17 Jun 2024 – 22 Jun 2024
5355 lots
Lot 60546 | France: Album with over 500 picture postcards including a collection of 1st April,
Large Lots and Collections » Picture Postcards
France: Album with over 500 picture postcards including a collection of 1st April, an attractive lot.
Estimation: 80 – 120 CHF
Lot 60547 | collection de cartes postales en majorité anciennes
Large Lots and Collections » Picture Postcards
France: collection de cartes postales en majorité anciennes rangées dans 2 grands classeurs et 3 petits albums, 1 classeur avec des cartes d’anciennes…
Estimation: 150 – 300 CHF
Lot 60548 | Indochina – Cochinchina: 1900-37 Enormous picture postcard accumulation
Large Lots and Collections » Picture Postcards
French Colonies: 1900-37 Enormous picture postcard accumulation of about 1’000 picture postcards, noted Hanoi (Haiphong), Saigon, Annam province, Tourane,…
Estimation: 1’200 – 2’400 CHF
Lot 60549 | Poland: Group of 9 different unused picture postcards of the WWII German concentration camp at Oswiecim.
Large Lots and Collections » Picture Postcards
Poland: Group of 9 different unused picture postcards of the WWII German concentration camp at Oswiecim.
Estimation: 50 – 100 CHF
Lot 60550 | Poland – Postcards: 1919-1938 Large picture postcard
Poland » Collections
1919-1938 Large album showing over 375 postcards sent from Augustow to Zywiec, mixed to very fine (375+)
Estimation: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 60551 | Japan13 postcards illustrating military confrontations during the Russian-Japanese War 1905
Large Lots and Collections » Picture Postcards
Russian-Japanese War: 13 postcards illustrating horrific military confrontations during the Russian-Japanese War 1905, black and white cards with red presumably…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 60552 | 1851-1953 Spain, Portugal covers & cards
Large Lots and Collections » Picture Postcards
Spain & Portugal (& Colonies): 1851-1953, accumulation of about 60 picture postcards, covers and cards, nearly all pre WWII, mostly fine to very fine
Estimation: 80 – 100 CHF
Lot 60553 | 1902 Austria Navy in China Kämpfe in China book by Ritter von Winterhalder
Austria » Ship Mail
1902, LITERATURE, ‘Kämpfe in China, eine Darstellung der Wirren und der Betheiligung von Österreich-Ungarns Seemacht an Ihrer Niederwerfung 1900-01’ (the…
Estimation: 100 – 200 CHF
Lot 60554 | 1892 Literature Belgium Moens 1892 cpl. 3 volumes Catalog all world
Belgium
Belgique : 1892, the complete 3 volumes work, edition 1892, hardcover with some wears, pages in pristine condition, rarely offered complete.
Estimation: 500 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 60555 | Accumulation of books and journals in two boxes, including World Postal Stationery by Higgins & Gage
Literature
Accumulation of books and journals in two boxes, including World Postal Stationery by Higgins & Gage, a wonderful array of literature for the student and…
Estimation: 200 – 300 CHF
Lot 80000 | All World – Sperati stamp collection, entitled “Collection no 1”, a stamp approval album exhibiting 235 Sperati reproductions
Sperati
All World – Sperati stamp collection, entitled “Collection no 1”, a stamp approval album (entitled “Timbres Postes”; measuring 15x20cm) exhibiting 235…
Estimation: 30’000 – 40’000 CHF
Lot 80001 | Jean de Sperati production of seven different stamps, mounted in approval booklet
Sperati
Jean de Sperati production of seven different stamps, mounted in approval booklet with Sperati’s logos and private cachets, “Jean de Sperati, Aix les Bains”…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 CHF
Lot 80002 | ean de Sperati 1948 – a sketch of Jean de Sperati in profile,
Sperati
Jean de Sperati 1948 – a sketch of Jean de Sperati in profile, with what resembles Sperati`s own handwriting “Souvenir croquis de Mlle Oswald 21.8 1948”;…
Estimation: 100 – 250 CHF
Lot 80003 | Argentina, Buenos Aires – 1858-59 “Barquitos” steamship issues,
Argentina » Buenos Aires
1858-59 “Barquitos” steamship issues, group of seventeen items, comprising: Tres pesos: four glass clichés, two in negative and some with production notes…
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 CHF
Lot 80004 | Argentina, Buenos Aires – 1858 “Barquitos” 4p one glass cliché in black
Argentina » Buenos Aires
1858 “Barquitos” 4p one glass cliché in black with Sperati`s production notes at base detailing aspects of photographic exposure and chemicals required,…
Estimation: 300 – 500 CHF
Lot 80005 | Argentina, Buenos Aires – 1858-59 Liberty Head and steamship issues, group of five items
Argentina » Buenos Aires
1858-59 Steamship and Liberty Head issues, group of five items, incl. two glass support clichés in black 1 peso steamship, 5p on celluloid negative with…
Estimation: 750 – 1’500 CHF
Lot 80006 | Argentina, Buenos Aires – 1859 Liberty Head 4r one glass cliché in black
Argentina » Buenos Aires
1859 Liberty Head 4r one glass cliché in black (type A of the two types produced), mirror image, with some production notes inscribed at base and 2p one…
Estimation: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 80007 | Australian States, Tasmania – 1892 £1, a spectacular group of sixteen production
