Lot 50118 – USA – New York City – 1842 City Despatch Post 3c, trio of clichés on celluloid

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 with the light impression: “Voilà imp.” denoting that it was imperfect and “cl. 2/53 pas tiré” indicating the discard of this example, at base “voile supere.” referring to the filter fabric used in the exposure to light and “clichés 2/53 neg + forts Pathé calor” as the negative required a stronger impression, with date and “calor” (heat in Spanish) probably pertained to the heat required to obtain the design; the black one with “1e + dese.” (1ere plus désiré, the first one more desired) and “neg+fort 4/50” (stronger negative and date February 1950), with additional note vertically at left and made later “voir aussi 3/53” suggesting to also see his cliché of March 1953; the red cliché “+fort 2 jour” (stronger on the second day) and “-dev(ant)+dos” applied to less exposure on front and more on reverse. An extraordinary and unique lot with the usual fascination of Sperati’s notes (the “Ultimate” collection only contained one reproduction on piece).