German States continued...
Thurn and Taxis
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| 50050 |
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 German States, Thurn and Taxis - 1851-52 1/3sgr, the incredible assembly of 14 items comprising the unique engraved copper plate, eleven die proofs of which two on pelure paper, two on onionskin paper including
one with two impressions, and seven on medium wove white paper with six in which the non-engraved area around the die was not inked, as well as two essays, the former engraved on flesh-coloured paper and the latter being a subsequent non-engraved
version on brown paper. A unique group including the marvelous and previously unknown die copper, this being a very rare element in the Sperati archive and proving that also the typography was an option for the artist to make the reproductions more
"credible".(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 2,000
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Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Wurttemberg
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| 50051 |
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 German States - Wurttemberg - 1851 18kr, finished reproduction and additional 22 items featuring cancellations from Stuttgart, Plieningen and Ulm with registration marking, including three glass clichés, one dated Dec-44
indicating an exposure to light of 2 mins 20 secs, the Ulm example. dated 4/41 and exposed to light during 3 mins 30 secs, five clichés on celluloid of which one in negative, five cutouts from auction catalogues highlight the cancellations to be
traced, one with the addition of gouache; a Pascal Scheller certificate accompanies four items; a unique working lot of Sperati.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 500.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
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| 50052 |
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 Gibraltar - 1886-89 issues, assembly of 61 items comprising nine glass clichés, including two negative clichés one with the value tab painted out, the other an albino with the Queen's head facing left on a reversed impression
which would enable the production of the support clichés of which there are four pertaining to the stamps from this issue in a grey shade with notations, one indicates "east" 6% of a substance at 4 minutes exposure, one with gel 5%, also one negative
glass cliché for the 6d value tab, two glass clichés for the Gibraltar overprint and the one shilling value tab, three copper printing plates used for typography reproductions of the Gibraltar overprint (type I) labelled "A", "B" and "C, two trial
essay on pelure paper labelled "A" and "B", three exposure trials on photographic paper of the overprint labelled "(a)", "a" and "b", eight overprint trial essays on white paper, one exposure trial on photographic paper of the one shilling value tab
labelled "2", and one cliché on celluloid for the six pence value tab with two impressions, one reversed and one inverted, two celluloid clichés for the A26 upright oval, one of which is the negative, eight working trial essays of the A26 upright
oval with a total of 26 strikes and including three of the Gibraltar cds, fourteen stamps which have had the colour chemically removed leaving the genuine pmks, eleven reproductions (one a Bermuda 6d) including two hand signed in pencil and two with
the violet hs, four of which have the Gibraltar overprint; a magnificent collection of the tools used by Sperati to reproduce both the stamps and the overprints on this early issue; the inclusion of the three copper plates, which were unknown before,
and the negative clichés, together with the essays, colour removed stamps and the final reproductions make this a unique and highly important assembly with nothing comparable in the B.P.A. collection.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 5,000
SOLD for € 6,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Gold Coast
Gold Coast
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| 50053 |
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 Gold Coast - 1889 20s, an extraordinary group of seven items including four stamps of the 1889 issue with their design chemically removed and affixed to thin plastic to just retain the ink showing the genuine
cancellation, with an accompanying essay on paper of the "554" & "556" barred ovals, as well as the grey glass cliché of the "554"; also a negative glass cliché of the Winnebah cds, and the most significant item of this group and a rarity in any
Sperati collection being the copper engraved plate, this featuring the "Gold Coast" legend and 20s denomination tablet; unique and most fascinating; in addition an unsigned reproduction of 1875 1d blue on watermarked paper. The lot including the
previously unknown engraved plate which demonstrates that Sperati also experimented with typography for his reproductions of Gold Coast.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,000
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Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Great Britain
Great Britain
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| 50054 |
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 Great Britain - 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, the incomparable group of four items comprising two negative glass clichés from a master negative, glass support cliché of the back impression numbered and registered at base
