5 Dec 2022 – 9 Dec 2022
5377 lots
Lot 50034 | Dominica, 1885-91, Group of 11 items showing the work
Dominica
Dominica, 1885-91, “One Shilling” value tablet, group of 11 items including the copper engraved plate, two proofs in black on transparent paper and eight…
Estimate: 800 EUR
Lot 50035 | Dominican Republic – 1865 First Issue 1r, a sensational groupf of 15 items
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic – 1865 First Issue 1r, a sensational group 15 items with two negative matrices, both with accurate retouches in many small areas, which…
Estimate: 2’500 EUR
Lot 50036 | Fiji – 1874-1875 “V.R.” Overprints, the stunning group of 25 items
Fiji
Fiji – 1874-1875 “V.R.” Overprints, the stunning group of 25 items made up of type 6 overprint with three clichés on glass (one negative with small retouches,…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50037 | France – Group of 88 items
France
France – 1849-1871, the astonishing assembly of 88 items comprising;Ceres First Issue: 10c including eleven trial exposures on glass with static cancellations,…
Estimate: 15’000 EUR
Lot 50038 | Monaco – 1863-72, France used with Gros Chiffre “2387”, group of five items
Colonies françaises » Monaco
Monaco – 1863-72, France used with Gros Chiffre “2387” postmark, a unique group of five items including glass cliché of the lozenge in red, “Empire Lauré”…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 50039 | German States – Baden – Group of 20 items
German States » Baden
German States, Baden – 1862-66 18kr and 30kr Issues: group of 20 items including two important retouched painted matrices on film, one for each of the…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50040 | German States, Bavaria – 1849 Issue 1k, Group of 107
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – 1849 Issue 1k, group of 107 items comprising 33 glass support clichés, of which four are negative, one with painted surround to…
Estimate: 12’000 EUR
Lot 50041 | German States, Bavaria – 1849 Issue 1k tête-bêche group of seven items
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – 1849 First Issue 1k tête-bêche pair, the astonishing group of seven items, including one master glass negative formed by rejoining…
Estimate: 6’000 EUR
Lot 50042 | German States, Bremen – 1855-61 Issues, group of 35 items
German States » Bremen
German States, Bremen – 1855-61 Issues, group of 35 items including three glass clichés featuring one in a vertical pair of the 1856 5sg, a negative glass…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 50043 | German States, Brunswick – Group of 17 items 4 glass
German States » Brunswick
German States, Brunswick – 1852 2sgr, group of 17 items including four glass clichés in brown, red (dated 1927), black-brown (dated 7/31) and blue (dated…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50044 | German States, Hannover – 1860 1/2gr & 1861 10gr, assembly made up of 52 items
German States » Hannover
German States, Hannover – 1860 1/2gr, 1861 10gr & 3pf, assembly made up of 52 items including 1860 1/2gr with one cliché on Pathé celluloid in which Sperati…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 50045 | Lubeck – 1859 Issue “Wappen von Lübeck” with the error
German States » Lubeck
Lübeck – 1859 Issue featuring the face value error “Zwei ein Halb”, group of 9 items including one glass support cliché, a celluloid cliché and 7 printing…
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 50046 | German States, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 1856-67 postmarks,
German States » Mecklenburg Schwerin
German States, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 1856-67 postmarks, a colourful group of cancellations with abundant production notes and dating, including Waren…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 50047 | German States, Oldenburg – 1855-61 Issues, the sensational assembly of about 190 items
German States » Oldenburg
German States, Oldenburg – 1855-61 Issues, the sensational assembly made up of about 190 items comprising:1855 1/3sgr: one vermilion cliché on celluloid.1859…
Estimate: 12’000 EUR
Lot 50048 | German States, Saxony – 1850 Issue 3pf, Group of 79
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – 1850 Issue 3pf, group of 79 items comprising two retouched painted matrices on film one for a used example dated 8/41 and numbered…
Estimate: 8’000 EUR
Lot 50049 | German States, Saxony – 1856-63, 10gr, glass cliché
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – 1856-63, 10gr, glass cliché in black, with annotations by Sperati indicating part of the process to create this cliché “fixage…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50050 | German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1851-52 1/3sgr, the assembly of 14 items
German States » Thurn and Taxis
German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1851-52 1/3sgr, the incredible assembly of 14 items comprising the unique engraved copper plate, eleven die proofs of…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50051 | German States – Wurttemberg – Group of 23 items
German States » Wurttemberg
German States – Wurttemberg – 1851 18kr, finished reproduction and additional 22 items featuring cancellations from Stuttgart, Plieningen and Ulm with…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50052 | Gibraltar – , Group of 61 items including 11 reproductions
Gibraltar
Gibraltar – 1886-89 issues, assembly of 61 items comprising nine glass clichés, including two negative clichés one with the value tab painted out, the…
Estimate: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50053 | X
Gold Coast
Gold Coast – 1889 20s, an extraordinary group of seven items including four stamps of the 1889 issue with their design chemically removed and affixed to…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50054 | Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, the incomparable group of four items
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, the incomparable group of four items comprising two negative glass clichés from a master negative, glass…
Estimate: 10’000 EUR
Lot 50055 | Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria: group of five glass clichés
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria: group of five glass clichés of the position “KJ”, four illustrating differing levels of light exposure which have…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50056 | Greece – 1861 Hermes Head 1 lepta, Duo of collective
Greece
Greece – 1861 Hermes Head 1 lepta, Duo of collective essays of numeral dots lozenge cancellations “9”, “18” and “32”; interesting annotations about how…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 50057 | Guatemala – 1881 Issue 2c inverted quetzal, group of
