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 401-500 of 502. Previous|123456|Next Lot #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 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$850StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Lot #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- View details Estimate$1,500StatusUnsold Lot #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 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$190StatusSold Lot #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+ View details Estimate$40,000Price Realized$30,000StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$75StatusSold Lot #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+ View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #410 DIE PROOFS: SymbolPGradeb View details Estimate$8,500StatusUnsold Lot #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 View details Estimate$8,500StatusUnsold Lot #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) View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,400StatusSold Lot #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+ View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #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+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$800StatusSold Lot #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+ View details Estimate$250Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$10,000Price Realized$7,500StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$30,000StatusUnsold Lot #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 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #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+ View details Estimate$400Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,150StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$2,000StatusSold Lot #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- View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$3,800StatusSold Lot #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+ View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold Lot #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- View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$975StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$250Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #436 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 6d dull brown John Ash imprint block of 6 BW #144(OS)zd, unmounted, Cat $375. Superb! Symbol**Gradea+ b1 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$240StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$340StatusSold Lot #438 THE STANDARD ISSUE: Two marginal blocks of 4 in slightly different colours, one overprinted 'OS', unmounted, Cat $700+. (2 blocks) Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #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) View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$8,500StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #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- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$360StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$100Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$200Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$3,500Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #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+ View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #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- View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,600StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$550StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$300StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300Price Realized$380StatusSold Lot #457 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green block of 4 from the upper-right of Sheet A, the first unit with Retouch over Centre of the Bridge BW #148d, exceptional centring, CTO well clear of the variety, full unmounted o.g., Cat $1650++. A delightful positional block. SymbolvGradea a1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #458 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green upper-left corner single from Sheet A with the Plate Dot BW #148za, unmounted, Cat $3000 (mounted). [John Blomfield's lightly mounted example sold for $1345] Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #459 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green upper-right corner single from Sheet B with the Plate Dot BW #148za, unmounted, Cat $3000 (mounted). Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #460 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green lower-left corner single from Sheet C with the Plate Dot BW #148zb, the gum "suntanned" but unmounted, Cat $4500 (mounted). Symbol**Gradeb c1 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #461 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green lower-right corner single from Sheet D with the Plate Dot BW #148zc, unmounted, Cat $4500 (mounted). Symbol**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$1,900StatusSold Lot #462 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green block of 6 (3x2) with John Ash Imprint BW #148zd, the upper units well centred, the gum a bit aged, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $6650 for an unmounted imprint strip of 3 plus three mounted singles. Symbol*/**Gradeb View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$4,200StatusSold Lot #463 FIVE SHILLINGS GREEN: 5/- green complete sheet of 20 (5x4) from Sheet A with Plate Dot at Upper-Left and John Ash Imprint BW #148z & zd but before the Retouch over Centre of Bridge [4], variable centring, [R2/3] with light stains, unmounted, Cat $31,250++ (plus a premium for the Plate Dot single being unmounted). [Stuart Hardy's complete Sheet C - minor imperfections - sold for $27,960] Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$20,000Price Realized$19,000StatusSold Lot #464 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red marginal block of 8 (2x4) from the left of the sheet with One Plate Dot above Red Line BW #146(OS)z, two units very lightly mounted otherwise unmounted (including the Plate Dot block of 4), Cat $2500++ (mounted). Very rare & superb! The horizontal lines are perforating guide-lines. The ACSC states that the plate dots were often removed, or partially removed, by the perforations and/or guillotining. Partial removal can result in errors of identification. For this & the Symbol*/**Gradea+ c1 View details Estimate$1,750Price Realized$1,350StatusSold Lot #465 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red marginal vertical strip of 3 from the right of the sheet with Three Plate Dots below Red Line BW #146(OS)zb, a few blemishes, unmounted, Cat $2500 (for a mounted block of 4). Symbol**Gradeb b1 View details Estimate$1,000StatusUnsold Lot #466 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d red marginal block of 4 from the right of the sheet with Four Plate Dots below Red Line BW #146(OS)zc, unmounted, Cat $2500 (for a mounted block of 4). Superb! Symbol**Gradea+ b1 View details Estimate$2,000Price Realized$2,600StatusSold Lot #467 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 3d blue upper-left corner blocks of 4 with Plate Numbers '1' to '4' BW #147(OS)z to zc, the last with some very minor gum-toning at the base, all units are unmounted, Cat $1100. '2' & '3' are superb! (4 blocks) Symbol**Gradea/a- View details Estimate$600Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #468 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 2d & 3d tied to CSIRO cover by air to the Northern Territory by 'CANBERRA/25NOV/1932/FCT AUST' machine cancellation, Brisbane transit backstamp, both stamps damaged before being affixed otherwise this cover is superb, Cat $800 for just the 3d on cover. The rate was 2d letter rate per ounce + 3d airmail supplement per half-ounce. SymbolclGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$950StatusSold Lot #469 OVERPRINTED 'OS': 3d blue (damaged before being affixed) plus KGV 1d green perf 'OS' & 4d olive overprinted 'OS' all tied to CSIRO double-rate cover by air to the Northern Territory by 'CANBERRA/7OCT/1932/FCT AUST' machine cancellation, small corner fault at lower-left & minor opening faults, Cat $800 for either the 3d or 4d on cover. The rate was 2d letter rate per ounce + 3d airmail supplment per half-ounce x2 = 8d. SymbolclGradeb View details Estimate$500Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #470 POSTAL FORGERY: 2d red BW #149c corner example from the upper-left of the sheet, very well centred, minor gum-spotting & a small gum-skip but unmounted, Cat $3000. Much scarcer than the KGV 2d postal forgery from the same source: see Lots 347 & 348. The forgeries were created in Sydney as part of an elaborate fraud involving the mailing of a faked prospectus for the Irish Sweepstakes, and for forwarding tickets to unwitting subscribers. An Adelaide doctor who received an example of the KGV 2d f Symbol**Gradeb b1 View details Estimate$1,500Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #471 POSTAL FORGERY: 2d red BW #149c marginal horizontal strip from the left of the sheet, all units defaced with horizontal & vertical pen-lines, large-part o.g., Cat $5250+. Ex Maurice Williams. The defacing was done in connection with the prosecution of the perpetrators. This strip is illustrated at page 5/36. [See also Lots 347 & 348] SymboloGradea View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$4,200StatusSold Lot #472 OPENING OF THE BRIDGE: 2d Typo, 3d & 5/- tied to plain cover by superb 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE/19MR32/NE PYLON' cds being the Opening Day of the Bridge, minor spotting, the 5/- is very well centred & very fine. For the Opening Celebrations, temporary post offices were opened in the North-East & South-East Pylons of the Bridge. The NE Pylon cds is slightly scarcer. SymbolcGradeb View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,700StatusSold Lot #473 OPENING OF THE BRIDGE: 2d 3d & 5/- (marginal, with small-part of the imprint) on plain cover with very fine to superb 'SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE/19MR32/SE PYLON' cds being the Opening Day of the Bridge, small blemish on the face of the cover otherwise superb. