5 Dec 2022 – 9 Dec 2022
136 lots
Lot 50050 | German States, Thurn and Taxis – 1851-52 1/3sgr, the assembly of 14 items
German States » Thurn and Taxis
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…
Estimation: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50051 | German States – Wurttemberg – Group of 23 items
German States » Wurttemberg
German States – Wurttemberg – 1851 18kr, finished reproduction and additional 22 items featuring cancellations from Stuttgart, Plieningen and Ulm with…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 50052 | Gibraltar – , Group of 61 items including 11 reproductions
Gibraltar
Gibraltar – 1886-89 issues, assembly of 61 items comprising nine glass clichés, including two negative clichés one with the value tab painted out, the…
Estimation: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50053 | X
Gold Coast
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…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50054 | Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, the incomparable group of four items
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1840 1d Penny Black Official VR, the incomparable group of four items comprising two negative glass clichés from a master negative, glass…
Estimation: 10’000 EUR
Lot 50055 | Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria: group of five glass clichés
Great Britain
Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria: group of five glass clichés of the position « KJ », four illustrating differing levels of light exposure which have…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50056 | Greece – 1861 Hermes Head 1 lepta, Duo of collective
Greece
Greece – 1861 Hermes Head 1 lepta, Duo of collective essays of numeral dots lozenge cancellations « 9 », « 18 » and « 32 »; interesting annotations about how…
Estimation: 150 EUR
Lot 50057 | Guatemala – 1881 Issue 2c inverted quetzal, group of
Guatemala
Guatemala – 1881 Issue 2c inverted quetzal, group of twelve items including six exposure trials of the 20c used to very likely caliber the settings to…
Estimation: 750 EUR
Lot 50058 | Hong Kong –
Hong Kong
Hong Kong – 1865 96c, reproduction cancelled by barred « B62 » oval, as well as a magnificent and unique grey cliché on celluloid from the brand Pathé, as…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50059 | Hungary – 1871 Lithographed 3 Kreuzer, group of 23 items
Hungary
Hungary – 1871 Lithographed 3 Kreuzer: group of 13 items including nine glass support clichés, two celluloid clichés, one exposure trial dated 4/40 -which…
Estimation: 2’500 EUR
Lot 50060 | India – 1854, barred lozenge used on litho 4 annas,
India
India – 1854, barred lozenge used on litho 4 annas, group of six items including three clichés on glass with different coloured backgrounds for the contrast,…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 50061 | India, 1856 unissued 2a, Group of 6 items
India
India – 1856 unissued 2a, two negatives that served as Sperati’s master matrix for making the printing cliché, of which one with a better impression and…
Estimation: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50062 | India – Convention States, Chamba, 1885-91, Lot of
Indian States » Chamba
Indian States, Chamba – 1885-91, « Chamba State » overprint, two clichés on celluloid, one being negative; the only examples known from Chamba, being unknown…
Estimation: 200 EUR
Lot 50063 | India, Gwalior – 1882-89 Issue 1r, Group of 7 items
India
Indian States, Gwalior – 1882-89 1r, the unoverprinted design used by Sperati in a group of seven items including one negative on celluloid, five glass…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50064 | India – Convention States, Gwalior, 1885-91, two finished
Indian States » Gwalior
Indian States, Gwalior – 1885-91, 9d two hand signed reproductions mint and used.
