least eight used examples - and no mint - have been recorded". [Lord Vestey's similar example sold for £6600] SymbolgGradea- c1 Estimate$7,500Price Realized$7,000StatusSold View details 83 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: Plate 1: 1d carmine Die II BW #70(1)i (SG 21a), remarkably well centred, small thin at the top & light stain at lower-left, large-part o.g., Cat $25,000 £15,000). Michael Drury Certificate (2015) strangely states "no gum"! A great rarity. The ACSC states "...two mint stamps are recorded": note 3 at page 4/73. Symbol*Gradeb a1 Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold View details 84 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: 1d carmine horizontal strip of 5 comprising Dies I-II-II-I-I BW #70(1)ia, tied to a commercial piece by three light strikes of the 'REGISTERED/25NO14 B/SYDNEY NSW' cds clear of both Die II spurs, Cat $20,000+ (for two Die I-II pairs). Ex Barry Russell. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). In our opinion, this is one of the most significant Single-Line Perf items. SymbolfGradea c1 Estimate$10,000Price Realized$18,000StatusSold View details 85 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: Plate 2: 1d plate proof block of 4 [39-40/45-46] in black & a single [40] in carmine-rose on glazed ungummed thin card BW #70PP(2)A & C both with Thin 'G', Cat $1600++ (as normal singles). Ex Greg Deleuil. (2 items) SymbolPGradea Estimate$800Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 86 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: 1d carmine-red with Thin 'G' Retouch BW #70(2)L, Queensland machine cancellation well clear of the variety, Cat $2000. Superb! Michael Drury Certificate (2015). The ACSC states "Stamps from the Left Plates (Panes I-IV) with single-line perf are rare", thus it follows that the varieties are extremely rare. SymbolgGradea+ b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 87 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: 1d carmine-red with Small Dot on 'Y' of 'PENNY' (Pregnant 'Y'; Early State) BW #70(2)m, Horsham (Vic) cds well clear of the variety, Cat $2500. Superb! Michael Drury Certificate (2015). SymbolgGradea+ c1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold View details 88 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: Plate 3: 1d carmine-red No Monogram block of 10 (5x2) from the lower-left of the sheet BW #70(3)z, well centred, defect in the margin at lower-left, unmounted, Cat $3500++ for a mounted corner strip of 3. Michael Drury Certificate (2015). [Julian Sterling's very fine block of 12 sold for $2196] Symbol**Gradea- b1 Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold View details 89 ONE PENNY RED SINGLE-LINE PERF: 1d carmine-red No Monogram block of 30 (6x5) from the lower-right of the sheet BW #70(3)za, well centred, some minor perf separation/rejoining in the margins only, all units are unmounted, Cat $4500++ for a mounted corner strip of 3 and 27 unmounted singles. Symbol**Gradea Estimate$2,000Price Realized$6,500StatusSold View details 90 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine block of 4 from the base of the sheet Imperforate at Base BW #71b roughly separated by hand but clear of the design & with a fragment of the "Jubilee Line" present, minor wrinkling consistent with usage on a parcel, 'MACKAY/15AP15/QUEENSLAND' cds, Cat $50,000 (see Note 24 at page 4/77). Ex Charles Dunn. For many years this was the only recorded example of this error in either the Smooth or Rough Papers. In 2003 a mint single with full margin imper SymbolgGradeb Estimate$20,000Price Realized$14,000StatusSold View details 91 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine vertical pair with Strong Offset affecting both units (40% & 90%), unmounted. Rare: unlisted in the ACSC for both Smooth & Rough Papers. Symbol**Gradea Estimate$500Price Realized$1,700StatusSold View details 92 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine Major "Tin Shed" Variety (Splodgy King), 