Lot 50070 – Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items

Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items comprising 5gr vermilion cliché on celluloid (vermilion, together with black were preferred colours chosen by Sperati to reach good contrasts), dated February 1932; the rest featuring the 50gr with five glass clichés of which two extremely rare negative examples in brown purple (dated « 3/21 ») and black, the other three dated in March 1924, including one with ms « voile vio. 3′  » for which a violet filter was applied and the exposure to light reached 3 mins, one cliché on celluloid dated « 5/44 »; four essays on paper with two or three impressions each are devoted to the « ferro di cavallo » cancellations, with various executed in December 1944 and being « calques », traced from probably cutouts from catalogues where the ink was firstly highlighted prior to create the trace; a unique group where the clichés are great rarities; no examples of these items were found in the « Ultimate » collection.