Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, cliché on celluloid film of the frame in black set against a background of bright vermilion to provide clear contrast, dated “9/51”. Sperati used one single frame cliché for the two types of the £2 stamp that he produced. A visually stunning cliché of this popular high value stamp, the only stamp of the Australian Commonwealth reproduced by the master forger. Unique. (Image)

Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, glass support cliché of the frame in red, with image reversed; a most impressive production element for the creation of this famous issue, about five recorded clichés in private hands. (Image)

Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, essay on paper of the frame in black, showing Sperati annotations “C.XV” and “119” to the sides of the design. A highly important element for the production of this popular stamp. Only three paper essays in private hands. (Image)

Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, negative glass support cliché showing the kangaroo, image reversed, with retouches, dated “3/51”, hand painted dark brown on back to cover the rest of the design area for the entire stamp, which has been delimited by two corner angles; other production comments written at top and base. The only negative cliché recorded. (Image)

Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, glass support cliché of the kangaroo in brown against a contrasting background in pale turquoise, a splendid cliché with production notes at top and base, dated “3/51”, and two inserted angles that delimit the space for the design frame. An exceptionally important documentation of Sperati’s two-stage manufacturing process of this high value. Fewer than five clichés of the Kangaroo in private hands. (Image)

Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, cliché on celluloid of the kangaroo in black and with reversed image, two angular frames indicate the positioning of the frame in relation to the central kangaroo, dated in manuscript “9/51”. Extremely rare. (Image)

Australia - 1913 Postmark, cliché on celluloid showing a defective impression of a Sydney circular cancellation, painted deep red on back for contrast. (Image)