Lot 50469 – France – Second Empire Issue 1fr, Pathé celluloid

France – Second Empire Issue 1fr, Pathé celluloid tête-bêche pair with reverse image in refulgent dark vermilion, with numerous production notations by Sperati, showing the problems he encountered in producing the correct colour for this value. This cliché has the added and rare attribute of having retouches in the upper and lower tablets, as well as in all the heads’ backgrounds on reverse to reinforce and unify the intensity of the shade. To our knowledge, the unique retouched tête-bêche cliché of this issue in private hands.