"8/1" & "c.8", as well as black impression on transparent celluloid. The Penny Black has never been mentioned in the literature dedicated to the work of Jean de Sperati, this being a major discovery associated to the most emblematic stamp of
worldwide philately.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 10,000
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 Great Britain - 1880 2s Queen Victoria: group of five glass clichés of the position "KJ", four illustrating differing levels of light exposure which have manifested in varying ranges of image quality as well as colour
intensity from a faint sepia, silver grey, light brown and brown, one annotated first attempt with 2 minutes exposure, another as the second attempt at 1 minute 30 seconds ("2'" and "1'30"), and a further glass cliché with a stronger impression in a
dark brown shade; this group clearly shows the deliberate process Sperati followed in timing the reaction of the chemical products to establish the most desirable outcome; this is the first time such are offered at auction.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,000
SOLD for € 6,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Greece
Greece
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| 50056 |
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 Greece - 1861 Hermes Head 1 lepta, Duo of collective essays of numeral dots lozenge cancellations "9", "18" and "32"; interesting annotations about how this cancellation should be applied "essayer B-2/3 -
3/3...coussinets pap. déformé"; cert. Pascal Scheller.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 150
SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Guatemala
Guatemala
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| 50057 |
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 Guatemala - 1881 Issue 2c inverted quetzal, group of twelve items including six exposure trials of the 20c used to very likely caliber the settings to work after on a 2c, two exposure trials of the 2c only with the frame, and
one exposure trial of the quetzal alone, one cliché on celluloid of the target cancellation and two associated essays on paper, in addition some auction catalogue cuttings from this rarity; a remarkable and unique selection of Sperati's workmanship
in calibrating his reproduction of the 2c; one example of exposure trial of the 20c is known in the Paris Postal Museum and is depicted in Sperati II.(Image
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Estimate. € 750
SOLD for € 1,100.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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| 50058 |
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 Hong Kong - 1865 96c, reproduction cancelled by barred "B62" oval, as well as a magnificent and unique grey cliché on celluloid from the brand Pathé, as Sperati indicated in ms, with the addition "1° dos part" denoting his
first attempt, dated in August 1950; also annotated "Pathé v. leger" denoting the Pathé celluloid and the "voile léger" (light filter) used for the light exposure; a unique duo.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,000
SOLD for € 2,600.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Hungary
Hungary
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| 50059 |
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 Hungary - 1871 Lithographed 3 Kreuzer: group of 13 items including nine glass support clichés, two celluloid clichés, one exposure trial dated 4/40 -which corresponds to what is reported in Sperati I for one
negative- and one working proof, these exhibiting a nice array of colours (green, dark green, red, silver grey and black), with also some technical annotations "1'10" " or "2' " indicating Sperati timed steps of production to attain the desired
results during light exposure, or interesting notes such as "Agfa voile vio" denoting the film used and the violet filter to obtain an appropriate contrast; in addition 10 different genuine cancellations on small paper cover fragments, making a total
of 23 items for this lot; by far the most important assembly of Hungary in existence and the first one offered publicly; as a demonstration of the significance of this lot, only one single definitive reproduction of the 3 Kreuzer stamp was inside
the "Ultimate" collection of Sperati; this country was not offered through the auction sale.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 2,500
SOLD for € 3,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
India
India
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| 50060 |
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 India - 1854, barred lozenge used on litho 4 annas, group of six items including three clichés on glass with different coloured backgrounds for the contrast, two clichés on celluloid and paper essay with four strikes.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 650.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
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 India - 1856 unissued 2a, two negatives that served as Sperati's master matrix for making the printing cliché, of which one with a better impression and handpainted surround in red which must have been the chosen
one by the artist, two glass clichés in the frequent colours used by Sperati to obtain better contrasts: black and orange-vermilion (red or vermilion shades), the latter with notes indicating the 5% & 8% applied of two chemicals and the "2' " two
minutes of exposure to light, and two clichés on celluloid green-lemon and olive-black, this produced with 22°c, 6% of a chemical substance and 3 minutes of light exposure; in the "Ultimate" collection a perforated reproduction was offered as unique.
