Sperati continued...
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| 80079 |
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 Italian States, Naples – 1860 issue 1/2t one glass support cliché with mirror image, with production notes around area of design and dating “7/38” indicating July 1938. An attractive piece of supportive production material.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 150
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80080 |
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 Italian States, Papal States – 1852 issue 50b and 1s, 50b working trial in blue on thin paper, and two proofs of the 1s top value with impression in black; three attractive production elements impressed on very thin paper.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 350
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Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80081 |
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 Italian States, Parma – 1859 “Provisional Government” 80c, 5 production items, incl. two glass support clichés with mirror image, one coloured black around the area of design and one red, together with accompanying proof impressions on
paper in black and red, one dated June 1924 and thus a very early Sperati production, also one fine impression on translucent onionskin paper, a very attractive set.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80082 |
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 Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 issue 3l, two glass support clichés, clear impression in red-vermilion and one in dark brown with mirror image, with interesting production notations at top and base and coloured around the area of
design in order to concentrate light.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 200
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80083 |
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 Italian States, Sardinia – 1861 3 lire, group of four items, including three glass support clichés, of which two in red-vermilion and one negative cliché in black, also one exposure trial on photographic paper; a unique range 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 the Sperati II handbook.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 500
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Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80084 |
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 Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5g reversed image impression on celluloid papoer, with production annotations at base; no similar example found in the “Ultimate” collection.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 200
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Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80085 |
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 Italian States, Sicily – 1859, 1/2gr, 50gr very attractive selection of three glass support clichés in black and vermilion on coloured glass together with a very faint (“albino”) impression on glass, also one trial proof of the ½gr on
paper numbered “3”; a very attractive little group with no similar example found in the “Ultimate” collection.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80086 |
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 Luxembourg – a single glass cliché featuring two postmarks, PD in frame and circular datemark Luxembourg 8 Dec 1861, with copious production notes in Sperati’s hand and dating Apr 1951, together with a celluloid fragment with the same
constellation; a unique pair of glass and photographic paper developed for Luxemburg stamps of the 1858-60 issue.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 100
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80087 |
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 Luxembourg – 1859-60, one glass support cliché for the FRANCO in oval cancellation; a beautiful sepia pm cliché.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 100
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80088 |
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 Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-1881 overprint "SUNGEI UJONG" for the Straits Settlement 2, 4, and 8 c issues, a comprehensive range of 14 items, incl. three glass support clichés (one dated March 1932) with C*SU (red) and C*P
(black) overprints, and 11 impressions on wove paper with dates from Oct 1931-July 1935 showing experimentation with colours, richly annotated by Sperati. A fascinating range that takes us inside the reproduction artist’s workshop.
Note: The Sperati II handbook notes the existence of these overprints, based on an article in the local "Arts et Mémoire" magazine from Aix-les-Bains (Sperati’s place of residence), whose author was Lucette Blanc, a friend of Sperati's daughter,
Yvonne. No material has been confirmed in Sperati I and Sperati II handbooks, so this lot provides the proof that Sperati also sought to reproduce these stamps.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 600
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80089 |
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 Malta – 1869 1/2d, proof on thick paper with purple “Reproduction Interdite” above impression and Sperati’s pencil signature below; a most decorative and scarce proof for a stamp that Sperati reproduced as unused copies only.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 200
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80090 |
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 Mauritius – 1847 “Post Office” 2d essays or proofs on cardboard paper in the correct shade and in the red that was used for the 1d value; the red is dated 3/51, indicating March 1951 and the blue has some partially erased production notes
on reverse that probably pertain to exposure time and temperature. Also two glass clichés of the same 2d value in very light red and in greenish-blue (with image reversed) with some production notes. It is worthy of note that the 2d value has the
tiny thin line in the bottom right corner, the secret marking that the Royal Philatelic Society put on reproductions to tell them apart from the genuine stamps. A stunning set of two matching pairs of this most iconic Sperati production, hitherto
unrecorded, housed in Sperati’s cardboard box of photographic paper from the Lumière brothers.
