Italian States continued...
Sicily
| Lot |
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| 50070 |
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 Italian States, Sicily - 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items comprising 5gr vermilion cliché on celluloid (vermilion, together with black were preferred colours chosen by Sperati to reach good contrasts), dated February
1932; the rest featuring the 50gr with five glass clichés of which two extremely rare negative examples in brown purple (dated "3/21") and black, the other three dated in March 1924, including one with ms "voile vio. 3' " for which a violet filter
was applied and the exposure to light reached 3 mins, one cliché on celluloid dated "5/44"; four essays on paper with two or three impressions each are devoted to the "ferro di cavallo" cancellations, with various executed in December 1944 and being
"calques", traced from probably cutouts from catalogues where the ink was firstly highlighted prior to create the trace; a unique group where the clichés are great rarities; no examples of these items were found in the "Ultimate" collection.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 2,500
SOLD for € 3,800.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Italy
Italy
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Catalog No. |
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| 50071 |
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 Italy - 1922-24 two negative composite glass clichés, one including "B.L.P." overprint together with "Assoc. Naz. Mutil./Inv. Guerra-Roma" and four bars over "Opera Naz...." designation, both showing the profile
of a stamp with transparent design in the background to retain the overprint and the designation; the second glass support cliché showing 5c "Opera Naz. Protez./Assist. Inv. Guerra" and 10c "Assoc. Naz. Mutil./Inv. Guerra-Roma"; in both clichés the
two elements are disposed as tête-bêche vertically; the composite experiment featuring two design was a very rare practice in the work of Sperati. A unique duo with only matrices in the Postal Museum in Paris, and no clichés in private hands.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 320.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
San Marino
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Catalog No. |
Descrip |
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| 50072 |
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 Italy, San Marino - 1892-1903 Issues, lot of 39 items including 1892 5c on 30c, the "Cmi. 5" overprint featuring a highly valuable copper plate (of great rarity among the Sperati production artifacts), one
corresponding die proof on pelure paper and four essays on wove paper; the main lot being dedicated to 1892-1907 "Repubblica di S. Marino" cds's with three interesting multiples of genuine stamps which were decoloured to retain the cancellation and
in which the wmk is clearly visible with converted blank designs on the paper, two glass clichés, five negative clichés on celluloid with cds's highlighted by being placed under a piece of red paper which only is opened in the area of the cds's,
another four negative clichés on celluloid on black and yellow, 13 retouched essays (some with two strikes) on photographic paper, one cliché on celluloid and five essays on paper; an extraordinary assembly including the unique engraved copper plate,
conceived to make more believable the surcharge by using the typographic rather than the photolithographic technic.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 500
SOLD for € 1,100.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika
British East Africa
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50073 |
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 British East Africa - 1890 4 annas, group of 11 items including one master negative retouched in red and including the frame around the design in order to block the light entering from the sides in the following
step of the process, eight glass support clichés in a variety of appropriate shades to create the contrast required including brown, grey and red; and two genuine values with design chemically removed to highlight the cancellation to obtain an
accurate shape; a magnificent group with the important master negative and the sole clichés known.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,200
SOLD for € 1,700.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
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 British East Africa - 1894 5a & 7 1/2a Surcharges, group of 16 items including two highly valuable "5 ANNAS." & "7 1/2 ANNAS."engraved copper plates (very rarely encountered in the Sperati archives), each
overprint in die proof on pelure paper, seven essays on wove paper including three with two impressions, as well as a rare 5a cliché on celluloid proving that Sperati also tried to reproduce this overprint in photolithography; the only copper plates
recorded proving the experiment of the typographic option by Sperati (unknown to the B.P.A.), enhanced by a unique complementary group of items.(Image
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Estimate. € 750
SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50075 |
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 Luxembourg - 1859-60, assembly comprising 13 cancellation items, with "Franco." oval in three glass support clichés (one with two strikes and the other two being negative), and three essays on wove paper (one with closed
tear), Luxembourg cds in five negative glass support clichés, three being composite (one with additional framed "PD", the second with Rémich cds and the third with an additional strike of the Luxembourg cds but showing a different date; a unique
group.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 250
SOLD for € 700.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Malaysia
Malaysian States
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50076 |
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 Sungei Ujong. Malaysian States, Perak - 1878 overprinted 2c, "C*SU" overprint master negative on film with painted retouches, the only example recorded of any production of Perak by Sperati (see also note in the
following lot).(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 250
SOLD for € 250.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
| 50077 |
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 Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong - 1878-81 overprinted 2c, "C*SU" and "SUNGEI UJONG" overprints, the latter featuring types 11+14: two retouched master negatives on film, and two glass clichés of the earlier overprint, one with
notes including date as July 1935 and listed "184" by Sperati in his archive.
