Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, cliché on celluloid film of the frame in black set against a background of bright vermilion to provide clear contrast, dated “9/51”. Sperati used one single frame cliché for the two types of the £2 stamp that he produced. A visually stunning cliché of this popular high value stamp, the only stamp of the Australian Commonwealth reproduced by the master forger. Unique. (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 500.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50409
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Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, glass support cliché of the frame in red, with image reversed; a most impressive production element for the creation of this famous issue, about five recorded clichés in private hands. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 320.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50410
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Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, essay on paper of the frame in black, showing Sperati annotations “C.XV” and “119” to the sides of the design. A highly important element for the production of this popular stamp. Only three paper essays in private hands. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 340.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 340
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50411
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Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, negative glass support cliché showing the kangaroo, image reversed, with retouches, dated “3/51”, hand painted dark brown on back to cover the rest of the design area for the entire stamp, which has been delimited by two corner angles; other production comments written at top and base. The only negative cliché recorded. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 460.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50412
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Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, glass support cliché of the kangaroo in brown against a contrasting background in pale turquoise, a splendid cliché with production notes at top and base, dated “3/51”, and two inserted angles that delimit the space for the design frame. An exceptionally important documentation of Sperati’s two-stage manufacturing process of this high value. Fewer than five clichés of the Kangaroo in private hands. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 400.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50413
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Australia - 1913 Kangaroo £2, cliché on celluloid of the kangaroo in black and with reversed image, two angular frames indicate the positioning of the frame in relation to the central kangaroo, dated in manuscript “9/51”. Extremely rare. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 320.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
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British East Africa
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50424
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Cat No: Collection
British East Africa - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika - 1890-1894 two items comprising 1890 4 annas glass support cliché prepared in red, dated 2/21, also an 1894 5a overprint surcharge cliché on celluloid; about ten recorded on glass or celluloid, with no examples gathered in the B.P.A. collection. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 300.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
British Honduras
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50426
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British Honduras - 1885 6d, the unique master negative with black painted surround to avoid the entering of light laterally, carefully retouched by Sperati with his characteristic eye for the minutest detail; a key item and the unique matrix from which subsequent reproductions were rendered. Unique for this denomination. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 400.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50427
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British Honduras - 1885 6d, glass support cliché in bright yellow and with reversed image, dated by hand “2/38”; a shining cliché on glass, of the highest rarity with just four recorded of this denomination. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 380.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50428
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British Honduras - 1885 6d, cliché on celluloid, in vermilion and with reversed image, and being one of two 6d celluloids known. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 380.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 380
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50429
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British Honduras - 1885 1s, master negative on celluloid film, painted black around the area of design to avoid the light to diffuse laterally in the reproduction process; a unique matrix and key item of Sperati’s British Honduras production not previously recorded. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 600.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 600
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50430
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British Honduras - 1885 1s, glass support cliché in black and with image reversed, dated “2/35”, with production notes on all sides around the design, including at base the use of tempered gelatine and two fine layers. One of just three glass clichés known for this value. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 440.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50431
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British Honduras - 1885 1s glass support cliché in bright orange and with reversed image, dated “4/35” and displaying characteristic Sperati manufacturing notations, including an observation about the exposure to light during 2 mins 30 secs and at a temperature of 18 degrees and using 5% of a chemical substance; exceptionally decorative and one of three glass clichés recorded for this value. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 440.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 440
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50432
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British Honduras - 1885 6d, the only recorded final reproduction of this value, printed on genuine watermarked paper with a forged cancel “A 06” printed unto the stamp from Sperati’s own cliché, signed in pencil on the back. (Image)
Opening EUR 100.00
Sold...EUR 220.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 220
Great Britain
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50531
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Great Britain - 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, a spectacular negative glass cliché from a negative master matrix. The Penny Black has never been mentioned in the literature dedicated to the work of Jean de Sperati, this being a major discovery of one of the most iconic stamps of worldwide philately. (Image)