Absolutely unique and a major rarity of India, with nothing similar recorded in other collections or archives, with the connotation of the two master clichés making this lot even more desirable and exceptional.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 5,000
SOLD for € 10,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Indian States
Chamba
| Lot |
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| 50062 |
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 Indian States, Chamba - 1885-91, "Chamba State" overprint, two clichés on celluloid, one being negative; the only examples known from Chamba, being unknown in the Sperati I and Sperati II works.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
India
India
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| 50063 |
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 Indian States, Gwalior - 1882-89 1r, the unoverprinted design used by Sperati in a group of seven items including one negative on celluloid, five glass support clichés in black on four different coloured backgrounds, as well
as one cliché on celluloid; this design was very probably reproduced by Sperati in order to use it on a cheaper value of this issue which design was chemically removed but the overprint was retained; a unique group with nothing similar in other
collections or archives.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,000
SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Indian States
Gwalior
| Lot |
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| 50064 |
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 Indian States, Gwalior - 1885-91, 9d two hand signed reproductions mint and used.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 150
SOLD for € 200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Italian States
Naples
| Lot |
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| 50065 |
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 Italian States, Naples - 1860 The Savoy Cross Issue 1/2t, group of 106 items, comprising seven glass support clichés, three of which are negative clichés in brown, the remaining four including one in blue dated
Dec.-42, one in black dated "8/3/28" with the notation indicating 6% of a chemical substance used to create the cliché exposed to light during 3 minutes with an environmental temperature of 16°C, one in vermilion with similar notations '2' at 20°
with 5% chemical substance, one in deep-red numbered "2", four celluloid clichés including two in blue, one numbered "1" dated 6/32 with notation "6" "8" the other marked as "2" dated 2/48 and annotated "1 day" "cd 14", two in vermilion one with
"244" dated 11/42 with script "selo +", the other "242" with notation "unique more exposure", two exposure trials on photographic paper in brown (one with a pmk), two trial essays in blue ink on white paper, one dated 6/43 "3c", the other with two
impressions (one with a black pmk "Annullato" dated 9/43 numbered "2c", the other uncancelled numbered "2d" which has a small tear in the right bottom corner not affecting the stamp design), as well as one final reproduction with the Sperati violet
hs on the back numbered "52". The rest of the collection is devoted to the reproduction of postmarks, with 25 celluloid clichés for various types, an extensive selection of trail essays on four stock pages and seven fragments of covers which have had
the stamps removed leaving the part cancels, as well as eight stamps only exhibiting the cancellation and with the impression of the design chemically removed leaving just the white paper to retain the cancellations for his reproductions; also
contained with the trial working proofs we find a part envelope sent from the stamp expert J. Nitard of Marseille to Mademoiselle A Corne (Sperati sent under her name to avoid influencing his opinion) with a memo from Nitard saying that the stamp
sent to him was genuine but had been repainted and as such he would not make an offer to buy it; also nine genuine stamps on letter fragments from which the cancellations were retained by Sperati to obtain nine different types for his reproductions
(with Scheller cert.), these providing insight into the technique used by Sperati which relates to much of the working trials and fragments within this collection; a unique assembly of glass clichés including three rare master negative examples,
which were the basis to create the clichés, as well as supporting material not previously offered; there were no matrices in the "Ultimate" collection, and only contained few trial exposures and two glass clichés for just cancellations.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 8,000
SOLD for € 8,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Papal States
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| 50066 |
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 Italian States, Papal States - 1852 Issue 50b, group of 28 items comprising a copper plate developed to typographically produce seventeen impressions of the 50b which are represented upon twelve working trail
proofs in blue (7) and brown (9), on white, off-white and sand coloured paper, an additional impression on pelure paper, also seven glass support clichés relating to two pmk types (grill and Rome cds) one a negative, one dated 6/43, with two
