Lot 50133 – Sperati Personal Records – group of nine glass clichés

Sperati Personal Records – group of nine glass clichés of which seven appear to be a record of approval cards Sperati has sent to dealers, three are of a page of eighteen stamps similar to the one sent to E. de Santos in Portugal in 1942 (see lot 50000) which the French customs intercepted and prosecuted Sperati for exporting stamps without declaring them; interestingly there is a glass plate of a postal receipt sent to the same E. de Santos in Portugal in April 1941, there is also a second glass cliché which is a copy of a postal receipt sent to a company in New York, the other four clichés are four approval cards with nine stamps mounted upon them, presumably these being a record of what Sperati sent, to whom and when; a fascinating personal record which illustrates the meticulous manner in which he conducted his business.