Opening EUR 1,500.00
Sold...EUR 1,000.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1000
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50532
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Great Britain - 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, glass support cliché in black, numbered and registered at base "8/1" & "c.8". The Penny Black has never been mentioned in the literature dedicated to the work of Jean de Sperati, this being a major discovery of one of the most iconic stamp of worldwide philately. Unique. (Image)
Opening EUR 1,500.00
Sold...EUR 1,500.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1500
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50533
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Great Britain - 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, black impression on celluloid; a unique part of a hitherto unrecorded reproduction by Sperati. (Image)
Opening EUR 1,500.00
Sold...EUR 1,400.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50534
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Great Britain - 1880 2s Victoria, dark brown glass support cliché in negative impression, position KJ (four positions were manufactured by Sperati). One of six clichés recorded, being unique in negative. (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 2,200.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 2200
India
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50535
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India - 1856 2a, prepared for use but unissued, glass support cliché in light brown and with image reversed, with production note at base; an exceptionally rare cliché from a stamp that otherwise is known in a single imperforate reproduction and an unused perforated example. Fewer than five glass clichés in private hands. (Image)
Opening EUR 500.00
Sold...EUR 400.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50536
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Cat No: Collection
India - 1882 1r, cliché on celluloid with image reversed in black on an off-white piece of film; Sperati reproduced this design for use with the “Gwalior” overprint on genuine stamp paper that had the original overprint retained; an extremely rare cliché with nothing similar in other collections or archives. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 300.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50537
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Cat No: Collection
India - 1882 1r, glass support cliché with image reversed in black on a rare refulgent purple-coloured plate; Sperati reproduced this design for use with genuine “Gwalior” overprint on genuine stamp paper that had the original overprint retained; an extremely rare and beautiful cliché with nothing similar in other collections or archives. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 300.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50538
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Indian States, Gwalior - 1882-89 1r, the un-overprinted design used by Sperati, a negative glass cliché made in order to produce the stamp with genuine Indian Convention States stamp issues with the design washed out but the overprint retained. One of just two negative clichés known. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 400.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Mauritius
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50556
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Mauritius, “Post Paid” - 1848 1 Penny, glass support cliché with image reversed in orange-red, with notation at top right in Sperati's hand; around twelve glass clichés recorded of this iconic issue, being inexistent in the Postal Museum of Paris and with only one cliché in the B.P.A. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 300.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50557
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Mauritius, “Post Paid” - 1848 1 Penny, glass support cliché with reversed image in grey black; around twelve glass clichés recorded of this iconic issue, being inexistent in the Postal Museum of Paris and with only one cliché in the B.P.A. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 300.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 300
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50558
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Mauritius, “Post Paid” - 1848 1 Penny, cliché on celluloid in black and with image reversed, marked in Sperati’s hand “31/12” and “C.14”; this is a characteristic Sperati reproduction of the “Post Paid” issue, reproduced from a worn impression original stamp, pos. 10 in the sheet. (Image)
Opening EUR 400.00
Sold...EUR 400.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50559
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Mauritius, “Post Paid” - 1848 1 Penny, essay on white wove paper, comprising two impressions in an orange-red shade, with notations made by Sperati; a very rare experiment on paper. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 420.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 420
Tasmania
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50415
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Australia, Tasmania - 1892 £1 Victoria issue, cliché on celluloid, in black and with reversed image; as with the original stamp, the value tablet was printed separately by Sperati and was left blank on this cliché; a very rare cliché of the central design of an issue that Sperati abandoned after making only a few examples, as he was unable to get the deep green colour correct. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 480.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 480
Uganda
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50631
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Uganda - 1896 5r, essay on medium wove paper, dated “1/27” and showing Sperati’s characteristic fingerprint colour sampling in black to text the ink. (Image)
Opening EUR 200.00
Sold...EUR 140.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 50632
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Uganda - 1896 5r, essay on pelure paper affixed to cream-coloured thick paper; according to Richard Frajola no finished reproductions have been seen but this item must be considered as close as one can get to the final reproduction. (Image)
Opening EUR 300.00
Sold...EUR 200.00
Closed..Jun-26-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 200
Zanzibar (Poste française)
Sale No: 23J2
Lot No: 52221
Symbol: F
Cat No: 17/31
1898, Lettre recommandée à en-tête imprimée "Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft" pour Lindi (Tanzanie, ex Afrique Allemande Orientale), affranchissement philatélique série complète Type Sage Y&T n°17/31, oblitération du 25 juin, au dos cachets à date de transit par Tanga du 28 juin et de Dar-es-Salam du 30 juin, également cachet d'arrivée du 1er juillet, le timbre surchargé 50 annas sur 5 francs est très rare sur lettre, TB. (Image)
