Lot 80023 – British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate

Stamp of Sperati British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate
Stamp of Sperati British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate
Stamp of Sperati British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate
Stamp of Sperati British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate

Lot 80023 – British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate

Sperati
Price realised
800 CHF
Estimate
200 – 400 CHF
Auction date
ven. 21 juin 2024 at 18:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate developed for the “2 piastre 20 paras” overprint, an important new discovery of one of the few copper plates from the archive, which proves that the master forger, besides his standard process of photolithography, also experimented with engraved copper plates to make the reproductions more convincing.

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