Lot 80125 – Switzerland, Local and Orts Post – 1850 2 1/2r group of seven items

Switzerland, Local and Orts Post – 1850 2 1/2r group of seven items, comprising two very interesting working clichés on celluloid with dating Feb/March 1951, and manuscript production notes, incl. “tiré” denoting a satisfactory result to be used towards the final reproduction and “sans croix”, indicating that the cross should be printed separately in red, also a glass cliché coloured red-brown featuring the central cross (dated Dec 1949) and two paper pieces with the cross printing in red; the cancellation elements include one glass cliché with two impressions of mute grid square cds and one working paper with a handdrawn mute grid cds and the “P P” (on reverse is an impression of the 1843 Zurich 6r and a fingerprint vermilion colour trial). A unique and very diverse group of the different elements that went into the production of this Swiss classic.