26 Jun 2023 – 29 Jun 2023
4029 lots
Lot 50566 | Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché
Persia
Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché in black and with reversed image, a very rare cliché that Sperati probably intended to use in the…
Estimate: 300 – 600 EUR
Lot 50567 | Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché
Persia
Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché with impression in a practically invisible white grey, an albino impression, which is a most unusual…
Estimate: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50568 | Persia – 1870 Lion Issue 2 Shahis, glass support cliché
Persia
Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 Shahis, glass support cliché in vermilion, dated 3/5/31 and with ink notation at base; fewer than ten such glass clichés thought…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50569 | Spanish Philippines – 1854-1855 5c, cliché on celluloid,
Philippines
Philippines – 1854-1855 5c, negative cliché on celluloid in white on brown. One of only four negative clichés recorded and 15 Sperati items for this issue.
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50570 | Spanish Philippines – 1854-1855 5c, glass support cliché
Philippines
Philippines – 1854-1855 5c, glass support cliché in brown with reversed image; extremely rare with less than five thought to exist.
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50571 | Spanish Philippines – 1875-1879 25 Spanish milésima,
Philippines
Philippines – 1875-1879 25m, glass support cliché in vermilion with reversed image, with notations at the base in Sperati’s hand, very fine and rare with…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50572 | Spanish West Indies – postmark, essay on paper featuring
Puerto Rico
Spanish West Indies – Postmark, essay on paper featuring the “parrilla oval” (oval grill) cancellation that was used from 1855 in Puerto Rico and Cuba…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50573 | Romania – 1858 Bull’s Head 108pa, glass support cliché
Romania
Romania – 1858 Bull’s Head 108pa, glass support cliché in deep-red dated “4/48” with additional production notation at base indicating two minutes and…
Estimate: 750 – 1’500 EUR
Lot 50574 | Romania – 1858 108pa Bull’s Head, cliché on celluloid
Romania
Romania – 1858 108pa Bull’s Head, cliché on celluloid in black and with image reversed; an exceedingly rare reproduction of the popular Romanian classic,…
Estimate: 750 – 1’500 EUR
Lot 50575 | Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, master negative
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, master negative on celluloid, extensively painted in black around the design. This unique master, being the basis for…
Estimate: 600 – 900 EUR
Lot 50576 | Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, glass support
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, glass support cliché in red/vermilion and with reversed image, dated “4/32”; an exceptionally appealing production…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50577 | Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, glass support
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, glass support cliché in black with reversed image and retouched with paint, dated at top “4/32”. One of the four glass…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50578 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, master negative
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, master negative on celluloid, with painted surround to highlight the design when producing the clichés, with some handwritten…
Estimate: 600 – 900 EUR
Lot 50579 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché with reversed image in a bright yellow-orange, dated “7/30”, the bluish tinge of the glass and…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50580 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché with impression in black showing reversed image on light turquoise, dated “2/41”. Fewer than ten…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50581 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché with reversed image in Sperati’s preferred vermilion colour which he found to create the best contrast,…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50582 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, cliché on celluloid
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, cliché on celluloid in black with reversed image, dated “7/42” and with interesting production notations “22° x 5% x…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50583 | Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés
Russia » Russian Post in Levant
Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés on celluloid mounted between and protected by glass, featuring the two areas of the stamps defined…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50584 | Spain – 1850 10r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1850 10r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in black on dark greyish blue with an accompanying paper slip indicating that the reproduction…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50585 | Spain – 1850: 10r Queen Isabella II, glass support
Spain
Spain – 1850: 10r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in grey-brown and with image reversed, dated “1/34” and with numberings in Sperati’s hand; a…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50586 | Spain – 1851 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1851 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in black with handwritten production notations, together with a cliché on celluloid in vermilion…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50587 | Spain – 1851 2r blue error of colour, a group of four
Spain
Spain – 1851 2r blue error of colour, a group of four exceptional items including a cliché on celluloid film mounted on clay and framed by rose felt (highly…
Estimate: 1’500 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 50588 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in deep brownish red with image reversed, with working notes at base “voile vio” referring to the…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50589 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, cliché on celluloid
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, cliché on celluloid with reversed image, a working copy with technical notations at base “Veri (94)”, “voile vio”, designating…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50590 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché of a pair in black showing manuscript annotations on either side of the design.
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50591 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché of a pair in black with reversed image, with a part missing at bottom impacting the imprint just…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50592 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure of
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure of a pair in grey brown with reversed image, with some production notes in pencil on front and back.
