Lot 50118 – USA – New York City – 1842 City Despatch Post 3c, trio of clichés on celluloid

USA – New York City – 1842 City Despatch Post 3c, trio of clichés on celluloid in grey, black and red, with annotated comments including, in the grey cliché with the light impression: « Voilà imp. » denoting that it was imperfect and « cl. 2/53 pas tiré » indicating the discard of this example, at base « voile supere. » referring to the filter fabric used in the exposure to light and « clichés 2/53 neg + forts Pathé calor » as the negative required a stronger impression, with date and « calor » (heat in Spanish) probably pertained to the heat required to obtain the design; the black one with « 1e + dese. » (1ere plus désiré, the first one more desired) and « neg+fort 4/50 » (stronger negative and date February 1950), with additional note vertically at left and made later « voir aussi 3/53 » suggesting to also see his cliché of March 1953; the red cliché « +fort 2 jour » (stronger on the second day) and « -dev(ant)+dos » applied to less exposure on front and more on reverse. An extraordinary and unique lot with the usual fascination of Sperati’s notes (the « Ultimate » collection only contained one reproduction on piece).