b'17100100P THE PERKINS BACON DIE PROOFS: State 2 die proof with a field of horizontal lines behind the Kings head, in black on highly glazed thin card (125x75mm) with no endorsements on the face, PERKINS BACON & CO LTD/PROOF/. cachet on the reverse, BW:70(DP)12Ac - Cat. $12500. Six examples recorded.Ex Perkins Bacon Archives.Provenance: The Arthur Gray Collection, October 2015, Lot 33. .$7,50010,000Other KGV period issuesex 103ex 101101** * 1914-65 Mint Collection with KGV 6d Engraved, 1928 Kooka M/S, 1930s commemoratives incl. 5/- Bridge well centred & fine, many others MUH incl. Robes Thick Paper 10/- (2, one block gum bend) & 1 Ash imprint blocks of 4, Arms set, 5/- Cattle White Paper Navigators 2 (some other values are MLH); also some official perfins or overprints, plus plate number/imprint multiples. (100s).$500750102O 1962-65 & 1966-69 specialist used collections with focus Helecon/Non-Helecon paper types & varieties incl. 8d Tiger Cat Weak Entries (4), 1962 5d Inland Mission numerous annotated varieties, 5d Churchill Retouch below STR within corner block of 6, decimals with1966 QEII low denomination definitives with retouches/flaws; also a copy of Australia Decimal Varieties (1966-73 era) by McCleary. (100s) $100150103** * Overprinted SPECIMEN selection with 10/- Robes, 10/- to 2 Arms mounted mint and Navigators 7/6d to 2 MUH, Cat.$1000+. (8) $250350104** 1960s part sheets and large multiples with 8d Anzac half sheet of 50 with variety Flap on pocket on Simpson missing, and white flaw on breast of wounded soldier [2/5, 2/7 has similar flaw on pocket], 8d Tasman (2), 2/- Cobb, 2/3d Airmail, 2/3d Anzac all in half sheets of 40, 3d & 3d Food blocks of 30; plus various smaller multiples; sure to be other listed varieties, MUH. (qty) $100150'