The Julian Sterling Philately Collection - Part 1 (#15MG) 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 101-126 of 126. Previous|12|Next Lot #102 1/- Emerald, Watermark Inverted, fine and fresh Mint. BW:30a - $4000. Symbol* View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Price Realized$1,800StatusSold Lot #103 1/- Emerald, Watermark Inverted, postally used block of 4; exceptionally well centred and probably the largest multiple extant. BW:30a - $500 x 4. View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Price Realized$725StatusSold Lot #104 1/- Bright Emerald-Green (Plate 2) CA Monogram strip of 3 from the left pane; 2 units MUH, 1 MLH. Complete monogram corner strips of any of the First Watermark shilling values are extremely scarce. [NB: The similarly trimmed JBC Monogram strip - one unit creased - in the Hugh Morgan collection, sold for £6600, November 2012.] BW:30(2)z - $12,000. Symbol** * View details Estimate$8,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #105 1/- Emerald (Plate 2), CA Monogram single MUH. Superb. BW:30(2) - $4500 (but not priced unmounted). Symbol** View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500Price Realized$4,000StatusSold Lot #106 1/- Emerald (Plate 2) JBC Monogram block of 4 from the right pane; fresh MUH/MLH. BW:30(2)zc+ - $4500 for a single. Symbol** * View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Price Realized$1,850StatusSold Lot #107 1/- Blue-Green (Plate 2) JBC Monogram single, MLH. Well centred and with complete monogram. BW:30(2)zc - $4500. Symbol* View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Price Realized$2,250StatusSold Lot #108 1/- Blue-Green (Plate 2) JBC Monogram strip of 3 from the right pane, perforated Large OS. Mint, superbly centred and with full margins and perforations. An exceptional piece of the highest rarity, only one other strip being known. BW:30(2)zb - ($12,000) but unpriced perforated OS. Symbol* View details Estimate$12,500 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #109 2/- Brown, the highly important lower left corner CA Monogram strip of 3 from Plate 2. With deep rich colour, attractively centred and 2 units MUH, 1 Mint. This is the only CA Monogram strip in private hands; there being one also in the Royal Collection. One of the key monogram multiple of the First Watermark. Exceptional. BW:35(2)z - $70,000.Provenance: Arthur Gray, 2007. Symbol** * View details Estimate$50,000 - $75,000Price Realized$37,500StatusSold Lot #110 2/- Brown (Plate 2) JBC Monogram single; the stamp being MUH. An extremely fine and fresh example of this great rarity. BW:35(2)zc - $27,500 (for Mint). Symbol** * View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Price Realized$11,500StatusSold Lot #111 5/- Grey & Chrome, the brilliantly fresh lower right corner strip of 3 with JBC Monogram. Vibrant colours, MLH and MUH and one of only 2 JBC Monogram strips in private hands. With varieties at R60 "Spencer's Gulf short" and at R59 "Break in coast of Gulf of Carpentaria". A 3rd strip resides in the Royal Collection. An exceptional piece and a highlight of the Sterling collection of First Watermark monogram pieces. BW:42zb - $75,000.Provenance: Arthur Gray, 2007. Symbol** * View details Estimate$50,000 - $75,000Price Realized$37,500StatusSold Lot #112 5/- Grey & Chrome, CA Monogram single from the left pane, MLH with light vertical gum bend. One of only two recorded mint single examples of the CA monogram, the other (with pulled perf at left) having resided in the Hugh Morgan collection until November 2012, when it sold for £14,400. BW:42za - $40,000.Provenance: Arthur Gray, 2007 Symbol* View details Estimate$25,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #113 5/- Grey & Chrome, JBC Monogram single from the right pane; superbly cancelled-to-order and obviously emanating from a Specimen set. Extremely scarce and most attractive, being one of only three recorded CTO singles of the JBC monogram on this First Watermark bi-colour. BW:42zc - $25,000 [NB: The Stuart Hardy example, with several nibbed or shortened perfs at left, sold for $13,000 + commission in May 2013.] SymbolCTO View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Price Realized$11,500StatusSold Lot #114 10/- Grey & Pink; an unusually light shade more akin to the familiar Light Aniline Pink found in 3rd Watermark printings; very well centred MLH and fresh. Symbol* View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,250Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #115 10/- Slate & Pink, attractively centred and fresh Mint single with the variety "Double Print of Frame Plate", the duplication being clearly visible at the top and upper left. A recent discovery; not present