26 Jun 2023 – 29 Jun 2023
4029 lots
Lot 50416 | Austria – 1851-1856 Newspaper stamp “Mercure” 30
Austria
Austria – 1851-1856 Newspaper stamp “Mercure” 30 kreuzer, die proof on bistre pelure paper, derived from the only recorded engraved copper plate for the…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50417 | Austria – newspaper issue – 1851 Mercury design, cliché
Austria
Austria – newspaper issue – 1851 Mercury design, cliché on celluloid with reversed image, in a radiant orange-vermilion colour; an exceptional specimen…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50418 | Austria – newspaper issue – 1851 Mercury design, cliché
Austria
Austria – newspaper issue – 1851 Mercury design, cliché on celluloid with image reverse, in a deep rose shade (30kr); a very rare copy on an oblong strip…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50419 | Austria – newspaper issue – 1858 1kr, glass support
Austria
Austria – newspaper issue – 1858 1kr, glass support cliché in black on gray with image in reverse, type A of the two types produced by Sperati.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50420 | Bermuda – 1883 4d, negative cliché on glass, brown
Bermuda
Bermuda – 1883 4d, brown negative impression on glass cliché, reversed image, painted in black around the area of design; the only cliche in negative documented…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50421 | Bermuda – 1883 4d, glass support cliché in orange-brown;
Bermuda
Bermuda – 1883 4d, glass support cliché in orange-brown; one of about five clichés recorded of this value.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50422 | Bermuda – 1883 1s, exposure trial on glass in sepia
Bermuda
Bermuda – 1883 1s, exposure trial on glass in sepia colour, with black painted around the area of design; one of the two clichés recorded for this denomination…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50423 | Bermuda – 1883 1s, exposure trial on photographic paper,
Bermuda
Bermuda – 1883 1s, trial exposure on photographic paper, in black and with inverted image, dated “8/12/40”, the date of this photographic reproduction…
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50424 | Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, British East Africa – two items
Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika » British East Africa
British East Africa – Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika – 1890-1894 two items comprising 1890 4 annas glass support cliché prepared in red, dated 2/21, also…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50425 | British Guiana – 1853-1859 1d ship issue, negative
British Guiana
1853-59 1d ship issue, negative glass support cliché in black, image reversed, with a manuscript production notation along the right side, indicating an…
Estimation: 500 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50426 | British Honduras – 1885 6d, the unique master negative
British Honduras
British Honduras – 1885 6d, the unique master negative with black painted surround to avoid the entering of light laterally, carefully retouched by Sperati…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50427 | British Honduras – 1885 6d, glass support cliché in
British Honduras
British Honduras – 1885 6d, glass support cliché in bright yellow and with reversed image, dated by hand “2/38”; a shining cliché on glass, of the highest…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50428 | British Honduras – 1885 6d, cliché on celluloid, in
British Honduras
British Honduras – 1885 6d, cliché on celluloid, in vermilion and with reversed image, and being one of two 6d celluloids known.
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50429 | British Honduras – 1885 1s, master negative on celluloid
British Honduras
British Honduras – 1885 1s, master negative on celluloid film, painted black around the area of design to avoid the light to diffuse laterally in the reproduction…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50430 | British Honduras – 1885 1s, glass support cliché in
British Honduras
British Honduras – 1885 1s, glass support cliché in black and with image reversed, dated “2/35”, with production notes on all sides around the design,…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50431 | British Honduras – 1885 1s glass support cliché in
British Honduras
British Honduras – 1885 1s glass support cliché in bright orange and with reversed image, dated “4/35” and displaying characteristic Sperati manufacturing…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50432 | British Honduras – 1885 6d, the only recorded final
British Honduras
British Honduras – 1885 6d, the only recorded final reproduction of this value, printed on genuine watermarked paper with a forged cancel “A 06” printed…
Estimation: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 50433 | Bulgaria, Roumelie Orientale Post Offices – 1884 5pi,
Bulgaria » Roumelie Orientale Post Offices
Bulgaria, Roumelie Orientale Post Offices – 1884 5pi, glass support cliché.
Estimation: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 50434 | Canada – 1859 17c, negative glass support cliché in
Canada
Canada – 1859 17c, negative glass support cliché on reddish black; Sperati worked from a perforated stamp and probably retouched the design rather substantially…
Estimation: 400 – 800 EUR
Lot 50435 | British Columbia and Vancouver – 1865 5c Sperati forgery glass support cliché in negative with black surround
Canada » British Columbia and Vancouver
1865 5c Sperati forgery glass support cliché in negative with black surround, with some production numberings at top and base; extremely rare in negative.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50436 | British Columbia and Vancouver 1865 5c Sperati forgery glass support cliché in light carmine
Canada » British Columbia and Vancouver
1865 5c Sperati forgery glass support cliché in light carmine, prepared for producing the imperforate stamp, one of a dozen recorded.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50437 | Canada, British Columbia and Vancouver Island – 1865
Canada » British Columbia and Vancouver
1865 5c, cliché in black on grey celluloid film; extremely rare with only a very few examples in the B.P.A. and the “Ultimate” collection.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50438 | Canada, Newfoundland – 1857: 4d, glass support cliché
Canada » Newfoundland
Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 4d, glass support cliché in black and with image in reverse, showing the static cancellation that was printed on reproductions…
Estimation: 300 – 600 EUR
Lot 50439 | Newfoundland – 1857: 8d, glass support cliché in black
Canada » Newfoundland
1857 8d Sperati forgery, glass support cliché in black and with reverse image.
