Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80001
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Jean de Sperati production of seven different stamps, mounted in approval booklet with Sperati’s logos and private cachets, “Jean de Sperati, Aix les Bains” and “Philatelie d’Art”, including two copies of Geneva 1846 5c large eagle unused, 1845 “Vaud” issue 5c with forged cancellation, Wurttemberg 1852 18kr used, Oldenburg 1861 ½g, type A of the two types produced, France 1852 20c presumably a genuine used example; an exceedingly rare example of a Sperati “Philatelie d’Art” album, with a colourful assembly of the high-quality reproductions, unique and very attractive. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 1800
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80002
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Jean de Sperati 1948 – a sketch of Jean de Sperati in profile, with what resembles Sperati`s own handwriting “Souvenir croquis de Mlle Oswald 21.8 1948”; a sketch in blue pen that shows the stamp reproduction artist par excellence at the time when he was producing some of his finest reproductions. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80007
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Australian States, Tasmania – 1892 £1, a spectacular group of sixteen production elements for the bicoloured stamp, including a rare engraved copper plate of the value tablet, an impression of the value tablet on darkened onionskin paper as well as on two glass support clichés, also four glass clichés featuring the design without value tablet in brown and in the vermilion so often preferred by Sperati, and four clichés on celluloid, one coloured vermilion, also four papers with trial impressions that show experimentation with shades of green; an unrepeatable set with the original copper engraving of the value tablet that shows Sperati also producing his reproduction through typography and not only his usual technique of photolithography. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80008
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Australian States, Tasmania – 1892 £1, six components for the manufacture of the bicoloured stamp, two very attractive glass clichés, black and vermilion, with image reversal, and one cliché on gray celluloid with production notes in Sperati`s hand, also three trial prints on paper on which Sperati experimented towards the correct colour of the yellow value tablet, including his characteristic fingerprint colour trial; a unique and visually spectacular group that displays the challenges that Sperati face with producing the bicoloured stamp. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80009
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Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo” £2, fourteen production elements for this iconic Australian high value, the element of the central kangaroo include four glass clichés, one dated March 1951 and with two corner angles delimiting the placement of the rest of the design, also a plate with two kangaroos in black numbered “23/24”, one very attractive celluloid cliché dated “8/51”; the frame element includes five glass clichés, one in rose with reversed image, dated “2/51”, also four celluloid clichés incl. impressions in pale-rose and deep brown; a unique and visually stunning range of clichés and photographic papers, with no similar material found in the “Ultimate” collection or in the Musée de la Poste of Paris. This lot comes with Sperati's cardboard box of photographic paper from the Lumiere Brothers. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 2200
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80010
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Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo” £2, fourteen production elements for the Australian high value, the element of the central kangaroo include two attractive glass clichés, one with dating “5/51”, also two celluloids and a thin paper slip with the kangaroo with two corner angles delimiting the placement of the rest of the design; the frame element includes four glass clichés, two in negative and with production notes at base, and two with image reversal, also one very faint impression on celluloid (near albino print) and an impressive exposure painted deep magenta (dated “9/51”) ; a unique and very attractive range of clichés and photographic papers, with no similar material found in the “Ultimate” collection or in the Musée de la Poste of Paris. This lot comes with Sperati's own cardboard box for photographic paper of J. Jougla. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80011
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Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo”, a comprehensive group of items used for the creation of postmarks on the finished stamp reproductions, Including one genuine 9d stamp with genuine cancellation that Sperati touched up in order to reproduce his photographic cliché (the cliché dated April 1951), also two attractive glass clichés in dark brown with cds of Melbourne and NSW, three celluloiud strips with cds that were transposed unto stamp reproductions, four paper fragments with impressions of the £2 kangaroo (two in rose), finally a very exciting card with papers on which Sperati experimented with the cds and also three genuine stamps (incl. 5s) on which Sperati placed his Sydney and Melbourne cds; a wonderful and unique range of trial pm reproductions that takes us inside Sperati’s workshop. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 1900
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80012
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Austria – 1851-56 Newspaper Stamps “Mercure” twenty-nine production items, incl. seven glass support clichés in varying colours like black, vermilion, rose, some with Sperati’s production comments pertaining to chemicals used, temperature and exposure time, also six celluloid strips with photographic exposures, similarly with production notes and one with faint tête-bêche impression; also fifteen trials on paper, of which one in yellow and one with a postmark reproduction in red Wien 10/11, finally a black impression on onionskin paper derived from the copper plate engraving (showing poor impression); a unique and very comprehensive group that allows us to study the development of Sperati’s reproductions of this world-famous issue. This lot comes with Sperati's own cardboard box of Guilleminot photographic paper. (Image)
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Sold...CHF 3,800.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 3800
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80014
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Belgian Congo – 1887-94 Second issue 10fr, one glass support cliché with blank denomination, and one trial cds of Matadi with reversed image, mounted on thin plastic; a very fine and unique pair, with no more clichés in the “Ultimate” collection or the Musée de la Poste of Paris. (Image)
Opening CHF 200.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80015
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Belgium – 1869-78 5fr glass plate with image reversal, defective in places, with very interesting production annotations, incl. “pâle” (pale) and dating “12/46”. A unique element of the Sperati production of this high value. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80017
