France continued...
| Lot |
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50462 |
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 France - Ceres First Issue 1 fr, glass support cliché in black.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 280.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50463 |
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 France - Ceres First Issue 1fr, die proof with Jean de Sperati signature in pencil at bottom and “Reproduction Interdite” handstamp in violet at top with “Philatelie d’Art” cachet on back. A most colourful and appealing
production.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 100
SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50464 |
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 France - Ceres First Issue 1 fr, celluloid cliché in bright vermilion, with handwritten production notes at bottom and retouches to upper and lower tablets. An exceedingly rare and brightly coloured cliché.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 500
SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50465 |
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 France - Ceres First Issue 1fr, working proof on wove paper, bearing date “2/3/49” (almost exactly 100 years after the stamp issue), with various notes pertaining to the production, designated “Vervelle” by Sperati, indicating
in French at left that the ink used in the trial colour of Sperati's fingerprint below was applied on the first day, and at right, on the other fingerprint colour sampling, denoting a 'second day' (we presume that the chemicals reacted differently
after one or two days under certain conditions of experimentation, and it may deduced that the colour of the stamp design was chosen after the fingerprints' trial). A unique documentation offering a very rare glimpse into Sperati’s experimental
manufacturing process. Undoubtedly the most spectacular of Sperati’s production proofs of France.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,000
SOLD for € 1,400.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50466 |
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 France - Second Empire Issue 1c, glass support cliché in bright carmine bearing a good result for the final impression. One of about five glass clichés of this issue in private hands.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50467 |
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 France - Second Empire Issue 25c, glass support cliché in black with reversed image. One of just about five glass clichés of this issue in private hands.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50468 |
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 France - Second Empire Issue 1fr, negative glass cliché tête-bêche pair with designation “4 – E.N.” and “tête-bêche 1 fr”. This is a master negative that would have been touched up before being transferred for printing, in a
radiant dark vermilion on Pathé celluloid. A unique example and probably the only tête-bêche cliché on glass in private hands from this issue.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 600
SOLD for € 2,000.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50469 |
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 France - Second Empire Issue 1fr, Pathé celluloid tête-bêche pair with reverse image in refulgent dark vermilion, with numerous production notations by Sperati, showing the problems he encountered in producing the correct
colour for this value. This cliché has the added and rare attribute of having retouches in the upper and lower tablets, as well as in all the heads’ backgrounds on reverse to reinforce and unify the intensity of the shade. To our knowledge, the
unique retouched tête-bêche cliché of this issue in private hands.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 600
SOLD for € 1,700.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50470 |
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 France - Second Empire Issue 1 fr, a definitive reproduction and a particularly appealing example of Sperati’s most prolific reproduction of which he produced ten different types; by Sperati’s high standards a most decent
reproduction. On genuine paper, with a Paris star cancellation, signed in pencil on back. Also a rejected essay in a wrong shade (too pink) and on white paper.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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Estimate. € 150
SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50471 |
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 France - Laureated Empire 5 fr, glass cliché with image reversed, a particularly impressive example with a strong and clear impression, with notations including “+ contraste Pathé” and “voile imperc” (imperceptible veil).
Probably the most spectacular example in a private collection as a result of its outstanding quality, with at most fifteen glass clichés in private hands.(Image
1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 2,200.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50472 |
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 France - Laureated Empire 5 fr, exposure trial with image reversed, without denomination. Notation “14/10” on back. An impression that documents the separate printing of the value without value, in brown on lightly coloured
surrounding.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 280.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50473 |
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 France - Laureated Empire 5 fr, cliché on celluloid with no denomination, image reversed. A spectacular cliché in a radiant vermilion shade with working notations “(b) + contraste Pathé”.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 400.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50474 |
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 France - Laureated Empire 5 fr, essay without denomination on wove paper in the definitive colour, with working notations in pencil “agfa contraste” to indicate that Agfa celluloid was used to achieve this contrast.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 5,500.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50475 |
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 France - Laureated Empire 5 fr, a final unused reproduction with correct colour and denomination inserted, affixed on a piece of paper. This is type E (with the upward sloping top horizontal stroke of the “5”) of the five
types that Sperati produced, probably in March 1952.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 2,600.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50476 |
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 France - Laureated Empire 5 fr, final reproduction in the correct colour and with Paris star lozenge cancellation. Very fine.(Image
1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 100
SOLD for € 600.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50477 |
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 France - Bordeaux Issue 2c block of four, glass support cliché in black with reversed image, showing handwritten production notes at right.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 1,400.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50478 |
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 France - Bordeaux Issue 2c in vertical pair, glass support cliché with reversed image in vermilion, with dating “2/48” and technical specifications along the right side that details light exposure, temperature and chemical
element used. There is a faint impression of another vertical pair being printed to the left originally. An exceptionally rare and brightly coloured cliché that is an eloquent testimony to the specifics of Sperati manufacture.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 1,100.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50479 |
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 France - Bordeaux Issue 2c, celluloid cliché block of four with reversed image, a composite block with the top pair in brown vermilion and the lower in black. A unique and visually stunning block.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 400
SOLD for € 1,600.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50480 |
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 France - Bordeaux Issue 2c brown type C (Sperati produced three types of the 2c), final reproduction in block of four with “3219” lozenge cancellation. Very fine.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
| 50481 |
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 France - Bordeaux Issue 20c, reversed image celluloid cliché, with technical annotations including “cadre fin” & “29 Res”, and dated“10/50”. Extremely rare, with less than five celluloid cliché in private hands for this issue
and the only one for the 20c.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 500
SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Jun-26, 11:59 PM |
