Sale No: 4
Lot No: 92
Symbol: L
Cat No: Collection
'The Arthur Gray KGV Collection' Mossgreen/Prestige auction catalogue (30.10.2015), hardbound, with p/r. A sumptuous catalogue & indispensable reference for the dealer and collector alike, very fine.
Mint selection including multiples noted Single Watermark 1d violet block of 19, 1½d brown block of 18 (2x9), 1½d green block of 20 (2x10) and block of 12 with variety White Spot Over 'S' Of 'AUSTRALIA' [17R48; creased] and 2d red block of 17, also Small Multiple Wmk 'FIVE/PENCE' on 4½d violet vertical strip of 4; plus Engraved KGV 1d block of 8 (4x2) & block of 4 and a few Commemoratives noted Canberra 1½d marginal block of 23, some perf separation in places & a few with minor blemishes/faults but condition generally very fine unmounted.
(Qty 146 stamps)
½d green ACSC 63 multiples comprising block of 20 (2x10) including varieties SW Corner Broken (7L44) and Retouched Shading In Oval (7L49; some perf separation between these units), block of 14 (2x7) with extra unit at U/R including variety Notch In Kangaroo's Tail (4R13), block of 10 (5x2) including variety Break In Oval Above 'U' of 'AUSTRALIA' (6L29) and a block of 8 (4x2), variable centring, a couple of units with light bends but all unmounted, Cat $550+ for ACSC-listed varieties as mounted.
(Qty 52)
Smooth Paper 1d reddish pink block of 4 being two Die I-II pairs ACSC #71F(1)ia [Pos II/49-50,55-60], the gum a little aged still of very fresh appearance with the lower units being unmounted, Cat $2400+. Scott Starling Certificate (2016).
Smooth Paper 1d damson punctured 'OS' ACSC 71Kbb, Cat $1250, Scott Starling Certificate (2019) states "a good example of a very rare shade in mint condition".
Smooth Paper 1d rose-carmine with Inverted Watermark & punctured 'OS' ACSC #71La & bb. Scott Starling Certificate (2016) states "severely displaced so that each corner shows one-quarter of the watermark".
2d orange with variety Cracked Electro From 'E' of 'POSTAGE' to Right Value Tablet ACSC 95(1)ha [1R16] on piece with Perth '..[NO]V20' machine cancel just clear of variety, Cat $300. This is a very early state of the variety with only a tiny notch on the upper left frame and a thin curved crack from the left-hand base of the 'E'.
2d orange with variety Cracked Electro Vertically Through Right Side from Top Corner to Emu's Back Leg ACSC 95(1)k [1R27] on piece with light WA machine cancel mostly clear of variety, Cat $400.
2d orange with variety Cracked Electro State II Through Left Wattle & Through Left '2' ACSC 95(3)ga [3L19] on piece with '[KAL]GOORLIE/16NO21/WESTERN AUSTRALIA' cds clear of variety, Cat $300.
2d orange with variety Cracked Electro Vertically Through Right Side from Wattles to Emu's Front Leg ACSC 95(U)m, on piece with WA machine cancel slightly obscuring top half of variety, Cat $600.
2d orange with variety Cracked Electro Vertically Throught Right Wattles to 'L' of 'AUSTRALIA' ACSC 95(U)o on piece with light Perth '-8DEC21' machine cancel well clear of variety, Cat $600.
4d blue withTemple Flaw variety ACSC 112(1)g [1L40], well centred, a few uneven perfs and small crease across L/L corner, Melbourne cds of 25JE23 clear of variety, Cat $1500.
