5 Dec 2022 – 9 Dec 2022
136 lots
Lot 50050 | German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1851-52 1/3sgr, the assembly of 14 items
German States » Thurn and Taxis
German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1851-52 1/3sgr, the incredible assembly of 14 items comprising the unique engraved copper plate, eleven die proofs of…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50051 | German States – Wurttemberg – Group of 23 items
German States » Wurttemberg
German States – Wurttemberg – 1851 18kr, finished reproduction and additional 22 items featuring cancellations from Stuttgart, Plieningen and Ulm with…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50052 | Gibraltar – , Group of 61 items including 11 reproductions
Gibraltar
Gibraltar – 1886-89 issues, assembly of 61 items comprising nine glass clichés, including two negative clichés one with the value tab painted out, the…
Estimate: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50053 | X
Gold Coast
Gold Coast – 1889 20s, an extraordinary group of seven items including four stamps of the 1889 issue with their design chemically removed and affixed to…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50054 | Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, the incomparable group of four items
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, the incomparable group of four items comprising two negative glass clichés from a master negative, glass…
Estimate: 10’000 EUR
Lot 50055 | Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria: group of five glass clichés
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria: group of five glass clichés of the position “KJ”, four illustrating differing levels of light exposure which have…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50056 | Greece – 1861 Hermes Head 1 lepta, Duo of collective
Greece
Greece – 1861 Hermes Head 1 lepta, Duo of collective essays of numeral dots lozenge cancellations “9”, “18” and “32”; interesting annotations about how…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 50057 | Guatemala – 1881 Issue 2c inverted quetzal, group of
Guatemala
Guatemala – 1881 Issue 2c inverted quetzal, group of twelve items including six exposure trials of the 20c used to very likely caliber the settings to…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 50058 | Hong Kong –
Hong Kong
Hong Kong – 1865 96c, reproduction cancelled by barred “B62” oval, as well as a magnificent and unique grey cliché on celluloid from the brand Pathé, as…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50059 | Hungary – 1871 Lithographed 3 Kreuzer, group of 23 items
Hungary
Hungary – 1871 Lithographed 3 Kreuzer: group of 13 items including nine glass support clichés, two celluloid clichés, one exposure trial dated 4/40 -which…
Estimate: 2’500 EUR
Lot 50060 | India – 1854, barred lozenge used on litho 4 annas,
India
India – 1854, barred lozenge used on litho 4 annas, group of six items including three clichés on glass with different coloured backgrounds for the contrast,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50061 | India, 1856 unissued 2a, Group of 6 items
India
India – 1856 unissued 2a, two negatives that served as Sperati’s master matrix for making the printing cliché, of which one with a better impression and…
Estimate: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50062 | India – Convention States, Chamba, 1885-91, Lot of
Indian States » Chamba
Indian States, Chamba – 1885-91, “Chamba State” overprint, two clichés on celluloid, one being negative; the only examples known from Chamba, being unknown…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50063 | India, Gwalior – 1882-89 Issue 1r, Group of 7 items
India
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…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50064 | India – Convention States, Gwalior, 1885-91, two finished
Indian States » Gwalior
Indian States, Gwalior – 1885-91, 9d two hand signed reproductions mint and used.
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 50065 | Italian States, Naples – 1860 Issue 1/2t, Group of 106 items
Italian States » Naples
Italian States, Naples – 1860 The Savoy Cross Issue 1/2t, group of 106 items, comprising seven glass support clichés, three of which are negative clichés…
Estimate: 8’000 EUR
Lot 50066 | Italian States, Papal States – 1852 Issue 50b, Group of 28 items
Italian States » Papal States
Italian States, Papal States – 1852 Issue 50b, group of 28 items comprising a copper plate developed to typographically produce seventeen impressions of…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50067 | Italian States, Parma – 1859 “Provisional Government” Issue, a stunning assembly of 69 items
Italian States » Parma
Italian States, Parma – 1859 “Provisional Government” Issue, a stunning assembly of 69 items, including two copper engraved plates of the 40c and 80c,…
Estimate: 6’000 EUR
Lot 50068 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items, including First Issue 5c (1) & 40c (3) four trial exposures on…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50069 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1861 3 lire, group of five items
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1861 3 lire, group of five items including three glass support clichés, of which two in gray-ochre and vermilion, each numbered…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50070 | Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items
Italian States » Sicily
Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items comprising 5gr vermilion cliché on celluloid (vermilion, together with black were preferred…
Estimate: 2’500 EUR
Lot 50071 | Italy – 1922-24 two negative composite glass clichés
Italy
Italy – 1922-24 two negative composite glass clichés, one including “B.L.P.” overprint together with “Assoc. Naz. Mutil./Inv. Guerra-Roma” and four bars…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50072 | Italy, San Marino – 1892-1903 Issues, lot of 39 items
Italy » San Marino
Italy, San Marino – 1892-1903 Issues, lot of 39 items including 1892 5c on 30c, the “Cmi. 5” overprint featuring a highly valuable copper plate (of great…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 50073 | British East Africa – 1890 4 annas. Group of 11 items
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika » British East Africa
British East Africa – 1890 4 annas, group of 11 items including one master negative retouched in red and including the frame around the design in order…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 50074 | British East Africa – 1894 5a & 7 1/2a Surcharges, group of 16 items
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika » British East Africa
British East Africa – 1894 5a & 7 1/2a Surcharges, group of 16 items including two highly valuable “5 ANNAS.” & “7 1/2 ANNAS.”engraved copper plates (very…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 50075 | Luxembourg – 1859-60, assembly comprising 13 cancellation items
Luxembourg
Luxembourg – 1859-60, assembly comprising 13 cancellation items, with “Franco.” oval in three glass support clichés (one with two strikes and the other…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 50076 | Malaysian States, Perak – 1878 overprinted 2c, “C*SU” master negative
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
Malaysian States, Perak – 1878 overprinted 2c, “C*SU” overprint master negative on film with painted retouches, the only example recorded of any production…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 50077 | X
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-81 overprinted 2c, “C*SU” and “SUNGEI UJONG” overprints, the latter featuring types 11+14: two retouched master…
Estimate: 800 EUR
Lot 50078 | Mauritius – 1848 “Post Office” 1d & 2d, the breathtaking lot of four items
Mauritius » 1847 Post Office Issue (SG 1-2)
Mauritius – 1848 “Post Office” 1d & 2d, the breathtaking lot of the Sperati archive comprising four different items, including a composite negative cliché…
Estimate: 50’000 EUR
Lot 50079 | Mauritius – “Post Paid” 1848 1 Penny. The sensational assembly of 32 items
Mauritius
Mauritius – “Post Paid” 1848 1 Penny. The sensational assembly of 32 items, comprising a key element in the work of Sperati: the negative matrix on film…
Estimate: 30’000 EUR
Lot 50080 | Mauritius, 1860 Issue 9p, hand signed reproduction,
Mauritius » Later Issues
Mauritius – 1860 9p, hand signed definitive reproduction, very fresh and fine.