celluloid clichés for a Rome cds which have been dated 5/24, as well as five working trial essays of pmks on white paper in black and red ink (two strikes); a unique assembly which includes a copper plate previously not recorded demonstrating the
alternative application of the typographic technique.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 4,000
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Parma
| Lot |
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| 50067 |
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 Italian States, Parma - 1859 "Provisional Government" Issue, a stunning assembly of 69 items, including two copper engraved plates of the 40c and 80c, the former showing the characteristic short "4" of "40" of
the Sperati reproductions, following with four 'die' proofs of the plate of 80c on pelure paper, two mounted on card and one with the paper in orangish shade, this with circles in pencil outside the design to highlight and notes for retouches and a
red cross denoting that it was excluded; one 80c negative matrix as the basis for making the definitive printing clichés, which was retouched with gouache and dated in August 1941 with ms "bande double et laterale bien" suggesting that he was
satisfied with the frame of the design, three glass clichés in brown-black and bistre, two of larger format dated Feb-36, the "(1)" with "22° x 5% x 2' voile leg. dos" indicating that he used a light filter, a 5% of a chemical substance with a
exposure to light during 2 mins under 22°C, the "(2)" in bistre with "pas verm" presumably not being the vermilion colour preferred by Sperati to obtain contrasts (or "pas verso"?), and in this case using a 6% of the chemical and a 2 mins 30 secs
exposure, two clichés on celluloid of February and March 1941, one with 3 mins exposure under 18°C, 27 essays or 'die' proofs on white wove paper of the 40c & 80c, with multiple impressions up to far or impressions in different colours and also
combined with cancellations; a second section is dedicated to postmarks with three types of cancellations including Parma small & large cds's and framed "Assicurato" with three glass clichés dated in 1929 and 1941, nine clichés on celluloid and some
essays on paper. An absolutely unique archive including two copper plates which are exceptional artifacts in the Sperati archive; furthermore, these plates prove that, in addition to what it is stated in the B.P.A. handbook, Sperati not only used
photolithography, but also typography to reproduce Parma, both techniques demonstrated in this lot with also the negative matrix of the 80c. The Postal Museum in Paris only possesses 131 clichés or matrices for all Italian States and Italy, and no
copper plates, and the clichés of Parma are for the 20c only.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 6,000
SOLD for € 6,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Sardinia
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| 50068 |
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 Italian States, Sardinia - 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items, including First Issue 5c (1) & 40c (3) four trial exposures on photographic paper and two essays of the rectangular lozenge with
diamonds, both dated December 1944, continuing with Fourth Issue 40c with unique negative glass cliché of the frame with cross below as excluded, then 5c (6), 20c (6) on twelve trial exposures on photographic paper where different results of the
intensity of the impression can be observed, with some notes from Sperati and archive numbers; an extraordinary and unique group; apart from final reproductions, no similar items were found in the "Ultimate" collection.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,000
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Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
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 Italian States, Sardinia - 1861 3 lire, group of five items including three glass support clichés, of which two in gray-ochre and vermilion, each numbered "8/21" for August 1921, the third being a negative master cliché with
retouchs within the oval in centre and the external area around the margins of the stamp, the cliché in vermilion with very interesting note: "17°x5%x2'30" " denoting 17°C temperature, 5% of a chemical substance and the exposure to sunlight during
two minutes and 30 seconds (as the temperature was fresh for August, we can presume that he worked in the very early morning when the day was fresher and he needed the sun for the exposure), and numbered "124" in his list of clichés. As well as two
exposure trials on photographic paper with annotations "double" & "+fort 2 choisis" (stronger, two chosen); a unique group and additionally being a stamp which was unknown in private collections, with only the reproduction of a matrix from the Musée
de la Poste of Paris in Sperati II handbook.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,000
SOLD for € 1,200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
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