TWO SICILIES - NAPLES MAGNIFICENT POSTAL FORGERIES COLLECTION. an extraordinary collection of postal forgeries starting with five of the 2gr, twenty-three of the 10gr including ribbed paper, as well as forty of the 20gr again including ribbed paper and a trio of one scarce used with 2 genuine stamps on piece; a total of 68 postal forgery examples and two genuine; 19th century postal forgeries are highly sought after and this collection is quite exceptional.

CV. 2,000

TWO SICILIES - NAPLES FORGERY COLLECTION. a fascinating collection beginning with six Sperati forgeries on the Savoy cross, followed by a proof of the same signed by Sperati in blue and the next page a black proof again signed by Sperati; then blocks of four of all eight denominations of the side-profile embossed issues for Neapolitan Provinces, all four margins, the ½t, ½gr, 1gr, 2gr, 5gr, 10gr, 20gr and 50gr two types, followed by further Sperati examples with the 2gr in blue and black, of which the former has an inverted head on piece and the latter an inverted head unused, followed by rare sunken composite proofs of the Naples issue official reprints in rose with ½gr and 20gr, 1g and 5gr, 10gr and 50gr all in sunken composite pairs, an outstanding collection

CV. 600