British undenominated printer's samples or 'dummy' stamps of KGVI in a Crowned Medallion blocks of 4 comprising imperf in dull violet, perforated in emerald, carmine-lake or dull violet, unmounted.
(Qty 4 blocks)
HALFPENNY: ½d Kangaroo WCG McCracken Imprint blocks of 4 showing Early, Intermediate and Late States of the Cracked Plate ACSC 178zc & zd, the last with shallow thin in the lower margin, Cat $1500. (3 blocks)
ONE PENNY GREEN DIE I: 1d green Queen Mother U/L corner block of 4 with minor pre-guillotining paper-fold & complete Plate Number ' 4 ' ACSC 181zi, unmounted, Cat $2500+ (mounted). [Arthur Gray's similar block sold for £907]
ONE PENNY GREEN DIE I: 1d green Queen Mother U/R corner block of 4 with large-part Plate Number ' 7 ' ACSC 181zs, mounted in the margins only, Cat $1500+ (mounted).
TWO PENCE SCARLET DIE I: 2d KGVI corner blocks of 4 with complete Plate Number ' 1 ' from the four positions ACSC 187z to zc, lightly mounted, Cat $2400. Rarely available as a 'set'. (4 blocks)
THREE PENCE BLUE DIE II THIN PAPER: 3d KGVI U/L corner block of 4 with large-part Plate Number ' 3 ', three units unmounted, Cat $7500. [Arthur Gray's similar block with slightly more complete ' 3 ' - stated to be the only recorded example - sold for £3385]
THREE PENCE BLUE DIE II THIN PAPER: 3d KGVI with White Face caused by Ink-Stripping ACSC 194c John Ash Imprint block of 4, the lower units unmounted, Cat $900++ for singles.
ONE SHILLING: 1/- Lyrebird marginal vertical strip of 4 from the left of Sheet A with complete Perf Guide Mark in the margin ACSC 208b, unmounted, Cat $1000.
ONE SHILLING: 1/- Lyrebird marginal vertical strip of 3 from the right of Sheet A with complete Perf Guide Mark in the margin ACSC 208ba, faint toning in the margin, unmounted, Cat $1000.
ONE SHILLING: 1/- Lyrebird interpanneau block of 8 (4x2) with John Ash Imprint (38mm) and aberrant perfs from the lower plate into the margin, unusually well centred, lightly mounted in the gutter only otherwise unmounted, Cat $3750. A technically important piece.
ONE SHILLING: 1/- Lyrebird John Ash Imprint (42.5mm Long) block of 8 ACSC 208zc, well centred, the upper units very lightly mounted, the lower units unmounted, Cat $750 (*).
ONE PENNY GREEN DIE II: 1d green Queen Mother interpanneau block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with large-part Plate Number ' 6 ' at Top ACSC 182zf, well centtred, very lightly mounted in the gutter only otherwise unmounted, Cat $2750+ (mounted).
ONE PENNY GREEN DIE II: 1d green Queen Mother interpanneau block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with complete Plate Number ' 14 ' at Top ACSC 182zo, well centred, very lightly mounted, Cat $1750+ (mounted).
ONE PENNY GREEN DIE II: 1d green Queen Mother Coil Perf (Uniformly Large Holes) block of 4 with John Ash Imprint ACSC 182zr, three units unmounted, Cat $3500 (*). [The block has the sharp tips on the horizontal perfs characteristic of the coil perf]
TWO PENCE SCARLET DIE II: 2d KGVI Coil Perf (Uniform Large Holes) marginal block of 4 from the top of the sheet ACSC 188bk, unmounted, Cat $2000. RPSofV Certificate (2001).
TWO PENCE SCARLET DIE II: 2d KGVI interpanneau block of 12 (4x3) from the top of the sheet with Complete Plate Number ' 3 ' ACSC 188zb, mounted in the margins otherwise unmounted, Cat $2000+ (mounted).
TWO PENCE SCARLET DIE II: 2d KGVI interpanneau block of 8 (4x2) from the top of the sheet with Complete Plate Number ' 4 ' ACSC 188zc, lightly mounted in the margins only otherwise unmounted, Cat $2000+ (mounted).