Sperati
Australian States, Tasmania – 1892 £1, a spectacular group of sixteen production elements for the bicoloured stamp, including a rare engraved copper plate…
Estimation: 1’000 – 1’500 CHF
Lot 80008 | Australian States, Tasmania – 1892 £1, six components
Sperati
Australian States, Tasmania – 1892 £1, six components for the manufacture of the bicoloured stamp, two very attractive glass clichés, black and vermilion,…
Estimation: 400 – 600 CHF
Lot 80009 | Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo” £2, fourteen production elements for this iconic stamp
Sperati
Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo” £2, fourteen production elements for this iconic Australian high value, the element of the central kangaroo include four glass…
Estimation: 3’000 – 5’000 CHF
Lot 80010 | Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo” £2, fourteen production elements for the Australian high value
Sperati
Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo” £2, fourteen production elements for the Australian high value, the element of the central kangaroo include two attractive…
Estimation: 3’000 – 5’000 CHF
Lot 80011 | Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo”, a comprehensive group of items used for postmarks
Sperati
Australia – 1913 “Kangaroo”, a comprehensive group of items used for the creation of postmarks on the finished stamp reproductions, Including one genuine…
Estimation: 1’500 – 3’000 CHF
Lot 80012 | Austria – 1851-56 Newspaper Stamps “Mercure” twenty-nine production items
Sperati
Austria – 1851-56 Mercury Newspaper Stamps, twenty-nine production items incl. seven glass support clichés in varying colours like black, vermilion, rose,…
Estimation: 3’000 – 5’000 CHF
Lot 80013 | Austria – 1858 Imperial Newspaper Tax Stamp 1 kr and 4kr, comprising a painted master
Austria » 1858-59 Newspaper Stamp
1858 Imperial Newspaper Tax Stamp 1 kr and 4kr, comprising a painted master on photographic paper of the 4kr value – the foundation for the creation of…
Estimation: 3’000 – 6’000 CHF
Lot 80014 | Belgian Congo – 1887-94 Second issue 10fr, one glass support cliché
Sperati
Belgian Congo – 1887-94 Second issue 10fr, one glass support cliché with blank denomination, and one trial cds of Matadi with reversed image, mounted on…
Estimation: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 80015 | Belgium – 1869-78 5fr glass plate with image reversal,
Sperati
Belgium – 1869-78 5fr glass plate with image reversal, defective in places, with very interesting production annotations, incl. “pâle” (pale) and dating…
Estimation: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 80016 | Bolivia – 1867-68 10c Condor, three Sperati items, one glass support cliché with a pair in black, and similar pair on celluloid paper with manuscript notes about the Verichrome celluloid film from Kodak and the exposure,
Bolivia
1867-68 10c Condor, three Sperati items, one glass support cliché with a pair in black, and similar pair on celluloid paper with Sperati’s manuscript notes…
Estimation: 300 – 500 CHF
Lot 80017 | Brazil – 1843, Bull’s Eyes 60r, twelve production items and five cancellation trials on paper
Sperati
Brazil – 1843, Bull’s Eyes 60r, twelve production items and five cancellation trials on paper; the production items include one glass support cliché with…
Estimation: 2’000 – 4’000 CHF
Lot 80018 | Brazil – 1843 “Bull`s Eyes” a remarkable group of two glass clichés
Brazil
1843 “Bull`s Eyes” a remarkable group of two glass clichés (one dated March 1843; 100 years after the issuing of the stamp), and two clichés on celluloid,…
Estimation: 500 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 80019 | British East Africa – 1890-94 4a, four glass support clichés
Sperati
British East Africa – 1890-94 4a, four glass support clichés with reversed image impression and in a range of shades, warm brown (dated Feb 1921), vermilion,…
Estimation: 400 – 800 CHF
Lot 80020 | British East Africa – 1890-94 4a, reversed image impression on celluloid
Sperati
British East Africa – 1890-94 4a, reversed image impression on celluloid paper in red-brown with production annotations, together with a glass support…
Estimation: 300 – 500 CHF
Lot 80021 | British Honduras – 1882-87 Queen Victoria 6d, six glass clichés
British Honduras
1882-87 6d Sperati forgeries, six glass clichés, remarkably clear and decorative with a few archiving and production notes by Sperati, also two clichés…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 CHF
Lot 80022 | British Honduras – 1882-87 Queen Victoria four glass support clichés
British Honduras
1882-87 Sperati forgeries, four glass support clichés, comprising 1 shilling, two very fine clichés in black and the vermilion that Sperati often preferred…
Estimation: 300 – 500 CHF
Lot 80023 | British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate
Sperati
British Levant – 1909 issues with overprint, one copper plate developed for the “2 piastre 20 paras” overprint, an important new discovery of one of the…
Estimation: 200 – 400 CHF
Lot 80024 | Canada – 1859 Jacques Cartier 17c, group of eight glass clichés,
Canada
