Lot 50647 – Sperati personal records: a glass plate very similar

Sperati personal records: a glass plate very similar to the famous sheet of eighteen stamps that Sperati sent to stamp dealer E. de Santos in Portugal in 1942, which was seized by French customs and led to the prosecution of Sperati for exporting undeclared postage stamps. The stamps shown in this reproduction are identical to those sent to Portugal, but show different postmarks as he reproduced them. Probably Sperati produced such records of approval cards that he sent out to various European stamp dealers.