Lot 50087 – Persia – 1870 2d green Coat of Arms Issue, group of

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 laterally onto the area of the design, eight glass clichés two in vermilion dated 2/5/31 and 8/5/31, two in black dated 7/5/31 and 6/31, one in grey and one in red, two other glass clichés which are solely for the perforations (one cracked), a copper plate developed to imitate the perforations with extensive notes accompanying, four celluloid clichés one dated 3/43, two working trial essays in black, two final reproductions in green one signed on the back in pencil, two blank perforation stamps one with pencil notation “H” “Perse” “B” (top middle bottom respectively) the other with “H” top and “B” bottom, there are five further glass clichés for pmks and four trail essays of the Teheran arc pmk; a significant and important collection of working clichés coupled with the discovery of a copper plate developed to imitate the stamp perforations; the “Ultimate” collection hd just one final reproduction and no clichés or working proofs.