5 Dec 2022 – 9 Dec 2022
5377 lots
Lot 50084 | Lagos, – 1886 10s, two signed reproductions used and unused and 17 paper essays
Nigerias » Lagos
Lagos, – 1886 10s, two signed reproductions used and unused, the rest being items related to the barred oval postmark including 17 paper essays with some…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50085 | Southern Nigeria – 1903 £1 & 1906 £1, group of 17
Nigerias » Southern Nigeria
Southern Nigeria – 1903 £1 & 1906 £1, group of 17 items displaying cancellations of Bonny and Sombreiro River, including: the four genuine stamps (one…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50086 | Paraguay – 1870 First Issue 3r, essay on medium white wove paper of the cancellation
Paraguay
Paraguay – 1870 First Issue 3r, essay on medium white wove paper of two examples of “Correos de la Asuncion” star cancellation, with annotations “base…
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 50087 | Persia – 1870 2d green Coat of Arms Issue, group of
Persia
Persia – 1870 2 Shahis Lion Issue, group of 31 items including two master negatives with painted surround which was applied to avoid the light diffusing…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50088 | Philippine Islands – Group of 25 items
Philippines
Spanish Philippines – 1854-55 First and Second Issues, group of 12 items with first issue 10c with two trial exposures on photographic paper, of which…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50089 | Spanish Philippines – 1863-79 Issues, group of 13 items
Philippines
Spanish Philippines – 1863-79 Issues, group of 13 items with 1863 issue in an interesting glass support cliché annotated “2 filt/+c.d. mince (1)” denoting…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50090 | Puerto Rico 1890 “Pelón” Issue, the unique group of
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico 1890 “Pelón” Issue, the unique group of the seven original stamps from which Sperati extracted the cancellations for this territory, including…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 50091 | Romania – 1858 “Bull’s Head” 108p, group of 39 items
Romania
Romania – 1858 “Bull’s Head” 108p, group of 39 items comprising seven glass support clichés in different colours including two in negative, one dated February…
Estimate: 20’000 EUR
Lot 50092 | Romania – 1858-59 80pa, group of 15 items
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 80pa, group of 15 items including one master negative which was extensively painted except in the area in negative, the master being…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 50093 | Romania – 1871-72 10b, the sensational group of nine items
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol “With Beard” 10b, the sensational group of nine items including the master negative on celluloid with painted surround in…
Estimate: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50094 | Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés
Russia » Russian Post in Levant
Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés on celluloid mounted between and protected by glass, featuring the two areas of the stamps defined…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 50095 | St. Kitts-Nevis – 1876, 6d group of five, including
St. Kitts-Nevis
St. Kitts-Nevis – 1876, 6d group of five, including one reproduction, a unique die proof of the perforation with “Nevis d-15” in blue crayon, two proofs…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50096 | St. Kitts-Nevis – 1880 6d Victoria issue, a previously
St. Kitts-Nevis » Nevis
1882-90 6d Victoria issue, a previously unknown reproduction attempt by Sperati, ultimately rejected as the primitive design obtained was far removed from…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50097 | St. Lucia – 1885 1s, master negative on celluloid and glass support cliché
St. Lucia
St. Lucia – 1885 Key Type 1s, master negative on celluloid with painted surround, and glass support cliché of the country and denomination tablets at top…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 50098 | Sierra Leone – 1861-72, 6d violet, the only cliché on celluloid recorded
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone – 1861-72, 6d violet, the only cliché on celluloid recorded; Sperati was not satisfied and wrote “trop cuit” (overcooked), dated in July 1948.