Note: In the Sperati II handbook it is mentioned the existence of these overprints based on an article of the local "Arts et Mémoire" magazine from Aix-les-Bains (the place of residence of Sperati), which author was Lucette Blanc, a friend of
Sperati's daughter, Yvonne. No material was available in Sperati I and Sperati II handbooks, so these items are the only proof that Sperati also attempted to produce these stamps.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 800
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Mauritius
1847 Post Office Issue (SG 1-2)
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50078 |
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SG 1/2 |
 Mauritius - 1848 "Post Office" 1d & 2d, the breathtaking lot of the Sperati archive comprising four different items, including a composite negative cliché on celluloid of the One Penny and Two Pence, dated "2/51" for February
1951, and as it occurred with the original plate, both single designs of the stamps being presented in conjunction, this item being intended to be the master to produce clichés with both stamps, which was not probably ever produced; the other four
items feature the Two Pence with three glass clichés, one in negative with part of the coloured design misplaced during the process of exposure to light, the other containing two affixed clichés, on one side exhibiting the design reversed in black,
on the other side displayed as it should appear in the finished reproduction and coloured in dark red -shades in red/vermilion and black were the preferred ones by Sperati in order to obtain the best contrasts-, also dated "2/51", as well as proof in
indigo-slate on thick white paper.
A sensational lot revealing an unknown production of Sperati, of the utmost importance as one of the top three rarities of worldwide philately, and of immense fascination as the "Post Office" issue represents the highest value per item as a result of
the prices reached by its few stamps and covers. Likely the most important Sperati production.
An ideal complement to the famous original "Post Office" printing plate, which was sold at auction by David Feldman S.A. for hammer price €1,100,000 in 2016.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 50,000
SOLD for € 45,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Mauritius
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50079 |
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 Mauritius - "Post Paid" 1848 1 Penny. The sensational assembly of 32 items, comprising a key element in the work of Sperati: the negative matrix on film which is the foundation to produce the clichés, this with painted
surround to concentrate the light on the area of the design, with annotations on back "Alpha" for the lantern plate of the English brand 'Ilford' which Sperati used, "retouche crayon" (retouch pencil) although he used ink; a stunning number of eight
glass clichés in brown, red and black shades which were preferred Sperati's colours to create good contrasts, with notes including dates in June 1931 and February 1933, one with "18 x 5% x 2'30" (5% of a chemical substance, exposure to light of 2
mins 30 secs under 18°C temperature); four clichés on celluloid with three in shades from vermilion to deep red and one in black, the vermilion example with "retouche 3eme Agfa p. 2'30" " denoting a third retouch and a light exposure on Agfa
celluloid during 2 mins 30 secs; 14 essays or 'die' proofs on mainly medium wove paper but also including very thin and yellowish papers, three of these proofs exhibiting two impressions (three in red and black and one in red for both), including all
the impressions on medium white wove paper as numbered in pencil from 1 to 12 by Sperati -so we presume that this is the complete set-; concluding with three finished reproductions which were previously unknown (one with Pascal Scheller certificate
stating the reproduction to be "non répertoriée"), as well as an additional reproduction on bluish thin paper printed on both sides including one inverted.
One of the most incredible discoveries from the Sperati archive, representing one of the greatest classic countries in worldwide philately. From the matrix through the clichés to the also highly important finished reproductions, all these items being
unique, and except for one essay or 'die' proof, all previously unknown. Without doubt being in the top ranking of Sperati rarities, as well as an astonishing section in the most advanced collections of Mauritius.
