Lot 50063 – India, Gwalior – 1882-89 Issue 1r, Group of 7 items

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 support clichés in black on four different coloured backgrounds, as well as one cliché on celluloid; this design was very probably reproduced by Sperati in order to use it on a cheaper value of this issue which design was chemically removed but the overprint was retained; a unique group with nothing similar in other collections or archives.