SPERATI FORGERIES -1886 master die proof with blank value tablet with 'REPRODUCTION INTERDITE' h/stamp in violet at top & signed in pencil at foot, reverse 'SPERATI/REPRODUCTION' h/stamp, originally numbered '165' & altered to '67' and 2/6d, 5s & 10s U with oval bars cancel, each with 'SPERATI/REPRODUCTION' h/stamp on reverse, numbered '26.' Fine lot. (Image)

POSTAL STATIONERY collection comprising cards with 1887 1½d U, unused, & reply paid U, 1892 with 'HALFPENNY' crossed through by red ink, addressed in pencil & cancelled to order, 1892 1d on 1½d U (2) - both types, 1893 1d ovptd 'SPECIMEN,' U & unused reply paid ovptd 'SPECIMEN' & used, 1902 1d & reply paid ovptd 'SPECIMEN' & reply paid U. Reg envelopes 1895 2d size G unused & U, 1900 2d ovptd 'SPECIMEN' & unused, 1902 2d ovptd 'SPECIMEN' & U. A good lot. (20) (Image)