Additional note on the rarity and relevance: The B.P.A. stated about this issue that "Sperati is known to have made 'die' proofs in colour and probably made unused and used reproductions (...) In the B.P.A. reference collection there is only one
example of a Sperati die proof and no other copy of this reproduction has been available for examination...". Nothing about the "Post Paid" has been recorded in the Sperati II handbook by Robson Lowe and Carl Walske, and no examples were found in the
Musée de la Poste of Paris.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 30,000
SOLD for € 30,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
| 50080 |
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 Mauritius - 1860 9p, hand signed definitive reproduction, very fresh and fine.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 100
SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
| 50081 |
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 Mauritius - 1879 38c, glass master negative which was then broken and affixed on a smaller glass by Sperati, and two trial exposures on glass, one damaged by humidity and the other showing through the design vertically the
crack of the glass caused in the master negative, this being an exceptional feature in the Sperati collection; a unique group of three items (no additional cliché or trial exposure examples in the "Ultimate" collection).(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 1,000
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Mexico
Montserrat
Montserrat
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50083 |
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 Montserrat - 1884 Key Type Issue 4d, a phenomenal group of 13 items, commencing from the two engraved copper plates used by Sperati for the denomination and the denomination plus the territory "Four Pence" &
"Montserrat", two extremely rare die proofs on pelure paper and two essays on wove paper of the denomination only, the rest including both tablets and comprising four die proofs on pelure paper and three essays on wove paper in red and black; an
unquestionably unique lot including the sole known engraved copper plates, this being a very rare element in the production of Sperati and the key which demonstrates that he also used the typography for these reproductions (this fact was also unknown
to the B.P.A.).(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 750
CLOSED
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Nigeria
Lagos
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50084 |
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 Lagos, - 1886 10s, two signed reproductions used and unused, the rest being items related to the barred oval postmark including 17 paper essays with some including multiple strikes and with numerous manuscript comments by
Sperati, as well as four negative glass clichés, three additional examples on celluloid and other three on pelure paper.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 800.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Southern Nigeria
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50085 |
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 Southern Nigeria - 1903 £1 & 1906 £1, group of 17 items displaying cancellations of Bonny and Sombreiro River, including: the four genuine stamps (one torn) which Sperati used to reproduce the cancellations, which were
chemically treated and, with the addition of pressure and heat, its design was made transparent to light and only exhibited the cancellation; six clichés on celluloid and eight essays on paper of these cancelations with manuscript comments of Sperati
complete the lot. Absolutely unique and exceptional.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Paraguay
Paraguay
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50086 |
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 Paraguay - 1870 First Issue 3r, essay on medium white wove paper of two examples of "Correos de la Asuncion" star cancellation, with annotations "base + lg. 2 lg 4" probably referring to a code for the intensity of the
pressure.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 50
SOLD for € 50.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Persia
Persia
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50087 |
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 Persia - 1870 2 Shahis Lion Issue, group of 31 items including two master negatives with painted surround which was applied to avoid the light diffusing laterally onto the area of the design, eight glass clichés
two in vermilion dated 2/5/31 and 8/5/31, two in black dated 7/5/31 and 6/31, one in grey and one in red, two other glass clichés which are solely for the perforations (one cracked), a copper plate developed to imitate the perforations with extensive
notes accompanying, four celluloid clichés one dated 3/43, two working trial essays in black, two final reproductions in green one signed on the back in pencil, two blank perforation stamps one with pencil notation "H" "Perse" "B" (top middle bottom
respectively) the other with "H" top and "B" bottom, there are five further glass clichés for pmks and four trail essays of the Teheran arc pmk; a significant and important collection of working clichés coupled with the discovery of a copper plate
developed to imitate the stamp perforations; the "Ultimate" collection hd just one final reproduction and no clichés or working proofs.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 4,000
SOLD for € 4,200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
Philippines
Philippines
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 50088 |
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 Spanish Philippines - 1854-55 First and Second Issues, group of 12 items with first issue 10c with two trial exposures on photographic paper, of which one reversed, and 1885 5c including three negative clichés on glass, two
numbered "(2)" & (4)", the former with comments "mal" and "trop huileux" for "wrong" and "too oily" in his apparently second experiment on this surface, five clichés on glass dated April and May 22, in all numbered and one indicating teh conditions
of the execution with "18 x 5% x 3'15" " (5% of an unknown chemical substance, a light exposure of 3 mins 15 secs under 18°C temperature) usual shades Sperati used to obtain the best contrasts (vermilion, red, brown-black) plus one in black on silver
(this background being very rarely used by Sperati in his clichés), as well as dotted circle postmark essay on paper made in Dec-44. An exceptional and unique group featuring clichés (no examples recorded in the "ultimate" collection and the Postal
Museum in Paris).(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 2,000
SOLD for € 4,000.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
| 50089 |
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 Spanish Philippines - 1863-79 Issues, group of 13 items with 1863 issue in an interesting glass support cliché annotated "2 filt/+c.d. mince (1)" denoting the usage of two filters and this being a first try (we
can not decipher "+c.d.", with mince referring to thin) dated 14.3.40; 1872 Amadeo 16c master negative with retouches in black on both sides and painted in black around the design to concentrate the light on the area of the design when creating the
following cliché, 1874 1p25c with additional matrix with painted surround, and 1875-79 25m, 100m & 200m, each in a master negative including the 25m and 200m where he reached an incredible degree of perfection, with an additional master negative of
the 200m which was excluded and with retouches around the letters in upper and lower tablets on one side and painted surround on the other side, this with a note in Italian (his mother tongue language which was extremely rarely used in his
annotations) "Intanto insuff." (insufficiente) for "in the meantime insufficient", and the 100m to complete the set of negative matrices, this being infrequently executed in yellow-cream with handpainted surround in red, one glass cliché of
"Filipinas" & 200 Mils. de Peso" only, and three glass clichés of which one in negative, one dated May 1948 and describing it as very boiled. A phenomenal lot including the valuable and unique master negatives or "matrices" for four values, which
were the foundations to make the printing clichés.(Image 1)
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Estimate. € 2,000
SOLD for € 3,200.00
Closing..Dec-06, 11:59 PM |
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