26 Jun 2023 – 29 Jun 2023
4029 lots
Lot 50516 | German States, Oldenburg – 1861 ¼sg, cliché of type
German States » Oldenburg
German States, Oldenburg – 1861 ¼sg, cliché of type A (of two reproduction types) on celluloid in a dark vermilion and with reversed image, some production…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50517 | German States, Oldenburg – 1861 2g, cliché of type
German States » Oldenburg
German States, Oldenburg – 1861 2g, cliché of type B (of Sperati’s three reproduction types) on celluloid in red/vermilion and with reversed image, dated…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50518 | German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, master negative of
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, master negative of this famous value with retouches, this being the basis to produce the glass support cliché. A photolithography…
Estimate: 500 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50519 | German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, glass support cliché
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, glass support cliché in black with image reversed, with working specifications written in purple pen at top and base,…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50520 | German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, cliché on celluloid,
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, cliché on celluloid, with reversed image in splendid bright vermilion with additional colouring around the stamp design,…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50521 | German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf red, a final uncancelled
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf red, a final uncancelled reproduction with pencil signature on back. This specimen is type B of Sperati’s three production…
Estimate: 150 – 300 EUR
Lot 50522 | German States, Saxony – 1851 3pf green, a finished
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – 1851 3pf green, a finished reproduction with pencil signature on back. This is type A of Sperati’s two production types of this…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50523 | German States, Saxony – 1851 3pf green, reproduction
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – 1851 3pf green, reproduction type A with pencil signature on back. Showing the static circular cancellation “Leipzig 13 III” in…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50524 | German States, Saxony – postmarks, study group of forged
German States » Saxony
German States, Saxony – postmarks, study group of forged Saxony cancellations used on Sperati’s Saxony reproductions, on celluloid cliches generously annotated,…
Estimate: 400 – 800 EUR
Lot 50525 | German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1858 1/3sgr, a marvelous
German States » Thurn and Taxis
German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1858 1/3sgr, a marvelous and previously unknown engraved copper plate, unique; a copper plate being an exceptionally rare…
Estimate: 500 – 800 EUR
Lot 50526 | German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1858 1/3sgr, die proof
German States » Thurn and Taxis
German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1858 1/3sgr, die proof in black on pelure paper, coloured dark around the area of the stamp to highlight the design and…
Estimate: 150 – 300 EUR
Lot 50527 | German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1858 1/3sgr, very
German States » Thurn and Taxis
German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1858 1/3sgr, very rare essay on flesh-coloured yellowish paper.
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50528 | Gold Coast – 1875 1d blue, a finished reproduction,
Gold Coast
Gold Coast – 1875 1d blue, a finished reproduction, unsigned, of 1875 on watermarked paper, mint without gum.
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 50529 | Gold Coast – 1889 20s, engraved copper plate, this
Gold Coast
Gold Coast – 1889 20s, engraved copper plate, this featuring the “Gold Coast” legend and 20 s denomination tablet; unique and most fascinating; previously…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50530 | Gold Coast – 1889 20s, an extraordinary group of seven
Gold Coast
1889 20s Sperati forgeries, an extraordinary group of seven items including four stamps of the 1889 issue with their design chemically removed and affixed…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50531 | Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, a
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, a spectacular negative glass cliché from a negative master matrix. The Penny Black has never been mentioned…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 50532 | Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, glass
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, glass support cliché in black, numbered and registered at base “8/1” & “c.8”. The Penny Black has never…
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 50533 | Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, cliché
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, black impression on celluloid; a unique part of a hitherto unrecorded reproduction by Sperati.
