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| 80039 |
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 France, Second Empire - a small group of five items, incl. a beautiful glass cliché 1fr vermilion with mirror image tête-bêche with production notes at base “voile vers” noting the green filter applied and also the chemicals used,
exposure time, and duration, also a negative glass cliché of the same value with similar annotations, a glass cliché of a single 1fr with mirror image, and two celluloid strips of the 20c value with very sharp impressions; a unique and attractive set
of production elements.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 1,500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80040 |
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 France – Second Empire issue 1c, one negative glass support cliché in dark-brown, coloured dark around the area of design to concentrate the light; an attractive item of the highest rarity with about five glass clichés of this issue in
private hands.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 200
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80041 |
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 France – Second Empire issue 25c, one negative glass support cliché, coloured dark around the area of design to concentrate the light; an attractive item of the highest rarity with about five glass clichés of this issue in private
hands.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 250
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80042 |
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 France – Second Empire issue 1f, one glass support cliché with a beautiful tête-bêche pair, image reversed, in a light-brown shade; a production item of the highest rarity and one of just a few tête-bêche clichés on glass from this
issue.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80043 |
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 France – Second Empire issue 1f, one glass support cliché in carmine, image reversed.with Sperati’s manuscript dating June 1949 and production notes “1 dos fait tiré …“, indicating a satisfactory final result to make the reproductions; a
spectacular technical cliché of the highest grade of importance and rarity.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 400
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80044 |
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 France – Second Empire issue 1f, one glass support cliché with a beautiful tête-bêche pair, image reversed, in an enticing greenish-blue shade which is most unusual for a Sperati item, also one paper with a trial print of partial
cancellation numeral 73; a production item of the highest rarity and one of just a few tête-bêche clichés on glass from this issue, here with the accompanying cancellation.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. CHF 400
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80045 |
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 France, Postage Dues – 1859, 10c, 40c, four clichés, incl. one master glass cliché for the 40c with comprehensive technical scribbling by the reproduction artiste (worth further study) and dating July 1947, 10c represented by two glass
clichés, both mirror image and negative, and a very fine impression on paper; an important and very rare documentation of Sperati’s work on the French due stamps.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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Estimate. CHF 400
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80046 |
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 France, Postage Dues – 1859, 10c, 60c, four glass support clichés, incl. negative clichés for the 10c and 60c and one mounted 60c cliché in turquoise and another in light brown, also two celluloids of 10c red-brown and 60c gray-brown,
also a paper of the 10c in black trial print; an important and very scarce documentation of Sperati’s work on the French due stamps.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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Estimate. CHF 400
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80047 |
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 France, Laureated Empire – 5fr, a group of six production elements, incl. one very attractive finished reproduction with numeral 2387 (of Monaco; with Sperati horizontal pencil line on back which he appears to have applied to this issue).
Three glass support clichés without value insert and with image reversal, one in black with note “Contraste Pathé”, indicating the Pathé celluloid used, two in vermilion, also one proof in the colour of the original on paper with production
annotations below design, and a vermilion impression on celluloid with notes about the violet filter used in manufacture; a unique and important group for the production of the top value.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
(Image 5)
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(Image 7)
(Image 8)
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Estimate. CHF 3,000
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80048 |
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 France, Laureated Empire – 5fr, a small group of three production elements for the top value, including a magnificent mirror image exposure without value tablet in vibrant bright red, and a similar in black, both with Sperati’s production
notes, also a finished reproduction (type A of the five types that Sperati produced); a very important group for the production of the French top value.(Image
1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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Estimate. CHF 750
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80049 |
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 France – Bordeaux issue, 2c, a group containing four glass clichés, incl. a single stamp impression in gray dated June 1948 with Sperati’s production notations at base, another single in brown with notations about exposure time and
temperature, a brightly-coloured brown block of four with reversed image, showing technical notes at bottom and dating Aug 1948, and another block of four with impression in a faint gray shade, also a single celluloid fragment with imperfect
impressions of four stamps. A remarkable and attractive small range of production items for the famous Bordeaux issue.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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Estimate. CHF 700
