Lot 80010 – Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo” £2, fourteen production elements for the Australian high value

Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo” £2, fourteen production elements for the Australian high value, the element of the central kangaroo include two attractive glass clichés, one with dating “5/51”, also two celluloids and a thin paper slip with the kangaroo with two corner angles delimiting the placement of the rest of the design; the frame element includes four glass clichés, two in negative and with production notes at base, and two with image reversal, also one very faint impression on celluloid (near albino print) and an impressive exposure painted deep magenta (dated “9/51”) ; a unique and very attractive range of clichés and photographic papers, with no similar material found in the “Ultimate” collection or in the Musée de la Poste of Paris. This lot comes with Sperati’s own cardboard box for photographic paper of J. Jougla.