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50593 | Spain – 1852: 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production in pair, type E of the five types that Sperati produced of this value, with gum and pencil signature…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50594 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production type E (of the five types that Sperati produced), single with mute barred obliterator, signed in…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50595 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production in vertical pair type A (of Sperati’s five types) on letter piece, with the forged cancels mute…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50596 | Spain – 1852 6r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in
Spain
Spain – 1852 6r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure on photographic paper in greyish brown with reversed image, type B of the five types produced by Sperati…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50597 | Spain – 1853 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1853 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in deep red, with copious notations that relate to colour, exposure time, chemical composition,…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 50598 | Spain – 1853 2r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in
Spain
Spain – 1853 2r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in black with image reversed on photographic paper.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50599 | Spain – 1853 6r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in
Spain
Spain – 1853 6r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in dark brown with image reversed on photographic paper, dated in pencil “4/40” with a few manuscript…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50600 | Spain – 1854 4cu Coat of Arms, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1854 4cu Coat of Arms, glass support cliché in red with reversed image, with technical comments in manuscript at base, dated “7/4”, including “5,5%…
Estimate: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50601 | Spain – 1861 19cu Queen Isabella II, glass support
Spain
Spain – 1861 19cu Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in an opaque bluish grey with reversed image, featuring manuscript comments about the production…
Estimate: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50602 | Spain – 1861 19cu Queen Isabella II, trial exposure
Spain
Spain – 1861 19cu Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in black with image reversed on photographic paper, with production comments below the design “-dv…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50603 | Spain – 1861 19cu Queen Isabella II, a finished reproduction
Spain
Spain – 1861 19cu Queen Isabella II, a finished reproduction on letter piece with forged cancels numeral 1 and part of Madrid circular date mark, signed…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50604 | Spain – 1865 1r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1865 1r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in black and with reversed image, copious production notations on all sides around the design;…
Estimate: 240 – 300 EUR
Lot 50605 | Spain – 1865 1r Queen Isabella II, two remarkable essays
Spain
Spain – 1865 1r Queen Isabella II, two remarkable essays on oblong pieces of paper, one numbered 164 with the stamp in green and the other numbered 174…
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50606 | Spain – 1874 10p Allegory of Justice, trial prints
Spain
Spain – 1874 10p Allegory of Justice, trial prints on oblong strip of paper, showing two imprints of the stamp in black, generously annotated about colour…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50607 | Spain – 1875 4p King Alfonso XII, trial exposure in
Spain
Spain – 1875 4p King Alfonso XII, trial exposure in dark brown with reversed image on photographic paper, with a succinct annotation about the shadow on…
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50608 | Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, a unique copper
Spanish Colonies » Rio de Oro
Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, a unique copper plate of the 4p error of colour in se-tenant pair with 3p; an exceptional discovery from the Sperati…
Estimate: 600 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50609 | Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, a master negative
Spanish Colonies » Rio de Oro
Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, a master negative cliché on film of the 4p error of colour in se-tenant pair with 3p, showing hand painted surround…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50610 | Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, error of colour
Spanish Colonies » Rio de Oro
Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, error of colour in se-tenant pair with 3p, glass support cliché in bright vermilion bordering on orange with reversed…
Estimate: 240 – 300 EUR
Lot 50611 | Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, error of colour
Spanish Colonies » Rio de Oro
Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, error of colour in se-tenant pair with 3p, die proof on pelure paper in black and with dark border painted around…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50612 | Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, error of colour
Spanish Colonies » Rio de Oro
Spanish Colonies, Río de Oro – 1907 4p, error of colour in se-tenant pair with 3p, die proof on wove paper in black and with dating “8/26”.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50613 | Switzerland, Canton Geneva – 1843 5c, cliché on celluloid
Switzerland / Schweiz
Switzerland, Canton Geneva – 1843 5c, cliché on celluloid with reversed image in vermilion, Sperati’s preferred colour for achieving optimum contrast;…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50614 | Switzerland, Canton Geneva – 1845 5c, Small Eagle,
Switzerland / Schweiz
Switzerland, Canton Geneva – 1845 5c, Small Eagle, cliché on celluloid in vermilion and with image reversed, with some production notations at base, including…
Estimate: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50615 | Switzerland, Local and Orts Post – 1850 2 1/2rp cliché on celluloid
Switzerland / Schweiz
Switzerland, Local and Orts Post – 1850 2 1/2rp cliché on celluloid with two impressions side by side in a grey-black shade, dated 8/51, with extensive…
Estimate: 300 – 500 EUR