1859 Jacques Cartier 17c Sperati forgeries, group of eight glass clichés, most with reversed image, in a splendid range of colours, such as black, vermilion,…
Estimation: 2’500 – 4’000 CHF
Lot 80025 | Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 4d, 8d, 1s sixteen items,
Canada » Newfoundland
Sperati Forgeries: 1857 4d, 8d, 1s sixteen items, comprising for the 4d value, two glass support clichés, one with reversed image and one with integrated…
Estimation: 2’000 – 4’000 CHF
Lot 80026 | Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 1/2d, 2d, 8d, 1s eighteen items, comprising for the 1/2d value, one cliché on celluloid in light brown with production notes and date of Dec 1929, for the 2d one cliché in light vermilion and
Canada » Newfoundland
1857 2d, 6 1/2d, 8d and 1s, eighteen items, comprising for the 1/2d value, one cliché on celluloid in light brown with production notes and date of Dec…
Estimation: 1’500 – 2’000 CHF
Lot 80027 | Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 6d, trial proof in black on thick paper,
Sperati
Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 6d, trial proof in black on thick paper, with Sperati’s “REPRODUCTION INTERDITE” in purple and pencil signature below design,…
Estimation: 250 – 500 CHF
Lot 80028 | Canada, Vancouver Island – 1865 5c, an exceptional group of twenty-two production items for the stamp and cancellations, comprising seven glass support clichés in a range of colours, black, gray, green, brown and two bla
Sperati
Canada, Vancouver Island – 1865 5c, an exceptional group of twenty-two production items for the stamp and cancellations, comprising seven glass support…
Estimation: 2’000 – 4’000 CHF
Lot 80029 | Canada, Vancouver Island – 1865 5c a fine group of twelve items, comprising nine glass clichés
Sperati
Canada, Vancouver Island – 1865 5c a fine group of twelve items, comprising nine glass clichés in a fascinating rainbow of colours (black, brown, sepia,…
Estimation: 600 – 1’200 CHF
Lot 80030 | China, local post Shanghai – 1866, two impressions of 12c
Sperati
China, local post Shanghai – 1866, two impressions of 12 candarin, in vermilion and black together with an impression of Romania Bull’s Head 108pa; an…
Estimation: 300 – 600 CHF
Lot 80031 | China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, 20 items used to produce the overprint on the 12ca
Sperati
China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, 20 items used to produce the 12ca stamp with overprint, comprising five glass clichés of the stamp, incl. one…
Estimation: 3’000 – 7’000 CHF
Lot 80032 | Colombia – 1861, “Nueva Granada” 1p three glass support clichés
Sperati
Colombia – 1861, “Nueva Granada” 1p three negative glass support clichés, in black (with Sperati’s manuscript notations), radiant blue colour, and another…
Estimation: 1’000 – 2’000 CHF
Lot 80033 | Colombia – 1861, “Nueva Granada” 1p six glass support clichés, showing a startling array of colours, from red and vermilion, to a radiant blue and black (with production notes about the Alpha celluloid and the Calor lamp
Sperati
Colombia– 1861, “Nueva Granada” 1p six glass support clichés, showing a startling array of colours, from red and vermilion, to a radiant blue and black…
Estimation: 1’000 – 2’000 CHF
Lot 80034 | Suez Canal Company – 1868 1c, one glass cliché with image reversed and manuscript production notes at base “cliché 4/13 voile vio” referring to the violet filter used to obtain optimum contrast, also stamp with very shar
Sperati
Egypt, Suez Canal Company – 1868 1c, one glass cliché with image reversed and manuscript production notes at base “cliché 4/13 voile vio” referring to…
Estimation: 300 – 500 CHF
Lot 80035 | France – 1849 Ceres first issue, a very impressive range of eleven glass clichés
Sperati
France – 1849 Ceres first issue, a very impressive range of eleven glass clichés, incl. a master negative of the 15c dated July 1947 with production notes,…
Estimation: 2’000 – 3’500 CHF
Lot 80036 | France – 1849 Ceres first issue, two spectacular glass support clichés
Sperati
France – 1849 Ceres first issue, two spectacular glass support clichés (trial exposures) of the 10c value, one in blue and one in a vibrant light brown…
Estimation: 250 – 500 CHF
Lot 80037 | France – 1849 Ceres first issue 1f vermilion, a single cliché on celluloid
Sperati
France – 1849 Ceres first issue 1f vermilion, one cliché on celluloid and one on glass showing image reversal and the vibrant vermilion colour that was…
Estimation: 1’000 – 2’000 CHF
Lot 80038 | France – 1849 Ceres first issue 1f, a single cliché on celluloid with very finely detailed impression in black, showing image reversal and black colouration around the edges; a visually impressive cliché on film with a s
Sperati
France – 1849 Ceres first issue 1f, a single cliché on celluloid with very finely detailed impression in black, showing image reversal and black colouration…
Estimation: 200 – 500 CHF
Lot 80039 | France, Second Empire – a small group of five items
Sperati
France, Second Empire – a small group of five items, incl. a beautiful glass cliché 1fr vermilion with mirror image tête-bêche with production notes at…
Estimation: 1’500 – 3’000 CHF