Lot 50426 – British Honduras – 1885 6d, the unique master negative
Lot 50426 – British Honduras – 1885 6d, the unique master negative
British Honduras
Price realised
400 EUR
Estimate
400 – 600 EUR
Auction date
mar. 27 juin 2023 at 18:30 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
British Honduras – 1885 6d, the unique master negative with black painted surround to avoid the entering of light laterally, carefully retouched by Sperati with his characteristic eye for the minutest detail; a key item and the unique matrix from which subsequent reproductions were rendered. Unique for this denomination.
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