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Auction: 19013 - The Arthur Gray Collection of Australia Queen Elizabeth II Decimal Issues
Lot: 362

(x) The balance of the collection including 1968 Science Congress 5c. interpanneau block of twenty-four with RP 2/1 showing "needle" in thumb, 1970 Cook miniature sheets (13) with various overprints, 1970 Prime Ministers $1.20 booklets with stapled remakes (3), 6c. Duigan on non-helecon paper used on small piece and 6c. Eyre with strong offset on reverse, 1971 Orientalists Congress 7c. top right corner vertical pair (stains on reverse) with "g/nsw" perfin, the upper stamp with yellow omitted and the stamp below with partial omission, 1971 Christmas 7c. blocks (2) with sheet number in margin, 1973 Metric Convertion 7c. Volume lower left corner pair (light staining on reverse) with pink omitted, 1973 WHO 7c. block of ten (5x2) showing blue misplaced, 1973-79 Marine Life and Gemstones 3c. marginal block (5x2; stained on reverse), the 1st column with black omitted and the second with partial omission, 4c. lower right corner strip of three (stains on reverse), the last with black omitted, 7c. vertical strip of ten , four with black omitted and the others with partial omission, a vertical pair with black omitted and a block of black omitted from upper pair and partly from lower plus a single on cover (light stains) with black omitted, 8c. with yellow misplaced, 9c. on 8c. corner block (6x2; four stained on reverse) with offset of surcharge and 10c. vertical strips of ten (2, one partly stuck to mount), the top three with black omitted and a corner block of four, the upper pair with black partly omitted, and a block of four printed on the gummed side, 1973 Architecture 50c. vertical pair (lower stamp with short perf at right) imperforate between (blind perfs), 1974 Paintings $1 from lower right corner with black partly omitted, $2 marginal block of ten (2x5) on Cocos paper and a marginal interpanneau strip of three (light stains on reverse), the top stamp with black omitted and $4 marginal vertical pairs both with the lower stamp showing black partially omitted,1975 Wildflowers 18c. strip of three plus two singles (on piece and on cover) with black omitted and 45c. (2) with green-grey and vermilion misplaced, 1977 Performing Arts 20c. block (2x10), six with reversed offset on face, 1978 Aviators miniature sheet forgery, 1978 Northern Territory 18c. corner strip of three with misplaced perforations, 1979 Ferries 20c. pair and vertical strip of four with one in each showing black partly omitted, 1979 National Parks 20c. marginal pair partly imperforate and probably from printer's waste and a complete sheet with misplaced perforations, 1980 Community Welfare 22c. lower left corner block of four (stains on reverse) imperforate between stamps and margin at left, 1980 Aircraft 22c. block (5x5; light marks on reverse) with misplaced perforations result in "short" stamps in first column, 1981 Christmas 18c. marginal block of four and single with misplaced perforations, 1985 Children's Books lower right corner block (stains) with the last column imperforate on three sides, an interpanneau block (5x3; stains on reverse) with the first column imperforate (blind perfs) on three sides, a block of four with interpanneau margin at right with the first column imperforate on three sides, 1987 Fruits 36c. marginal block (5x5) from the right with large void printing caused by paper fold and 1996-2001 Nature of Australia 5c., 10c. and $2 imperforate interpanneau blocks of four possibly of proof status. In view of the condition of some of the items viewing is strongly recommended

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£7,500