in the Chapman, Nelson, Gray, Baillie, Morgan, Hardy or Royal collections. The only example known.The most recent sales of comparative "double print" or "kiss print" bi-coloured Kangaroos were recorded in the Arthur Gray Gold Medal Collection sold in New York in February 2007. At that a... Symbol* View details Estimate$25,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #116 10/- Deep Slate & Pink, superb CTO (without gum) with an April 1913 cds; exceptionally with an almost complete OFFSET of the Kangaroo on reverse. Almost certainly UNIQUE. A fantastic stamp. SymbolCTO View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Price Realized$1,500StatusSold Lot #117 10/- Slate & Pink, CA Monogram single from the left pane, completely Mint unhinged stamp and margin and undoubtedly the finest of the three known mint examples. A highlight of the Sterling Collection and an exceptional opportunity to acquire one of Australia's philatelic gems. BW:47z - $75,000 (but not priced MUH). Symbol** View details Estimate$80,000 - $100,000StatusUnsold Lot #118 10/- Grey & Pink, CA Monogram single handstamped "Specimen" fine "Mint". In addition to the monogram block of 6 offered in the Arthur Gray catalogue, this is the only example known. An incredibly rare opportunity to acquire this showpiece of First Watermark rarities. The Hugh Morgan example, with JBC Monogram, sold for £16,800 in November 2012. BW:47z - $75,000 SymbolS* View details Estimate$20,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #119 10/- Grey & Pink, handstamped "Specimen"; well centred and unmounted. With unlisted variety, "Small break in Queensland Coast near Cairns". Particularly scarce in this condition. [Only 2,169 sold]. BW:47z - $3000. SymbolS** View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #120 10/- Grey & Pink, with "Specimen" handstamp showing the error "Soecimen" handstamp. Well centred and fresh, without gum. Although unlisted by BW, another example of this delightful error was offered in a block of 4 (only one unit with the error!), also without gum, in the Arthur Gray Collection (US$5500 + comm.). BW:47x - variety. SymbolS(0) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #121 £1 Red-Brown & Bright-Blue, marginal block of 4 from the right pane, with the variety at R41 "Broken coast in Bight"; very fine and fresh, with 2 units MUH and 2 MLH. Multiples are extremely scarce; we know of only 2 other mint blocks of 4.Provenance: Greg Pope, 2004 Symbol** * View details Estimate$25,000 - $30,000Price Realized$16,900StatusSold Lot #122 £1 Red-Brown & Blue, CA Monogram single; very fine MLH.As with all of the bi-colour First Watermark issues, any monogram pieces are extremely rare and highly prized. Of the £1 with CA monogram there are only five mint examples recorded, all of which are singles and all of which are similarly trimmed at the base. One of these five is in the Australia Post Archival Collection, so only 4 are available to the public. The only CA monogram multiple known is the unique block of six handstamped "S... Symbol* View details Estimate$90,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold Lot #123 £1 Red-Brown & Blue, JBC Monogram single, MLH. Superb colour, well centred and exceptionally rare.Like the CA Monograms on the £1 First Watermark, JBC Monograms are extremely scarce. In fact, other than a single strip of 3 in the Royal Collection, the present example plus one other single are the only mint copies known. (There are three pieces with "Specimen" handstamps.) According to BW, every example seen of both monograms is incomplete, being trimmed at the base.Provenance: Arthur ... Symbol* View details Estimate$90,000 - $120,000StatusUnsold Lot #124 £1 Bright-Brown & Blue, handstamped "Specimen"; a delightful example, unmounted with full gum. BW:51x - $3750. SymbolS** View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #125 £1 Red-Brown & Pale Blue, handstamped "Specimen"; appears to be partly re-perforated. With variety "Broken tail of kangaroo". SymbolS View details Estimate$200 - $250Price Realized$260StatusSold Lot #126 £2 Black & Rose, superbly centred with full perforations and very lightly mounted Mint. Hard to imagine that a finer MLH example exists; this one additionally with the variety at R45 "Break in west coast of Gulf of Carpentaria". BW:55(D)v - $17,500. Symbol* View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500Price Realized$6,000StatusSold Lot #127 £2 Black & Rose, handstamped "Specimen"; remarkably well centred and fresh; with unlisted variety "Broken coast of Queensland near Cairns". Lightly mounted. BW:55x - $850. SymbolS* View details Estimate$400 - $500Price Realized$440StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next