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Brazil – 1843, Bull’s Eyes 60r, twelve production items and five cancellation trials on paper; the production items include one glass support cliché with mirror image, three exposure trials on celluloid paper, one painted red-brown around the design, and one with dating Oct 1942 and comprehensive production notations that probably indicate a satisfactory result to make the final reproductions, also a set of impressions on paper, one dated Aug 1941 and one with fine red strike of CORREIO GERALDACORTE 14/9 1844. The cancellations comprise red UICTORIA on paper, black CORREIO GERALDACORTE, and working proofs of red PELOTAS and MACEIO with abundant annotations dated Dec 1943; a very fine range of stamp impressions and accompanying pms that merits further study, of the highest rarity with very few items in the “Ultimate” collection and no clichés and matrices with B.P.A. or the Musée de la Poste of Paris. This lot comes with Sperati’s black cardboard box labelled “Bresil”. (Image)
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Sold...CHF 2,200.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80019
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British East Africa – 1890-94 4a, four glass support clichés with reversed image impression and in a range of shades, warm brown (dated Feb 1921), vermilion, gray-black and pinkish-red (defective), also three (presumably) genuine unused stamps in values 8a and 1r that Sperati would have used as the basis for developing his reproductions; an exceptionally scarce range of colourful clichés, with only very few glass clichés recorded and no examples found in the B.P.A. collection. (Image)
Opening CHF 420.00
Sold...CHF 2,600.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80020
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British East Africa – 1890-94 4a, reversed image impression on celluloid paper in red-brown with production annotations, together with a glass support cliché of the same value; a very scarce and remarkable pair, with no examples recorded in the B.P.A. collection. (Image)
Opening CHF 320.00
Sold...CHF 2,200.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80023
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British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate developed for the “2 piastre 20 paras” overprint, an important new discovery of one of the few copper plates from the archive, which proves that the master forger, besides his standard process of photolithography, also experimented with engraved copper plates to make the reproductions more convincing. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80027
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Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 6d, trial proof in black on thick paper, with Sperati’s “REPRODUCTION INTERDITE” in purple and pencil signature below design, on reverse is Sperati’s yellow emblem “Philatelie d’Art”; a complete proof in razor-sharp impression and with good range of Sperati’s personal markings, unique. (Image)
Opening CHF 250.00
Sold...CHF 320.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 320
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80028
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Canada, Vancouver Island – 1865 5c, an exceptional group of twenty-two production items for the stamp and cancellations, comprising seven glass support clichés in a range of colours, black, gray, green, brown and two black negative clichés, also four celluloids in red and black, two with dating Sep 1942 and production notes about chemicals and exposure, and two proofs in red printed on paper with reversed image. The comprehensive cancellation section includes oval “Post Office Victoria Vancouver PAID” and numeral 35 with oval “PAID”, all on glass, celluloid and paper, some with production notes. Two certificates by Pascal Scheller accompany two glass clichés and two cancellation trials; an exceptionally important range, the B.P.A. only records one cliché and one exposure trial, and four single final reproductions were offered in the “Ultimate” collection sale of Sperati. This lot comes with Sperati's own cardboard box for his preferred Ilford brand of photographic paper. (Image)
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Sold...CHF 1,500.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80029
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Canada, Vancouver Island – 1865 5c a fine group of twelve items, comprising nine glass clichés in a fascinating rainbow of colours (black, brown, sepia, rose), and three celluloid clichés in rosy red and black; a very important range, the B.P.A. only records one cliché and one exposure trial, and four single final reproductions were offered in the “Ultimate” collection sale of Sperati. (Image)
Opening CHF 600.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80030
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China, local post Shanghai – 1866, two impressions of 12 candarin, in vermilion and black together with an impression of Romania Bull’s Head 108pa; an exceptionally decorative piece with disparate Sperati productions; visually stunning and with an additional impression of the 12 candarin vermilion on back with what looks like a colour trial. Unique. (Image)
Opening CHF 300.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80031
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China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, 20 items used to produce the 12ca stamp with overprint, comprising five glass clichés of the stamp, incl. one black negative, two in shades of brown, and two very attractive in vermilion with comprehensive production notes around design noting issues pertaining to the violet filter used to obtain contrast in lithography, also one cliché on celluloid and six trial impressions on thin paper (black and brown); the overprint element is represented by one genuine overprinted stamp that Sperati used as his source for the reproduction (and touched up on reverse), also four glass support clichés, two showing the damaged “D” of the original overprint and the other two with repaired “D”, finally four papers with overprint trials, one with manuscript notations and dating “28/12”; an exceptional range of clichés and proofs of stamp and overprint, witnessing to the reproduction of this issue which was unknown until recently and represents Sperati’s only reproduction of Chinese philately. This lot comes with Sperati's cardboard box for photographic papers of Guilleminot &Co. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 3500
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80034
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Egypt, Suez Canal Company – 1868 1c, one glass cliché with image reversed and manuscript production notes at base “cliché 4/13 voile vio” referring to the violet filter used to obtain optimum contrast, also stamp with very sharp impression in black on pelure paper. We assume that the stamp is original and that Sperati used it to produce his cliché (stamp and cliché are the same position); the literature notes nothing about Sperati’s production of Suez Canal Company stamps and we know of no finished stamp reproduction; unique and an exciting new discovery. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 750
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80035
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France – 1849 Ceres first issue, a very impressive range of eleven glass clichés, incl. a master negative of the 15c dated July 1947 with production notes, 10c and 15c clichés in blue with integrated cancellation, and a negative cliché 15c, also two mirror image clichés of 1fr in vermilion, one with production annotations at base listing room temperature, the application of a chemical substance, and the duration of light exposure. A stunning and unique range that documents in the medium of glass the complicated manufacturing process of Sperati’s reproductions. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 80036