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80050 |
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 France – Bordeaux issue, 2c, blocks of four, one attractive negative glass cliché, and a glass support in brown-cinnemon, dated Feb 1948, also a cliché on celluloid in a light gray-brown; three spectacular and very rare clichés of this
popular French classic.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. CHF 600
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80051 |
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 France, Bordeaux issue - a small group of glass clichés and accompanying cancellations; 2c one attractive cliché of block of four on glass in red-brown with Sperati notations at base “C VII” and “272”, as well as a cliché of the single
2c, also celluloid clichés of the numeral cds 2387 (Monaco) one in negative and with reversed image, and a paper of two impressions of 2387 cds with notes on back, colour trial, and dating Nov 1943. A fine small set of stamp reproductions and
cancellations.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. CHF 500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80052 |
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 German States, Baden – 1862-66 18kr, two glass suppoirt clichés with reversed image, one with technical annotation “voile temp fort”and exposure time, a fine matching pair ahowing very detailed impression in black and light brown; very
rare with nothing similar in Sperati`s “Ultimate” collection or the Postal Museum in Paris.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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Estimate. CHF 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80053 |
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 German States, Bavaria – 1849 1kr group of twelve production items, including four glass support clichés, one dated April 1945 and one tête-bêche pair, two clichés on celluloid coloured gray around the design, also three very fine
impressions on paper; additionally, postmark trials on slips of paper, incl. numbers 20, 152, 313, 363, and datemarks of Bayreuth, Marktsteft, and Kaufbeuern. An impressive group of clichés and cds to produce the first stamp of Germany, only one
single cliché is found in the “Ultimate” collection and the Musée de la Poste of Paris possesses only six clichés or matrices for all Gerrman states.(Image
1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
(Image 5)
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Estimate. CHF 2,000
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80054 |
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 German States, Bavaria – 1849 1kr group of nine production items, including four glass support clichés, including one in bright red with production notations at base, and two matching clichés in black and gray, two matching clichés on
celluloid, dated Feb 1945 displaying varying notes relating to the filter used and one chosen as satisfactory result for making reproductions, also a celluloid cliché for a Munchen pm and one glass cliché with numeral cds 20, 152.313, 363. The final
element is a complete finished reproduction of the stamp type A (of the three types produced) with forged cancel 220. An impressive group of clichés and cds to produce the 1kr, showing the process from clichés to finished reproduction, only one
single cliché is found in the “Ultimate” collection and the Musée de la Poste of Paris possesses only six clichés or matrices for all German states. This lot comes with Sperati's own cardboard box for photographic celluloid of the ORTAS brand.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
(Image 5)
(Image 6)
(Image 7)
(Image 8)
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Estimate. CHF 1,500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80055 |
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 German States, Bavaria – 1849 1kr a very fine group of six production items, including one attractive glass support cliché in black with reversed image and with Sperati`s production notes at base that detail aspects of exposure, such as
temperature, duration, and chemical composition, also a similar exposure in light vermilion on celluloid with annotations, and a negative on celluloid (dated July 1950), with a very fine trial impression in black on thick paper. Additionally a cliché
of semi-circular Bayreuth cds on gray celluloid. Finally a rare finished reproduction type B with wing margin at left and obliterated by numeral 175. An impressive, rare, and diverse group of cliché, celluloids, and cds to produce the first stamp of
Germany.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
(Image 5)
(Image 6)
(Image 7)
(Image 8)
(Image 9)
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Estimate. CHF 1,500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80056 |
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 German States, Bavaria – 1849 1kr, a finished reproduction (type C of the three types produced) on piece with stamp struck by MUNCHEN/26 Jul 1850; forged stamp and forged postmark mounted on an original letter part with some German
correspondence on back; very rare and attractive.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. CHF 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80057 |
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 German States, Bavaria – 1849 1kr, a beautiful glass support cliché with a very sharp impression in light-gray of the tête-bêche, in type C of the three types that Sperati produced, an extremely attractive and tidy cliché that displays
beautifully; Sperati produced tête-bêche pairs and strips, that were complete fabrications and had forged cancellations, a cliché on glass of the highest rarity, with nothing similar preserved in the “Ultimate” collection or the Musée de la Poste of
Paris.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80058 |
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 German States, Bremen – 1856 5sgr, one reversed image cliché on celluloid in vermilion, Sperati`s preferred colour for good photographic exposure, a fascinating working cliché with annotations pertaining to the Verichrome film used, the
violet filter, and various other production aspects; a very rare working cliché from which Sperati worked to produce his finished reproduction through the process of photolithography.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 150
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
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