Estimation: 240 – 300 EUR
Lot 50440 | Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 8d, glass support cliché
Canada » Newfoundland
1857 8d Sperati forgery glass support cliché in vermilion, with reversed image, marked “148” at base; the vermilion shade that Sperati so often used for…
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50441 | Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 8d, cliché on celluloid
Canada » Newfoundland
1857 8d, cliché on celluloid film in black with design reversed, marked “EN” at bottom.
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50442 | Newfoundland – 1857 8d, a very fine essay on paper
Canada » Newfoundland
Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 8d, a very fine essay on paper with design in grey, a very rare preliminary production on paper with some printed typography…
Estimation: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 50443 | Newfoundland – 1857 8d, essay on paper, on the reverse
Canada » Newfoundland
Canada, Newfoundland – 1857 8d, essay on paper, on the reverse is another partial imprint of the same value turned horizontal. A very rare trial from the…
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50444 | Newfoundland – postmarks, three essays on paper featuring
Canada » Newfoundland
Canada, Newfoundland – postmarks, three essays on paper featuring cancellations for the 1857 issue, including mute barred obliterator, barred with “cancelled”…
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50445 | China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, two master
China » Local Post » Shanghai
China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, master negative on film with black painted areas within the side tablets and around characters and symbols, as…
Estimation: 600 – 900 EUR
Lot 50446 | China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, an impressive
China » Local Post » Shanghai
China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, an impressive master negative cliché on film, produced in white, one of three known matrices or clichés and one…
Estimation: 600 – 900 EUR
Lot 50447 | China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, glass support
China » Local Post » Shanghai
China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, glass support cliché in reddish brown and with image reversed, showing Sperati notes at top and base. Reproduction…
Estimation: 600 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50448 | China – Local Post Shanghai – 1866: a glass support
China » Local Post » Shanghai
China – Local Post Shanghai – 1866: a glass support cliché showing the overprint “I CAND.” with Chinese lettering underneath, being a denomination of…
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50449 | China, Shanghai – postmark, glass support cliché of
China
China, Shanghai – Postmark, glass support cliché of French numeral cancellation 5104 of Shanghai, China, showing reversed image and a succinct manuscript…
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50450 | Colombia – 1861 « Nueva Granada » 1p, master negative
Colombia
Colombia – 1861 « Nueva Granada » 1p, master negative on celluloid film, designated “a”, particularly fine impression showing production notes at top and…
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50451 | Colombia – 1861 « Nueva Granada » 1p, master negative
Colombia
Colombia – 1861 « Nueva Granada » 1p, master negative on film, showing black painted areas within and in the surround of the stamp design, such retouches…
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50452 | Colombia – 1861 « Nueva Granada » 1p, glass support cliché,
Colombia
Colombia – 1861 « Nueva Granada » 1p, glass support cliché, trial exposure in negative. Unique.
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50453 | Colombia – 1861 « Nueva Granada » 1p, two trial exposures
Colombia
Colombia – 1861 « Nueva Granada » 1p, two trial exposures on photographic paper, with reversed image, designated a & b. The only such items in existence.
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50454 | Dominican Republic – 1865 First Issue 1r, essay on
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic – 1865 First Issue 1r, essay of the extraordinary copper plate on pelure paper, showing grid pattern of horizontal and vertical lines…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50455 | Fiji – 1874-1875 “V.R.” overprint, a glass support
Fiji
1874-1875 Sperati forgery “V.R.” overprint, a glass support cliché featuring the “V.R.” overprints type 6 in negative, with small retouches and painted…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50456 | 1875 Sperati forgery “2d on 6c V.R.” overprint, one cliché in negative on celluloid
Fiji
1875 Sperati forgery “2d on 6c V.R.” overprint, one cliché in negative on celluloid protected by glass; a working cliché of the highest importance, as…
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50457 | 1874-1875 “V.R.” overprint Sperati forgery, one cliché on celluloid protected by glass, featuring solely the “V.R.” lettering
Fiji
1874-1875 “V.R.” overprint Sperati forgery, one cliché on celluloid protected by glass, featuring solely the “V.R.” lettering in vermilion colour; a significant…
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50458 | Fiji – 1874-1875 “V.R.” overprint, one glass support
Fiji
1874-1875 “V.R.” overprint Sperati forgery, one glass support cliché and an essay on paper with trials of the overprint in black, one with reverse image,…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50459 | France – Ceres First Issue 10c brown, tête-bêche
France
France – Ceres First Issue 10c brown, tête-bêche pair in proof on wove paper signed in pencil on front. On reverse is Sperati handstamp and number “245”….
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50460 | France – Ceres First Issue 10c, trial exposure on glass,
France
France – Ceres First Issue 10c, trial exposure on glass, with static grille cancellation (unusual for a Sperati work), considerably rarer than those on…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50461 | France – Ceres First Issue 15c, glass support cliché
France
France – Ceres First Issue 15c, glass support cliché in black, with dating “26/3”.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50462 | France – Ceres First Issue 1 fr, glass support cliché
France
France – Ceres First Issue 1 fr, glass support cliché in black.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50463 | France – Ceres First Issue 1fr, die proof with Jean
France
France – Ceres First Issue 1fr, die proof with Jean de Sperati signature in pencil at bottom and “Reproduction Interdite” handstamp in violet at top with…
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50464 | France – Ceres First Issue 1 fr, celluloid cliché
France
France – Ceres First Issue 1 fr, celluloid cliché in bright vermilion, with handwritten production notes at bottom and retouches to upper and lower tablets….
Estimation: 500 – 800 EUR
Lot 50465 | France – Ceres First Issue 1fr, working proof on wove
France
France – Ceres First Issue 1fr, working proof on wove paper, bearing date “2/3/49” (almost exactly 100 years after the stamp issue), with various notes…
Estimation: 1’000 – 2’000 EUR