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 50081 | Mauritius – 1879 38c, trial exposure on glass, somewhat
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 38c, trial exposure on glass, somewhat damaged by humidity, in a light brown shade; an extremely rare trial with no other cliché or trial exposure…
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50082 | Mexico – 1895 5p, two master matrices on film with
Mexico
Mexico – 1895 5p, two master matrices on film with each surrounded by red paint, the designs exhibiting a different “load” of the printing, one possessing…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 50083 | Montserrat – 1884 4d Victoria issue, a phenomenal group
Montserrat
Montserrat – 1884 4d Victoria issue, a phenomenal group of 13 items, commencing with the two engraved copper plates for printing the denomination and the…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 50084 | Lagos, – 1886 10s, two signed reproductions used and unused and 17 paper essays
Nigerias » Lagos
Lagos, – 1886 10s, two signed reproductions used and unused, the rest being items related to the barred oval postmark including 17 paper essays with some…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50085 | Southern Nigeria – 1903 £1 & 1906 £1, group of 17
Nigerias » Southern Nigeria
Southern Nigeria – 1903 £1 & 1906 £1, group of 17 items displaying cancellations of Bonny and Sombreiro River, including: the four genuine stamps (one…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50086 | Paraguay – 1870 First Issue 3r, essay on medium white wove paper of the cancellation
Paraguay
Paraguay – 1870 First Issue 3r, essay on medium white wove paper of two examples of “Correos de la Asuncion” star cancellation, with annotations “base…
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 50087 | Persia – 1870 2d green Coat of Arms Issue, group of
Persia
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…
Estimate: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50088 | Philippine Islands – Group of 25 items
Philippines
Spanish Philippines – 1854-55 First and Second Issues, group of 12 items with first issue 10c with two trial exposures on photographic paper, of which…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50089 | Spanish Philippines – 1863-79 Issues, group of 13 items
Philippines
Spanish Philippines – 1863-79 Issues, group of 13 items with 1863 issue in an interesting glass support cliché annotated “2 filt/+c.d. mince (1)” denoting…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50090 | Puerto Rico 1890 “Pelón” Issue, the unique group of
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico 1890 “Pelón” Issue, the unique group of the seven original stamps from which Sperati extracted the cancellations for this territory, including…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 50091 | Romania – 1858 “Bull’s Head” 108p, group of 39 items
Romania
Romania – 1858 “Bull’s Head” 108p, group of 39 items comprising seven glass support clichés in different colours including two in negative, one dated February…
Estimate: 20’000 EUR
Lot 50092 | Romania – 1858-59 80pa, group of 15 items
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 80pa, group of 15 items including one master negative which was extensively painted except in the area in negative, the master being…
Estimate: 3’000 EUR
Lot 50093 | Romania – 1871-72 10b, the sensational group of nine items
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol “With Beard” 10b, the sensational group of nine items including the master negative on celluloid with painted surround in…
Estimate: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50094 | Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés
Russia » Russian Post in Levant
Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés on celluloid mounted between and protected by glass, featuring the two areas of the stamps defined…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 50095 | St. Kitts-Nevis – 1876, 6d group of five, including
St. Kitts-Nevis
St. Kitts-Nevis – 1876, 6d group of five, including one reproduction, a unique die proof of the perforation with “Nevis d-15” in blue crayon, two proofs…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 50096 | St. Kitts-Nevis – 1880 6d Victoria issue, a previously
St. Kitts-Nevis » Nevis
1882-90 6d Victoria issue, a previously unknown reproduction attempt by Sperati, ultimately rejected as the primitive design obtained was far removed from…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50097 | St. Lucia – 1885 1s, master negative on celluloid and glass support cliché
St. Lucia
St. Lucia – 1885 Key Type 1s, master negative on celluloid with painted surround, and glass support cliché of the country and denomination tablets at top…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 50098 | Sierra Leone – 1861-72, 6d violet, the only cliché on celluloid recorded
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone – 1861-72, 6d violet, the only cliché on celluloid recorded; Sperati was not satisfied and wrote “trop cuit” (overcooked), dated in July 1948.
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 50099 | Cape of Good Hope – 1885 5s orange. Group of four items
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope – 1885 5s orange. Group of four items including glass support cliché originating from the master negative, celluloid cliché (these two…
Estimate: 500 EUR