Lot 50068 – Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items

Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items, including First Issue 5c (1) & 40c (3) four trial exposures on photographic paper and two essays of the rectangular lozenge with diamonds, both dated December 1944, continuing with Fourth Issue 40c with unique negative glass cliché of the frame with cross below as excluded, then 5c (6), 20c (6) on twelve trial exposures on photographic paper where different results of the intensity of the impression can be observed, with some notes from Sperati and archive numbers; an extraordinary and unique group; apart from final reproductions, no similar items were found in the “Ultimate” collection.