'WERRIBEE/25MR15/VIC' cds. A nice example of a lack of sizing in the paper causing white voids in parts of the design. Chris Ceremuga Certificate (2005) states "Genuine in all respects & not altered in any way" and notes "...some gum on front side of paper" but "it is not possible to classify the item as Printed on the Gummed Side...most likely that the stamp was printed on paper in poor condition that had SymbolgGradea c1 Estimate$200Price Realized$600StatusSold View details 93 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine matching blocks of 24 (12x2) from the base of Plates 2 and 4, the first with No Monograms BW #71(2)z & za, a trifle aged & minor hinge remainders but most units including both No Monogram strips of 3 are unmounted; the other with varieties #71(4)ia j s u & vb plus 'CA' and 'JBC' Monograms 3mm below the "Jubilee Lines" #71(4)zd & zh, entirely unmounted!; Cat $5700++ (mounted). Extremely rare in this format. Symbol*/**Gradea-/a Estimate$5,000Price Realized$5,000StatusSold View details 94 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: Plate 1: 1d carmine-rose (G30) Dies I-II-II-I block of 8 BW #71(1)ia, all four Die II Spurs are Erect, Cat $3600+. A scarce block. Symbol*Gradea c1 Estimate$1,250Price Realized$1,800StatusSold View details 95 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine-rose Die II BW #71(1)i with the Watermark Inverted, unmounted, Cat $2750: see Note 21 at page 4/76. Michael Drury Certificate (2015), Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,500Price Realized$2,000StatusSold View details 96 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine-rose Dies I-II horizontal pair BW #71(1)ia with the Watermark Inverted, unmounted, Cat $2750+: see Note 21 at page 4/76. Ex Greg Deleuil. Michael Drury Certificate (2015), Symbol**Gradea b1 Estimate$1,750Price Realized$2,800StatusSold View details 97 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine interpanneau strip of 12 with Die II units [R56, recumbent] & [57, erect] plus 'CA' and 'CA' Substituted for 'JBC' Monograms BW #71(1)zh, remarkably well centred, a trifle aged & minor hinge remainders, Cat $50,000. An extremely rare and important item. The ACSC states "The CA substituted monograms were from Harrison's first printing and occur only in the carmine-red shade. These are rare as strips of 3...only two strips of 12 [as here] can be tr Symbol*Gradea- b1 Estimate$20,000Price Realized$16,000StatusSold View details 98 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: Plate 2: 1d carmine-red No Monogram block of 30 (6x5) from the lower-right of the sheet BW #71(2)za with Original State of [34-35] (the later "Rusted Clichés"), Thin 'G' in 'POSTAGE' #71(2)L & Small White Flaw on 'Y' of 'PENNY' (Pregnant 'Y') #71(2)m, variable centring, a couple of minor blemishes in the margins, unmounted, Cat $4500++ for a mounted corner strip of 3. the two varieties (mounted) & 25 unmounted singles. Ex Greg Deleuil. Symbol**Gradea Estimate$2,000Price Realized$4,600StatusSold View details 99 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine-red with Rusted (Pre-Substituted) Cliché [35] BW #71(2)k (SG 21ca), no gum, Cat £16,000. Unpriced mint in the ACSC, which states at Note 7 on page 4/81 that "Mint examples are very rare..." RPSofV (1999) & Michael Drury (2015) Certificates. SymbolΩGradea- c1 Estimate$10,000Price Realized$10,000StatusSold View details 100 ONE PENNY RED COMB PERF SMOOTH PAPER: 1d carmine-red block of 6 [28-30/34-36] with both Rusted (Pre-Substituted) Clichés [34-35] BW #71(2)j & k (SG 21ca), lightly mounted. A highly important item. The ACSC states at Note 7 on page 4/81 that "Mint examples are very rare..." and that this is the only multiple including both affected units in private hands: Cat $125,000 (£32,000+++). Ex Alec Rosenblum, Rasmussen, Cato, Herbert McNess and Greg Deleuil. Michael Drury Certificate (2015).In Geoff... Symbol*Gradea c1 Estimate$85,000Price Realized$71,000StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next