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #474 WATERMARK INVERTED VARIETY: 6d red-brown with the Watermark Inverted BW #150a, very well centred, untidy Sydney cds of 1933, Cat $10,000. The ACSC states "Only three or four examples are recorded. Two are cancelled with 1933 Sydney datestamps". [Examples sold at the Prestige Philately auctions of 11/5/2012 - one pulled perf, 'COLLINGWOOD/VIC' cds - and 7/12/2012 - very fine - for $5060 and $5290 respectively] SymbolhGradea b1 View details Estimate$4,000Price Realized$3,000StatusSold Lot #475 WATERMARK INVERTED VARIETY: 6d red-brown with the Watermark Inverted BW #150a, very well centred, heavy but neat Sydney cds of 1933, Cat $10,000. Possibly the finest and/or most attractive of the few recorded examples. SymbolhGradea b1 View details Estimate$5,000Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Lot #476 ORIGIN OF THE DESIGN: Die proof of an engraving on copper of a very similar scene of the Yarra River and the Melbourne Skyline, in black-brown on thin yellowish card (156x88mm). A lovely item, attributed to Frank Davies Manley and almost certainly by him. [This proof was acquired by Arthur Gray with the unique die proof: see the next lot] In addition to being the Note Printing Branch's Chief Engraver between 1928 and late-1959, Manley was an active member of the Victorian Artists' Society and, SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$400StatusSold Lot #477 DIE PROOF: 2d die proof in deep carmine on highly surfaced wove paper (114x75mm) BW #151DP(1) showing the outer dimensions of the die (75x64mm) with the printing instrument number "S 85B" crudely etched by hand onto the die at upper-right and 'S 85B' embossed at upper-left, endorsed "24/FM/30 4 34" by the designer/engraver Frank Manley at lower-right & endorsed on the reverse by Sir Harry Brown "Approved but please check heights of flag staffs, they look proportionately too high/HPB/4 5 34", a c SymbolPGradea View details Estimate$20,000Price Realized$24,000StatusSold Lot #478 PERF 10½: 2d 3d & 1/- tied to plain cover by 'VICTORIA MARKETS No 1/2JL34/MELB' cds BW #153y, very minor blemishes, unaddressed, Cat $750. Other FDCs of this era we have seen cancelled at Victoria Market are attractively hand-illustrated. We expect this cover is from the same source, indicating that the producer's method was to have the basic covers serviced, then later add his embellishments which, in this case, was not done. [NB: The post office was always styled "Victoria Market" so the dates SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #479 PERF 10½: 2d 3d & 1/- John Ash Imprint blocks of 4 BW #151z-153z from the Upper Plates with perforations through the lower margins, plus 1/- block from the Lower Plate with no perforations through the margin, generally well centred, lower units unmounted, Cat $765+ (mounted). (4 blocks) Symbol*/**Gradea View details Estimate$250Price Realized$440StatusSold Lot #480 PERF 10½: 2d "very pale terra cotta" BW #151B John Ash Imprint block of 8 (4x2), three units are unmounted, Cat $2000++. If this is the correct shade, it is nothing like "terra cotta" (certainly far removed from the KGV Heads 1d terra cotta). Our assessment is that it is "pale vermilion". The ACSC states "This very distinctive shade is scarce & was probably caused by ink stripping". This block shows no evidence of ink stripping, or of a dry ink printing. Symbol*/**Gradea View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,100StatusSold 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! Symbol*/**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$500Price Realized$850StatusSold 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 SymbolPGradea+ View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$1,600StatusSold 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 SymbolPGradeb View details Estimate$3,000Price Realized$3,600StatusSold 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] SymbolcGradea+ View details Estimate$250Price Realized$600StatusSold 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 SymbolPGradeb a1 View details Estimate$1,000Price Realized$850StatusSold 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. Symbol**/*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$1,100StatusSold 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 Symbol**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$2,500Price Realized$2,600StatusSold 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) Symbol**Gradea View details Estimate$600Price Realized$750StatusSold 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. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$200Price Realized$300StatusSold 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! SymbolcGradea+ View details Estimate$200Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #491 EXPERIMENTAL PRINTINGS: 2d scarlet, 2d brownish red, 3d bright blue & 2/- aniline violet BW #166B & C, #167B & #168B John Ash Imprint blocks of 4, the 2/- block is unmounted but has significant perf separation, Cat $2800+. The ACSC states "There was some experimentation with printing inks for the 2d value". The same is implied for the 3d but in the case of the 2/- aniline violet - the most obvious of the trial colours - the catalogue is silent, which we expect is an oversight. It is also stated Symbol**/*Gradea View details Estimate$1,200Price Realized$1,300StatusSold Lot #492 EXPERIMENTAL PRINTINGS: 2d brownish red with Double Print One Albino BW #166Cc lower-right corner block of 4 with Plate Number '1' with albino impression 2mm to the right and most evident in the margins & especially the Plate Number, the upper units very lightly mounted, the lower units are unmounted, Cat $2300+. The ACSC states "The variety varies in intensity, and the price quoted is for a better example", as is the case here. [NB: Singles are priced at $400 mounted & $750 unmounted. Perversel Symbol*/**Gradea b1 View details Estimate$800Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #493 EXPERIMENTAL PRINTINGS: 2d brownish red with Double Print One Albino BW #166Cc upper-right corner pair with Plate Number '2' with albino impression 1mm to the left and most evident in the margins & especially the Plate Number where the incongruent Plate Number '1' is Clearly Visible (!!), lightly mounted. An extraordinary error that is not mentioned in the ACSC, and which is believed to be the only recorded example. It may be argued varieties that can't be seen without unusual effort aren't wor Symbol*Gradea b1 View details Estimate$750Price Realized$575StatusSold Lot #494 TWOPENCE: 2d carmine with Recut Ground to Left of Horse BW #166(2)d, Tasmanian cds largely clear of the variety, Cat $800. Rare. Arthur Gray stated that only six examples have been recorded. SymbolgGradea c1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #495 TWOPENCE: 2d scarlet with13mm Scratch through '2' at Right and 2d carmine-red with the same variety Retouched both in imprint blocks of 4 BW #166(2)zd & ze, upper units very lightly mounted, lower units are unmounted, Cat $700+ (mounted). Symbol*/**Gradea c1 View details Estimate$350Price Realized$700StatusSold Lot #496 TWOPENCE: 2d carmine with Swarm of Flies Around King's Head States I & II BW #166(6)e & ea, both with light cds clear or largely clear of the varieties, Cat $650. A rare pair. [Overseas clients may be amused to learn that in the Outback, the pesky blowfly is referred to as Australia's National Bird!] SymbolfGradea View details Estimate$300Price Realized$650StatusSold Lot #497 TWOPENCE: 2d carmine with Whirlwind Retouch BW #166(U)d, machine cancellation well clear of the variety, Cat $800. Rare. Arthur Gray stated that only four examples have been recorded. The ACSC states it is unknown mint. SymbolgGradea b1 View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,400StatusSold Lot #498 TWO SHILLINGS: 2/- violet upper-left (one unit unmounted) & upper-right (three units unmounted) corner Plate Number '1' blocks of 4 BW #168z & za, plus lower-right corner block of 6 (3x2) with Retouched Cross-Hatching below 'AU' of 'AUSTRALIA' BW #168d, the last block is superb unmounted, Cat $1250+. (3 blocks) Symbol**/*Gradea/a+ View details Estimate$500Price Realized$1,200StatusSold Lot #499 TWO SHILLINGS: 2/- violet x3 plus 2d x3 & 3d x2 on 1935 quadruple rate airmail cover to Germany, light Sydney cds of 14MY35 and blue/white registration label, 'BRINDISI TRANSITO/RACCOMAND' & 'KOLN' transit BACKSTAMPS, superb 'KOLN/27.5.35/BAYENTHAL e' arrival backstamp. An excellent usage. The rate was 1/9d for the first half-ounce, plus 1/8d for successiuve half ounces x3 + 3d registration = 7/-. SymbolcGradea View details Estimate$400Price Realized$1,100StatusSold Lot #500 PRESENTATION CARD: 2d scarlet & 3d blue affixed to Postmaster-General's presntation card BW #170ya, light blemishes but very attractive, Cat $300. SymbolcGradea- View details Estimate$100Price Realized$700StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next