Estimation: 150 EUR
Lot 50065 | Italian States, Naples – 1860 Issue 1/2t, Group of 106 items
Italian States » Naples
Italian States, Naples – 1860 The Savoy Cross Issue 1/2t, group of 106 items, comprising seven glass support clichés, three of which are negative clichés…
Estimation: 8’000 EUR
Lot 50066 | Italian States, Papal States – 1852 Issue 50b, Group of 28 items
Italian States » Papal States
Italian States, Papal States – 1852 Issue 50b, group of 28 items comprising a copper plate developed to typographically produce seventeen impressions of…
Estimation: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50067 | Italian States, Parma – 1859 « Provisional Government » Issue, a stunning assembly of 69 items
Italian States » Parma
Italian States, Parma – 1859 « Provisional Government » Issue, a stunning assembly of 69 items, including two copper engraved plates of the 40c and 80c,…
Estimation: 6’000 EUR
Lot 50068 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1851-63 First and Fourth Issues, assembly comprising 19 items, including First Issue 5c (1) & 40c (3) four trial exposures on…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50069 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1861 3 lire, group of five items
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1861 3 lire, group of five items including three glass support clichés, of which two in gray-ochre and vermilion, each numbered…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50070 | Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items
Italian States » Sicily
Italian States, Sicily – 1859 5gr & 50gr, group of eleven items comprising 5gr vermilion cliché on celluloid (vermilion, together with black were preferred…
Estimation: 2’500 EUR
Lot 50071 | Italy – 1922-24 two negative composite glass clichés
Italy
Italy – 1922-24 two negative composite glass clichés, one including « B.L.P. » overprint together with « Assoc. Naz. Mutil./Inv. Guerra-Roma » and four bars…
Estimation: 200 EUR
Lot 50072 | Italy, San Marino – 1892-1903 Issues, lot of 39 items
Italy » San Marino
Italy, San Marino – 1892-1903 Issues, lot of 39 items including 1892 5c on 30c, the « Cmi. 5 » overprint featuring a highly valuable copper plate (of great…
Estimation: 500 EUR
Lot 50073 | British East Africa – 1890 4 annas. Group of 11 items
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika » British East Africa
British East Africa – 1890 4 annas, group of 11 items including one master negative retouched in red and including the frame around the design in order…
Estimation: 1’200 EUR
Lot 50074 | British East Africa – 1894 5a & 7 1/2a Surcharges, group of 16 items
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika » British East Africa
British East Africa – 1894 5a & 7 1/2a Surcharges, group of 16 items including two highly valuable « 5 ANNAS. » & « 7 1/2 ANNAS. »engraved copper plates (very…
Estimation: 750 EUR
Lot 50075 | Luxembourg – 1859-60, assembly comprising 13 cancellation items
Luxembourg
Luxembourg – 1859-60, assembly comprising 13 cancellation items, with « Franco. » oval in three glass support clichés (one with two strikes and the other…
Estimation: 250 EUR
Lot 50076 | Malaysian States, Perak – 1878 overprinted 2c, « C*SU » master negative
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
Malaysian States, Perak – 1878 overprinted 2c, « C*SU » overprint master negative on film with painted retouches, the only example recorded of any production…
Estimation: 250 EUR
Lot 50077 | X
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-81 overprinted 2c, « C*SU » and « SUNGEI UJONG » overprints, the latter featuring types 11+14: two retouched master…
Estimation: 800 EUR
Lot 50078 | Mauritius – 1848 « Post Office » 1d & 2d, the breathtaking lot of four items
Mauritius » 1847 Post Office Issue (SG 1-2)
Mauritius – 1848 « Post Office » 1d & 2d, the breathtaking lot of the Sperati archive comprising four different items, including a composite negative cliché…
Estimation: 50’000 EUR
Lot 50079 | Mauritius – « Post Paid » 1848 1 Penny. The sensational assembly of 32 items
Mauritius
Mauritius – « Post Paid » 1848 1 Penny. The sensational assembly of 32 items, comprising a key element in the work of Sperati: the negative matrix on film…
Estimation: 30’000 EUR
Lot 50080 | Mauritius, 1860 Issue 9p, hand signed reproduction,
Mauritius
Mauritius – 1860 9p, hand signed definitive reproduction, very fresh and fine.