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France – 1849 Ceres first issue, two spectacular glass support clichés (trial exposures) of the 10c value, one in blue and one in a vibrant light brown (with mirror image), both with identical static cancellation, a rare feature of a Sperati reproduction. A beautiful pair of complementary clichés of the French classic. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 80038
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France – 1849 Ceres first issue 1f, a single cliché on celluloid with very finely detailed impression in black, showing image reversal and black colouration around the edges; a rare and visually impressive cliché on film with a sharp impression that was used to create the finished stamp reproduction. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 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)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 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)
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 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)
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Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 400.00
Sold...CHF 360.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 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)
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Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 750.00
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Lot No: 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)
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 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)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 300.00
Sold...CHF 210.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 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)
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Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 150.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 80059
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German States, Bremen – 1856 5sgr, one spectacular negative reversed image cliché block of four on translucent glass with black border around, featuring one very unusual flaw white spot on one stamp that is marked “47 fixé” (perhaps referring to year 1947), also “taches verre chassis” with an arrow pointing to the black border; a unique cliché featuring Sperati`s working notes. (Image)
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Lot No: 80062
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German States, Lübeck – 1859 two items featuring the face value error “Zwei ein Halb”, one thick glass support cliché and one printing trial with reversed image in a radiant rose pin and with Sperati`s technical annotations; very rare, with only one finished reproduction of Lübeck being offered in the “Ultimate” collection sale of Sperati. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 80064
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German States, Oldenburg – 1859-61, 1/3gr one finished reproduction, unused (type A) and 2gr, one finished reproduction, unused (type A), both signed Jean Sperati in pencil on back, also two celluloid clichés, one of each value, 1/3gr in vermilion and with production notes, the 2gr in black, both with image reversed; a fine and unique group of matching celluloids and finished stamp reproductions. (Image)
Opening CHF 400.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 80065
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German States, Oldenburg – 1861, 2gr one negative master cliché dated July 1941, and a thick glass support cliché with an exposure in vermilion, also two fine clichés on celluloid, in brown (dateed 1941) and vermilion (mirror image), the colour that Sperati often preferred for optimum contrast, one cliché with Sperati`s handwritten production comments; a fine group that includes the key master cliché on the basis of which the finished reproduction was produced. (Image)
Opening CHF 400.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 80074
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Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria, group of five glass clichés of position KJ, incl. one negative cliché painted with brown surround to focus the light, also a cliché in the red-brown colour, with varying production annotations showing Sperati experimenting with differing levels of light exposure to achieve the most desirable result; a unique range towards the production of this famous stamp. (Image)
Opening CHF 300.00
Sold...CHF 4,600.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 4600
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Lot No: 80075
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Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria, group of three glass clichés of position KJ, incl. a cliché in red-brown, black, and a most unusual dark, steely blue, the latter with dating Oct 1951 and a note “tiré” denoting a satisfactory result to make the finished reproduction, also two clichés on celluloid with mirror image in shades of brown, one with Sperati’s pencil arrows to indicate retouching needed; a unique range in the two media of glass and celluloid towards the production of this famous stamp. (Image)
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 80076
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Hungary – 1871 2kr reversed image impression in black on photographic paper with manufacture notes, and 3kr red-brown glass support cliché together with Sperati’s paper wrapping for this Hungary 3kr; an exceptional pair of the highest rarity, only one single 3kr reproduction was included in the Sperati “Ultimate” collection. (Image)
Opening CHF 300.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 80078
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India – 1882-89, 1r, the un-overprinted design used by Sperati in a group of five items, including an attractive celluloid cliché coloured black around the design for optimum contrast, and two celluloid clichés with reverse image in black and some notations, also two fine glass support clichés on different coloured backgrounds; unique components of stamp production with nothing similar in other collections or archives. (Image)
Opening CHF 600.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 150.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 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)
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Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 500.00
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Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
Sold For 1400
Sale No: 24JUNCHF
Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 200.00
Sold...CHF 420.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 500.00
Sold...CHF 1,400.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 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)
Opening CHF 100.00
Sold...CHF 320.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 80087
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Luxembourg – 1859-60, one glass support cliché for the FRANCO in oval cancellation; a beautiful sepia pm cliché. (Image)
Opening CHF 100.00
Sold...CHF 320.00
Closed..Jun-21-2024, 02:00:00 EST
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Lot No: 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)