Additional note on rarity and relevance: Nothing about the “Post Paid” was 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. CHF 20,000
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80091 |
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 Mauritius – 1847 “Post Office” 2d, two beautiful essays on cardboard, one in a deep blue colour on a large paper without annotations on reverse, the other shows a weaker imprint bottom right with some partially erased notes on reverse,
incl. “essai 5”, the essay shows the thin horizontal line in the lower right corner ornament (dating to 1912 and a feature of the later reprints), which Sperati appears to have been unaware of. A beautiful pair of extremely rare essays of one of the
world's most famous stamps, in two distinct shades.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 5,000
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80092 |
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 Mauritius – 1847 “Post Office” 2d, Sperati’s proof on cardboard in a rich and deep blue with very sharp impression. It is worthy of note that the 2d value has the tiny line in the bottom right corner, the secret marking that the Royal
Philatelic Society put on the reproductions to tell them apart from the genuine stamps. An extremely rare and hitherto unrecorded proof, no more than seven proofs are known in a range of colours. This lot is housed in Sperati’s cardboard box of
photographic paper from the Lumière brothers.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 5,000
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Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80093 |
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 Mauritius – 1848 “Post Paid” 1d, a spectacular assembly of twelve items for the production process of this famous stamp, comprising seven glass clichés in the various colours preferred by Sperati to create good contrasts, four clichés on
celluloiud showing experimentation with colour shades, also proofs on medium wove paper, one exhibiting a double impression in black, with Sperati’s note “2/1”; a truly remarkable selection that shows the progression of the matrix from glass clichés
to experimental impression. The lot is housed in Sperati's box "Nouvelles Plaques Eclair, Papiers Photographiques".
Additional note on rarity and relevance: Nothing about the “Post Paid” was 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. CHF 10,000
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80094 |
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 Mauritius – 1848 “Post Paid” 1d, an attractive group of four items, comprising one glass cliché with impression in vermilion, and two proofs on paper, in black (numbered “117”) and in red-vermilion, also one glass cliché of the PAID in
circle cds in negative coloured dark brown. A spectacular assembly of proofs, cliché and the accompanying postmark, unique as such and of the highest rarity. This lot comes with Sperati's own cardboard box for photographic paper of the Lumiere
brand.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 2,000
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80095 |
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 Mexico – 1895 5p group of six items, comprising one master cliché on glass painted red and yellow around the design, and five tidy and attractive glass clichés in an array of colours like vermilion, dark brown and grayish brown, one plate
with manuscript production note that includes “+ fort”; a unique and spectacular group of clichés in remarkably precise design and attractive shades.(Image
1)
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Estimate. CHF 500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80096 |
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 Persia – 1870 2 shahis Lion Issue, group of seven items, one glass support cliché in black and three additional glass clichés prepared for impression but left blank (marked “Perse”), two impressions on photographic paper showing
experimentation with exposure, also a black proof on paper; an important range of production material for the Persia first issue; the “Ultimate” collection had only one finished reproduction and no working proofs.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 800
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80097 |
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 Philippines (Spanish Colonies) – 1855-75, group of seven glass clichés, comprising 1855 5c one cliché in negative, one in black with image reversed, and a very faint but sharp impression in light gray, all are type B of the two types that
Sperati produced, 1875 25m, one negative glass cliché and a glass with sharp impression in light brown, 200m one cliché in dark brown and one in faint brown with image reversal; a unique group featuring glass clichés in varied colours, very
attractive and fine.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 700
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
| 80098 |
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 Philippines (Spanish Colonies) – 1863-79, five glass support clichés of the 25m and 200m values, showing varying colours, from very faint impression, to brown and deep red; a visually impressive range of glass clichés.(Image 1)
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Estimate. CHF 500
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-21, 02:00 AM |