Estimation: 100 EUR
Lot 50081 | Mauritius – 1879 38c, trial exposure on glass, somewhat
Mauritius
Mauritius – 1879 38c, trial exposure on glass, somewhat damaged by humidity, in a light brown shade; an extremely rare trial with no other cliché or trial…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 50082 | Mexico – 1895 5p, two master matrices on film with
Mexico
Mexico – 1895 5p, two master matrices on film with each surrounded by red paint, the designs exhibiting a different « load » of the printing, one possessing…
Estimation: 400 EUR
Lot 50083 | Montserrat – 1884 4d Victoria issue, a phenomenal group
Montserrat
Montserrat – 1884 4d Victoria issue, a phenomenal group of 13 items, commencing with the two engraved copper plates for printing the denomination and the…
Estimation: 750 EUR
Lot 50084 | Lagos, – 1886 10s, two signed reproductions used and unused and 17 paper essays
Nigeria » Lagos
Lagos, – 1886 10s, two signed reproductions used and unused, the rest being items related to the barred oval postmark including 17 paper essays with some…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 50085 | Southern Nigeria – 1903 £1 & 1906 £1, group of 17
Nigeria » Southern Nigeria
Southern Nigeria – 1903 £1 & 1906 £1, group of 17 items displaying cancellations of Bonny and Sombreiro River, including: the four genuine stamps (one…
Estimation: 200 EUR
Lot 50086 | Paraguay – 1870 First Issue 3r, essay on medium white wove paper of the cancellation
Paraguay
Paraguay – 1870 First Issue 3r, essay on medium white wove paper of two examples of « Correos de la Asuncion » star cancellation, with annotations « base…
Estimation: 50 EUR
Lot 50087 | Persia – 1870 2d green Coat of Arms Issue, group of
Persia
Persia – 1870 2 Shahis Lion Issue, group of 31 items including two master negatives with painted surround which was applied to avoid the light diffusing…
Estimation: 4’000 EUR
Lot 50088 | Philippine Islands – Group of 25 items
Philippines
Spanish Philippines – 1854-55 First and Second Issues, group of 12 items with first issue 10c with two trial exposures on photographic paper, of which…
Estimation: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50089 | Spanish Philippines – 1863-79 Issues, group of 13 items
Philippines
Spanish Philippines – 1863-79 Issues, group of 13 items with 1863 issue in an interesting glass support cliché annotated « 2 filt/+c.d. mince (1) » denoting…
Estimation: 2’000 EUR
Lot 50090 | Puerto Rico 1890 « Pelón » Issue, the unique group of
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico 1890 « Pelón » Issue, the unique group of the seven original stamps from which Sperati extracted the cancellations for this territory, including…
Estimation: 150 EUR
Lot 50091 | Romania – 1858 « Bull’s Head » 108p, group of 39 items
Romania
Romania – 1858 « Bull’s Head » 108p, group of 39 items comprising seven glass support clichés in different colours including two in negative, one dated February…
Estimation: 20’000 EUR
Lot 50092 | Romania – 1858-59 80pa, group of 15 items
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 80pa, group of 15 items including one master negative which was extensively painted except in the area in negative, the master being…
Estimation: 3’000 EUR
Lot 50093 | Romania – 1871-72 10b, the sensational group of nine items
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol « With Beard » 10b, the sensational group of nine items including the master negative on celluloid with painted surround in…
Estimation: 5’000 EUR
Lot 50094 | Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés
Russia » Russian Post in Levant
Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés on celluloid mounted between and protected by glass, featuring the two areas of the stamps defined…
Estimation: 600 EUR
Lot 50095 | St. Kitts-Nevis – 1876, 6d group of five, including
St. Kitts-Nevis
St. Kitts-Nevis – 1876, 6d group of five, including one reproduction, a unique die proof of the perforation with « Nevis d-15 » in blue crayon, two proofs…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 50096 | St. Kitts-Nevis – 1880 6d Victoria issue, a previously
St. Kitts-Nevis
Nevis – 1880 6d Victoria issue, a previously unknown reproduction attempt by Sperati, ultimately rejected as the primitive design obtained was far removed…
Estimation: 200 EUR
Lot 50097 | St. Lucia – 1885 1s, master negative on celluloid and glass support cliché
St. Lucia
St. Lucia – 1885 Key Type 1s, master negative on celluloid with painted surround, and glass support cliché of the country and denomination tablets at top…
Estimation: 400 EUR
Lot 50098 | Sierra Leone – 1861-72, 6d violet, the only cliché on celluloid recorded
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone – 1861-72, 6d violet, the only cliché on celluloid recorded; Sperati was not satisfied and wrote « trop cuit » (overcooked), dated in July 1948.
Estimation: 200 EUR
Lot 50099 | Cape of Good Hope – 1885 5s orange. Group of four items
South Africa » Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope – 1885 5s orange. Group of four items including glass support cliché originating from the master negative, celluloid cliché (these two…
Estimation: 500 EUR