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50099 | Cape of Good Hope – 1885 5s orange. Group of four items
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope – 1885 5s orange. Group of four items including glass support cliché originating from the master negative, celluloid cliché (these two…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 50100 | Spain – 1850 First Issue, the astonishing assembly made up of 57 items
Spain
Spain – 1850 First Issue, the astonishing assembly made up of 57 items, including 10r two negative glass cliches in greyish blu, one with hand painted…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50101 | Spain – 1851 2 reales & 5 reales, an exceptional assembly of 66 items
Spain
Spain – 1851 2 reales & 5 reales, an exceptional assembly of 65 comprising, for the 2r: 28 glass clichés of the 2r in a wide range of colours and also…
Estimate: 6’000 EUR
Lot 50102 | Spain – 1851 2r blue error of colour, a group of four
Spain
Spain – 1851 2r blue error of colour, a group of four exceptional items including a cliché on celluloid film mounted on clay and framed by rose felt (highly…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 50103 | Spain, Local Post Madrid – 1853 1cu & 3cu, group of eight items
Spain
Spain, Local Post Madrid – 1853 1cu & 3cu, group of eight items comprising 1cu with one trial exposure of the type A on photographic paper pencilled below…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50104 | Spain – 1852-75, a phenomenal lot of 112 items
Spain
Spain – 1852-75, a phenomenal lot of 112 items, comprising 1852 Issue with three 2r glass clichés in red and black, of which two showing a pair, one 6r…
Estimate: 7’500 EUR
Lot 50105 | Spain – 1850-1905 Cancellations: assembly of 50 items
Spain
Spain – 1850-1905 Cancellations: assembly of 50 items including few glass clichés and clichés on celluloids, genuine stamps with their cancellation isolated…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 50106 | Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p error of colour se-tenant with 3p, group of 13 items
Spanish Colonies » Rio de Oro
Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p error of colour in se-tenant pair with 3p, group of 13 items featuring the typographic and photolithographic process,…
Estimate: 2’500 EUR
Lot 50107 | Sweden – 1855 3s including the error of colour, group of eleven items
Sweden
Sweden – 1855 “Tre Skilling” error of colour, group of eleven items including one master negative with painted surround to avoid the light to diffuse laterally,…
Estimate: 20’000 EUR
Lot 50108 | Sweden – 1855 24s, group of twelve items
Sweden
Sweden – 1855 24sk, group of twelve items including one master negative which is the foundation of producing the glass clichés, four glass support clichés…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50109 | Sweden – 1869 issue 17 öre, vermilion cliché on celluloid
Sweden
Sweden – 1869 issue 17 öre, vermilion cliché on celluloid dated December 1946, with additional manuscript codes and note, and finished reproduction with…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50110 | Sweden – 1889 Official Issue 10 öre, Trio of items
Sweden
Sweden – 1889 Official 10 öre, one master retouched negative on film, one glass support cliché dated June 1927 and one indigo cliché on celluloid dated…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 50111 | Switzerland, Canton Zurich – 1843 “Zurich 4” & “Zurich 6”, assembly made up of 28 items
Switzerland / Schweiz » Kantonalmarken » Zürich
Switzerland, Canton Zürich – 1843 “Zurich 4” & “Zurich 6”, assembly made up of 28 items: 4r including six clichés on celluloid dated April 1949 and March…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50112 | Switzerland – Canton Geneva – 1843-45 Issues,
Switzerland / Schweiz » Kantonalmarken » Genf
Switzerland – Canton Geneva – 1843-45 Issues, lot of 21 items, including Double Geneva with part negative glass cliché (portion missing), Half Geneva with…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50113 | Switzerland, Canton Basel – 1845 “Basel Dove” 2 1/2rp, the delightful group of ten
Switzerland / Schweiz » Kantonalmarken » Basel
Switzerland, Canton Basel – 1845 “Basel Dove” 2 1/2rp, the astonishing group of ten items differentiated in three groups for the black, red and blue colours…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50114 | Switzerland – Waadt – 1849 4c and 5c, group of nine items
Switzerland / Schweiz » “Waadt”, “Neuenburg”, “Winterthur”
Switzerland, Waadt – 1849 4c and 5c, group of nine items including one 5c cliché on protected glass with “dos/voile vio.” note indicating that a violet…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50115 | X
Switzerland / Schweiz » “Waadt”, “Neuenburg”, “Winterthur”
Switzerland, Winterthur – 1850 2 1/2rp, two glass support clichés, one in negative, both displaying the part of the design being red in the original stamp,…
Estimate: 800 EUR
Lot 50116 | Switzerland – Neuchatel, Group of 5 items
Switzerland / Schweiz » Orts-Post und Poste Locale
Switzerland, Neuchatel – 1851 Poste Locale 5c, assembly of five items, comprising two glass support clichés of the stamp without the cross on red background,…
