Lot 50053 – X

Gold Coast – 1889 20s, an extraordinary group of seven items including four stamps of the 1889 issue with their design chemically removed and affixed to thin plastic to just retain the ink showing the genuine cancellation, with an accompanying essay on paper of the « 554 » & « 556 » barred ovals, as well as the grey glass cliché of the « 554 »; also a negative glass cliché of the Winnebah cds, and the most significant item of this group and a rarity in any Sperati collection being the copper engraved plate, this featuring the « Gold Coast » legend and 20s denomination tablet; unique and most fascinating; in addition an unsigned reproduction of 1875 1d blue on watermarked paper. The lot including the previously unknown engraved plate which demonstrates that Sperati also experimented with typography for his reproductions of Gold Coast.