Lot 60204 – Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 1/2d, 2d, 8d, 1s eighteen items, comprising for the 1/2d value, one cliché on celluloid in light brown with production notes and date of Dec 1929, for the 2d one cliché in light vermilion and
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Lot 60204 – Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 1/2d, 2d, 8d, 1s eighteen items, comprising for the 1/2d value, one cliché on celluloid in light brown with production notes and date of Dec 1929, for the 2d one cliché in light vermilion and
Canada » Newfoundland
Price realised
1’700 GBP
Estimate
1’500 – 2’000 GBP
Auction date
ven. 22 nov. 2024 at 09:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description
1857 2d, 6 1/2d, 8d and 1s, eighteen items, comprising for the 1/2d value, one cliché on celluloid in light brown with production notes and date of Dec 1929, for the 2d one cliché in light vermilion and with reversed image and one cliché on glass with a part imprint of a stamp from Mexico, for the 8d, four glass clichés incl. one black negative, and a celluloid cliché and an attractive proof on paper with impression in black and vermilion, for the 1s, five attractive glass support clichés in varying colours, one in black negative, one in grey-black (dated “6/29”), and one in deep dark red, also two beautiful celluloid clichés in black and deep red; A spectacular and unique group of production elements for Sperati’s preferred photolithographic production method of this classic stamp. Catalogue ref: S.G. 2/9 var
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