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 50117 | Switzerland, Local and Orts Post – 1850 2 1/2rp,
Switzerland / Schweiz » Orts-Post und Poste Locale
Switzerland, Local and Orts Post – 1850 2 1/2rp, group of 32 items including ten clichés on celluloid with notations including the Agfa and “Isopan” model…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 50118 | USA – New York City – 1842 City Despatch Post 3c, trio of clichés on celluloid
United States » Postmasters’ Provisionals
USA – New York City – 1842 City Despatch Post 3c, trio of clichés on celluloid in grey, black and red, with annotated comments including, in the grey cliché…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50119 | USA – 1845 5c: an astonishing assembly made up of 26 items:
United States » Postmasters’ Provisionals
United States – 1845 5c: an astonishing assembly made up of 26 items:The Designs: Two extraordinary negative glass clichés dated January 1929, three glass…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50120 | USA – Providence – 1846 Postmaster’s Provisional, two clichés on film
United States » Postmasters’ Provisionals
United States – Providence – 1846 Postmaster’s Provisional, two clichés on film exhibiting a very clear design in red and black, both with observations…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 50121 | United States – 1847 10c Washington, glass cliché
United States » 1847 Issue
United States – 1847 10c Washington, glass cliché in grey with Sperati notes, those in brown from an earlier period in Feb. 1953 referred to the sun and…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 50122 | USA – Confederate States – 1862 3c, four clichés on celluloid
United States » Confederate States » Postmasters’ Provisionals
United States – Confederate States – 1862 3c, four clichés on celluloid in vermilion or red and purple, all showing notes by Sperati, with the fourth,…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50123 | United States, Confederate States – 1863 10c, assembly comprising 20 items
United States » Confederate States
United States – Confederate States – 1863 10c, assembly comprising 20 items including one retouched master negative on film and mounted on glass, with…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50124 | United States, Hawaii – 1859-82 Issues, seven hand
United States » Confederate States
United States, Hawaii – 1859-82 Issues, seven hand signed reproductions, including Inter-Island 2c, Uku-Leta 1c type H, two examples on white and slightly…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 50125 | United States, Hawaii – 1859-62 Inter-Island 2c, group
United States » U.S. Possessions » Hawaii
United States, Hawaii – 1859-62 Inter-Island 2c, group of 25 items including two types and new sub-types formerly undiscovered:Type C: one negative glass…
Estimate: 6’000 EUR
Lot 50126 | Uganda – 1896 5 rupees, the stunning assembly of 18
Uganda
Uganda – 1896 5 rupees, the stunning assembly of 18 items made up of two master negatives on film, one with extensive retouches in red, the other with…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50127 | Uruguay – 1856 “Diligencia” 60c, 80c & 1r, and 60c second type, group of 14 items
Uruguay
Uruguay – 1856 “Diligencia” 60c, 80c & 1r, and 60c second type, group of 14 items including 60c first type: two backlit clichés on celluloid, one annotated…
Estimate: 7’500 EUR
Lot 50128 | Uruguay – 1858-62 “Suns” Issues, the astonishing collection of 78 items
Uruguay
Uruguay – 1858-62 “Suns” Issues, the astonishing collection of 78 items comprising:1858 “Block Type” Issue: 180c one glass cliché in light grey with note…
Estimate: 10’000 EUR
Lot 50129 | Uruguay – 1864 “Escuditos” 6c, the extraordinary and
Uruguay
Uruguay – 1864 “Escuditos” 6c, the extraordinary and unique glass plate negative with black painted surround, backlit image; no clichés or glass negatives…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 50130 | Various – Lot of 24 stamps with the stamp images chemically
Large Lots and Collections
Various – Lot of 24 stamps with the stamp images chemically removed, five of which are unused stamps, the other nineteen with their original cancellations,…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 50131 | Legacy of Sperati – the Sperati’s binocular glass in
Large Lots and Collections
Legacy of Sperati – The iconic Sperati binocular glasses, contained within their original ‘L. Berland – Loupe Binoculaire Reglable’ wooden box case, which…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 50132 | 1932-1935, Correspondance between Jean de Sperati and
Large Lots and Collections
1932-1935, Correspondence between Jean de Sperati and the Hekker’s Postzegelhandel auction house in Amsterdam, concerning a litigation which started when…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50133 | Sperati Personal Records – group of nine glass clichés
Large Lots and Collections
Sperati Personal Records – group of nine glass clichés of which seven appear to be a record of approval cards Sperati has sent to dealers, three are of…
Estimate: 500 EUR