Lot 50125 – United States, Hawaii – 1859-62 Inter-Island 2c, group

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 cliché in dark indigo-turquoise, one glass support cliché with “Lum” for “lumière” (light) and the indicated exposure of two minutes (2′), two die essays on pelure paper using a copper die preceding the photolithography, one with small number “17” and vertical and horizontal lines which we found in a similar example in type F and also uncommonly numbered (“37” in that case), which suggests that he used one same sheet to executed essays from copper dies, as well as one hand signed reproduction.

Type F: three negative clichés with two headed “A” & “B” by Sperati, suggesting that he created subtypes of type F, this being a previously unknown theory, one glass support cliché of type F-B, three clichés on celluloid with two types F-B (the annotation “II” representing B in one case), four essays of the copper die on pelure paper using photolithography, including the one mentioned before and numbered “37” which presumably originates from a same sheet used to print copper dies of the type C, as well as an interesting example with retouches in pencil by Sperati on reverse and differentiated by him with two pencil strokes at top left; ten essays on wove paper including one very rarely using greyish blue paper from the 1860’s, three showing two impressions with one featuring mixed A & B types, the other two also exhibiting two designs, dedicated each to one of the types A or B.

A unique group with no other examples in the Postal Museum of Paris and the “Ultimate” collection.