Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 50123
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United States - Confederate States - 1863 10c, assembly comprising 20 items including one retouched master negative on film and mounted on glass, with affixed note "pas terib." ('pas terrible', not terrible), seven glass support clichés (of which five reversed) in indigo, orange-vermilion, black, gray, ochre and red-brown, dated July-August-37, March-Aug.-41 and March-55 (after Sperati's sale to the B.P.A.), including interesting annotations with "vert" as the green colour of the filter used to obtain the orange-red after an exposure to light of "3'30" " (3 minutes 30 seconds) and 5% of the chemical substance used, "soleil sombre" (sun-shadow); two clichés on celluloid, one dated "2/51", the other with "clé. usé" denoting that it was a previously used and recycled, as well as one finished signed reproduction; cancellations: six glass support clichés and three essays on paper with dates "12/44" & "4/53" and examples of Mariet, Nashville, and "New York/Paid", this being erroneously used by Sperati as it was applied on transatlantic mail. A unique and spectacular group; of great significance as no examples of clichés or matrices recorded in the Postal Museum in Paris and the "Ultimate" collection. (Image)
Opening EUR 4,000.00
Sold...EUR 4,000.00
Closed..Dec-06-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 4000
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 50124
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United States, Hawaii - 1859-82 Issues, seven hand signed reproductions, including Inter-Island 2c, Uku-Leta 1c type H, two examples on white and slightly yellowish paper, 2c type J, 5c types G and K, 1861-63 King Kamehameha 2c and 1883-86 50c King William Lunalilo; also two stamps with their color chemically removed to retain only the cancellation, of great significance as these were the basis to reproduce cancellations. (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 2,600.00
Closed..Dec-06-2022, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 2600
Postmasters' Provisionals
Sale No: 22DE
Lot No: 50122
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Postmasters' Provisionals. United States - Confederate States - 1862 3c, four clichés on celluloid in vermilion or red and purple, all showing notes by Sperati, with the fourth, in bright vermilion, featuring comments suggesting to be this his final version "10/51 sans taches" (Oct. 1951 without stains), below "Brun verde" (brown-green (?) ) and "cl. 9/51 corrigé taches" (cliché with corrected stains in Sept. 1951), with the other three clichés having a less good impression and dated in February 1951, of which one with interesting "pas cuit" note ("not cooked"); the vermilion colour used by Sperati typically increases in density and thus being able to provide a sufficient contrast. (Image)