Estimate: 1’500 – 2’000 EUR
Lot 50534 | Great Britain – 1880 2s Victoria, dark brown glass
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1880 2s Victoria, dark brown glass support cliché in negative impression, position KJ (four positions were manufactured by Sperati). One…
Estimate: 500 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50535 | India – 1856 2a, a stamp prepared for use but unissued,
India
India – 1856 2a, prepared for use but unissued, glass support cliché in light brown and with image reversed, with production note at base; an exceptionally…
Estimate: 500 – 750 EUR
Lot 50536 | India – 1882 1r, cliché on celluloid with image reversed
India
India – 1882 1r, cliché on celluloid with image reversed in black on an off-white piece of film; Sperati reproduced this design for use with the “Gwalior”…
Estimate: 300 – 600 EUR
Lot 50537 | India – 1882 1r, glass support cliché with image reversed
India
India – 1882 1r, glass support cliché with image reversed in black on a rare refulgent purple-coloured plate; Sperati reproduced this design for use with…
Estimate: 300 – 600 EUR
Lot 50538 | Indian States, Gwalior – 1882-89 1r, the un-overprinted
India
Indian States, Gwalior – 1882-89 1r, the un-overprinted design used by Sperati, a negative glass cliché made in order to produce the stamp with genuine…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50539 | Italian States, Naples – 1860 the Savoy Cross Issue
Italian States
Italian States, Naples – 1860 the Savoy Cross Issue ½ tornese, glass support cliché for reproduction type C (of three types) with reversed image in a vermillion…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50540 | Italian States, Naples – 1860 the Savoy Cross Issue
Italian States
Italian States, Naples – 1860 the Savoy Cross Issue ½ tornese, glass support cliché with image inversion in light, somewhat faint blue, dated “2/45” and…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50541 | Italian States, Neapolitan Provinces – 1861 2gr, trial
Italian States
Italian States, Neapolitan Provinces – 1861 2gr, trial exposure on photographic paper in an ochre shade with reverse image, with Sperati notations “33”…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50542 | Italian States, Sicily – 1859 50gr, glass support cliché
Italian States
Italian States, Sicily – 1859 50gr, glass support cliché reversed image, prepared in brown, with notations which indicate a 3 min 30 secs exposure to light,…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50543 | Italian States, Papal States – 1852 50baj, a unique
Italian States » Papal States
Italian States, Papal States – 1852 50baj, a unique engraved copper plate to typographically reproduce this high value. A previously unrecorded proof that…
Estimate: 500 – 750 EUR
Lot 50544 | Italian States, Papal States – 1852 50baj, impression
Italian States » Papal States
Italian States, Papal States – 1852 50baj, impression of type A (of two types) in black on pelure paper, coloured black around the stamp to concentrate…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50545 | Italian States, Papal States – 1852 50baj, working
Italian States » Papal States
Italian States, Papal States – 1852 50baj, working essay of type A on paper in the correct blue shade, coloured around the area of design in order not…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50546 | Italian States, Papal States – 1852 50baj, composite
Italian States » Papal States
Italian States, Papal States – 1852 50baj, composite trial essay on paper with three strikes of the 50baj value and circular date mark Roma of 1862. Some…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50547 | Italian States, Papal States – postmarks, essay on
Italian States » Papal States
Italian States, Papal States – postmarks, essay on paper and two glass support clichés showing impression and trial of grill obliterator and circular Roma…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50548 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1855-61 40c, a unique glass
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1855-61 40c, a unique glass master matrix of the frame in negative, with cross below presumably to indicate that is was non…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50549 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1855-61 5c and 20c, exposure
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1855-61 5c and 20c, exposure and colour trials, 3 examples on photographic paper with scattered notations about production,…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50550 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1851 5c, exposure trial
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1851 5c, exposure trial with reversed image in olive brown, also cancellation essay of the rectangular lozenge with diamonds…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50551 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1851 same as above, the
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1851 same as above, the 5c exposure trial with number “29C” and the cancellation trial presumably intended for the 40c value…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50552 | Italy, San Marino – 1892-1907 overprints, two items
Italy » San Marino
Italy, San Marino – 1892-1907 overprints, two items including a “Cmi. 5” overprint essay on wove paper, as well as a celluloid negative with two impressions…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50553 | Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-1881 overprint
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
1878-1881 “SUNGEI UJONG” Sperati forgery overprint for the 2c, 4c and 8c issues, a retouched master negative on celluloid film painted black. Note: The…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50554 | Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-1881 overprint
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
1878-1881 “C*SU” overprint Sperati forgery, master negative on celluloid film, painted in black and dark grey. Unique and a proof of Sperati’s work to…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50555 | Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-1881 overprint
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
1878-1881 “C*SU” overprint Sperati forgery glass support cliché in black on white, one of two recorded.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50556 | Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, glass support
Mauritius
Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, glass support cliché with image reversed in orange-red, with notation at top right in Sperati’s hand; around twelve…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50557 | Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, glass support
Mauritius
Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, glass support cliché with reversed image in grey black; around twelve glass clichés recorded of this iconic issue,…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50558 | Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, cliché
Mauritius
Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, cliché on celluloid in black and with image reversed, marked in Sperati’s hand “31/12” and “C.14”; this is a characteristic…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50559 | Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, essay on
Mauritius
Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, essay on white wove paper, comprising two impressions in an orange-red shade, with notations made by Sperati; a…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50560 | Mauritius – 1879 38c, glass master negative in black,
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 38c, glass master negative in black, broken and affixed on a smaller glass by Sperati; an exceptional item with no other cliché or trial exposure…
Estimate: 400 – 700 EUR
Lot 50561 | Mauritius – 1879 39c, glass support cliché in brown,
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 39c, glass support cliché in brown, a horizontal pair printed as tête-bêche.
Estimate: 300 – 600 EUR
Lot 50562 | Mauritius – 1879 38c, trial exposure on glass in light
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 38c, trial exposure on glass in light brown, showing a vertical crack through the glass stemming from the master negative; a unique item with no other…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50563 | 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: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50564 | Mexico – 1895 5p, glass support cliché in a refulgent
Mexico
Mexico – 1895 5p, glass support cliché in a refulgent red shade and with reversed image, a very attractive example with intricate detail; a rare cliché…
Estimate: 240 – 300 EUR
Lot 50565 | 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: 700 – 1’000 EUR