Guatemala
Guatemala – 1881 Issue 2c inverted quetzal, group of twelve items including six exposure trials of the 20c used to very likely caliber the settings to…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 50058 | Hong Kong –
Hong Kong
Hong Kong – 1865 96c, reproduction cancelled by barred “B62” oval, as well as a magnificent and unique grey cliché on celluloid from the brand Pathé, as…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50059 | Hungary – 1871 Lithographed 3 Kreuzer, group of 23 items
Hungary
Hungary – 1871 Lithographed 3 Kreuzer: group of 13 items including nine glass support clichés, two celluloid clichés, one exposure trial dated 4/40 -which…
Estimate: 2’500 EUR
Lot 50060 | India – 1854, barred lozenge used on litho 4 annas,
India
India – 1854, barred lozenge used on litho 4 annas, group of six items including three clichés on glass with different coloured backgrounds for the contrast,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50061 | India, 1856 unissued 2a, Group of 6 items
India
India – 1856 unissued 2a, two negatives that served as Sperati’s master matrix for making the printing cliché, of which one with a better impression and…
Estimate: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50062 | India – Convention States, Chamba, 1885-91, Lot of
Indian States » Chamba
Indian States, Chamba – 1885-91, “Chamba State” overprint, two clichés on celluloid, one being negative; the only examples known from Chamba, being unknown…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50063 | India, Gwalior – 1882-89 Issue 1r, Group of 7 items
India
Indian States, Gwalior – 1882-89 1r, the unoverprinted design used by Sperati in a group of seven items including one negative on celluloid, five glass…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50064 | India – Convention States, Gwalior, 1885-91, two finished
Indian States » Gwalior
Indian States, Gwalior – 1885-91, 9d two hand signed reproductions mint and used.
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 50065 | Italian States, Naples – 1860 Issue 1/2t, Group of 106 items
Italian States » Naples
Italian States, Naples – 1860 The Savoy Cross Issue 1/2t, group of 106 items, comprising seven glass support clichés, three of which are negative clichés…
Estimate: 8’000 EUR
Lot 50066 | Italian States, Papal States – 1852 Issue 50b, Group of 28 items
Italian States » Papal States
Italian States, Papal States – 1852 Issue 50b, group of 28 items comprising a copper plate developed to typographically produce seventeen impressions of…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50067 | Italian States, Parma – 1859 “Provisional Government” Issue, a stunning assembly of 69 items
Italian States » Parma
Italian States, Parma – 1859 “Provisional Government” Issue, a stunning assembly of 69 items, including two copper engraved plates of the 40c and 80c,…
Estimate: 6’000 EUR
Lot 50068 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items, including First Issue 5c (1) & 40c (3) four trial exposures on…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50069 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1861 3 lire, group of five items
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1861 3 lire, group of five items including three glass support clichés, of which two in gray-ochre and vermilion, each numbered…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50070 | Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items
Italian States » Sicily
Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items comprising 5gr vermilion cliché on celluloid (vermilion, together with black were preferred…
Estimate: 2’500 EUR
Lot 50071 | Italy – 1922-24 two negative composite glass clichés
Italy
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…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50072 | Italy, San Marino – 1892-1903 Issues, lot of 39 items
Italy » San Marino
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…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 50073 | British East Africa – 1890 4 annas. Group of 11 items
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika » British East Africa
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…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 50074 | British East Africa – 1894 5a & 7 1/2a Surcharges, group of 16 items
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika » British East Africa
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…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 50075 | Luxembourg – 1859-60, assembly comprising 13 cancellation items
Luxembourg
Luxembourg – 1859-60, assembly comprising 13 cancellation items, with “Franco.” oval in three glass support clichés (one with two strikes and the other…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 50076 | Malaysian States, Perak – 1878 overprinted 2c, “C*SU” master negative
Malaysia » Malaysian States » 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…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 50077 | X
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-81 overprinted 2c, “C*SU” and “SUNGEI UJONG” overprints, the latter featuring types 11+14: two retouched master…
Estimate: 800 EUR
Lot 50078 | Mauritius – 1848 “Post Office” 1d & 2d, the breathtaking lot of four items
Mauritius » 1847 Post Office Issue (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…
Estimate: 50’000 EUR
Lot 50079 | Mauritius – “Post Paid” 1848 1 Penny. The sensational assembly of 32 items
Mauritius
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…
Estimate: 30’000 EUR
Lot 50080 | Mauritius, 1860 Issue 9p, hand signed reproduction,
Mauritius » Later Issues
Mauritius – 1860 9p, hand signed definitive reproduction, very fresh and fine.
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 50081 | Mauritius – 1879 38c, trial exposure on glass, somewhat
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 38c, trial exposure on glass, somewhat damaged by humidity, in a light brown shade; an extremely rare trial with no other cliché or trial exposure…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50082 | Mexico – 1895 5p, two master matrices on film with
Mexico
Mexico – 1895 5p, two master matrices on film with each surrounded by red paint, the designs exhibiting a different “load” of the printing, one possessing…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 50083 | Montserrat – 1884 4d Victoria issue, a phenomenal group
Montserrat
Montserrat – 1884 4d Victoria issue, a phenomenal group of 13 items, commencing with the two engraved copper plates for printing the denomination and the…
Estimate: 750 EUR