Lot 50050 – German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1851-52 1/3sgr, the assembly of 14 items

German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1851-52 1/3sgr, the incredible assembly of 14 items comprising the unique engraved copper plate, eleven die proofs of which two on pelure paper, two on onionskin paper including one with two impressions, and seven on medium wove white paper with six in which the non-engraved area around the die was not inked, as well as two essays, the former engraved on flesh-coloured paper and the latter being a subsequent non-engraved version on brown paper. A unique group including the marvelous and previously unknown die copper, this being a very rare element in the Sperati archive and proving that also the typography was an option for the artist to make the reproductions more « credible ».