Lot 80028 – Canada, Vancouver Island – 1865 5c, an exceptional group of twenty-two production items for the stamp and cancellations, comprising seven glass support clichés in a range of colours, black, gray, green, brown and two bla

Canada, Vancouver Island – 1865 5c, an exceptional group of twenty-two production items for the stamp and cancellations, comprising seven glass support clichés in a range of colours, black, gray, green, brown and two black negative clichés, also four celluloids in red and black, two with dating Sep 1942 and production notes about chemicals and exposure, and two proofs in red printed on paper with reversed image. The comprehensive cancellation section includes oval “Post Office Victoria Vancouver PAID” and numeral 35 with oval “PAID”, all on glass, celluloid and paper, some with production notes. Two certificates by Pascal Scheller accompany two glass clichés and two cancellation trials; an exceptionally important range, the B.P.A. only records one cliché and one exposure trial, and four single final reproductions were offered in the “Ultimate” collection sale of Sperati. This lot comes with Sperati’s own cardboard box for his preferred Ilford brand of photographic paper.