26 Jun 2023 – 29 Jun 2023
249 lots
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
Lot 50466 | France – Second Empire Issue 1c, glass support cliché
France
France – Second Empire Issue 1c, glass support cliché in bright carmine bearing a good result for the final impression. One of about five glass clichés…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50467 | France – Second Empire Issue 25c, glass support cliché
France
France – Second Empire Issue 25c, glass support cliché in black with reversed image. One of just about five glass clichés of this issue in private hands….
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50468 | France – Second Empire Issue 1fr, negative glass cliché
France
France – Second Empire Issue 1fr, negative glass cliché tête-bêche pair with designation “4 – E.N.” and “tête-bêche 1 fr”. This is a master negative that…
Estimation: 600 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50469 | France – Second Empire Issue 1fr, Pathé celluloid
France
France – Second Empire Issue 1fr, Pathé celluloid tête-bêche pair with reverse image in refulgent dark vermilion, with numerous production notations by…
Estimation: 600 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50470 | France – Second Empire Issue 1 fr, a definitive reproduction
France
France – Second Empire Issue 1 fr, a definitive reproduction and a particularly appealing example of Sperati’s most prolific reproduction of which he produced…
Estimation: 150 – 300 EUR
Lot 50471 | France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, glass cliché with
France
France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, glass cliché with image reversed, a particularly impressive example with a strong and clear impression, with notations…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50472 | France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, exposure trial with
France
France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, exposure trial with image reversed, without denomination. Notation “14/10” on back. An impression that documents the separate…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50473 | France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, cliché on celluloid
France
France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, cliché on celluloid with no denomination, image reversed. A spectacular cliché in a radiant vermilion shade with working…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50474 | France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, essay without denomination
France
France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, essay without denomination on wove paper in the definitive colour, with working notations in pencil “agfa contraste” to…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50475 | France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, a final unused reproduction
France
France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, a final unused reproduction with correct colour and denomination inserted, affixed on a piece of paper. This is type E…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50476 | France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, final reproduction
France
France – Laureated Empire 5 fr, final reproduction in the correct colour and with Paris star lozenge cancellation. Very fine.
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50477 | France – Bordeaux Issue 2c block of four, glass support
France
France – Bordeaux Issue 2c block of four, glass support cliché in black with reversed image, showing handwritten production notes at right.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50478 | France – Bordeaux Issue 2c in vertical pair, glass support cliché with reversed image in vermilion, with dating “2/48” and technical specifications along the right side that details light exposure, temperature and
France
France – Bordeaux Issue 2c in vertical pair, glass support cliché with reversed image in vermilion, with dating “2/48” and technical specifications along…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50479 | France – Bordeaux Issue 2c, celluloid cliché block
France
France – Bordeaux Issue 2c, celluloid cliché block of four with reversed image, a composite block with the top pair in brown vermilion and the lower in…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50480 | France – Bordeaux Issue 2c brown type C (Sperati produced
France
France – Bordeaux Issue 2c brown type C (Sperati produced three types of the 2c), final reproduction in block of four with “3219” lozenge cancellation….
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50481 | France – Bordeaux Issue 20c, reversed image celluloid
France
France – Bordeaux Issue 20c, reversed image celluloid cliché, with technical annotations including “cadre fin” & “29 Res”, and dated“10/50”. Extremely…
Estimation: 500 – 800 EUR
Lot 50482 | France – postmarks, two glass support clichés for
France
France – postmarks, two glass support clichés for numeral cancellation 28 and circular date stamps of Paris and Le Havre. A unique and very fine pair of…
Estimation: 150 – 300 EUR
Lot 50483 | France – postage due – 1871 10c, glass support cliché
France
France – postage due – 1871 10c, glass support cliché with image reversed in a remarkable red-brown colour.
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50484 | France – postage due – 1871 10c, reverse-image cliché
France
France – postage due – 1871 10c, reverse-image cliché on celluloid in black.
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50485 | France – postage due – 1871 40c, glass support cliché
France
France – postage due – 1871 40c, glass support cliché with a faint impression of the due stamp in grey.
Estimation: 150 – 300 EUR
Lot 50486 | France – postage due – 1871 60c, glass support
France
France – postage due – 1871 60c, glass support cliché in black with production notation written in pencil at base.
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50487 | German States, Baden – 1852 18kr, glass support cliché
German States » Baden
German States, Baden – 1852 18kr, glass support cliché in black with reversed image; a very tidy and appealing work cliché of a stamp that Sperati reproduced…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50488 | German States, Baden – 1852: 18kr, cliché on celluloid
German States » Baden
German States, Baden – 1852 18kr, cliché on celluloid in very opaque grey, exhibiting albino impression of the 18kr value (a most unusual feature in the…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50489 | German States, Baden – 1862 30kr, glass support cliché
German States » Baden
German States, Baden – 1862 30kr, glass support cliché with image reversed and in black; a rarity from the Sperati archive of the highest order, with just…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50490 | German States, Baden – 1862 30kr, cliché on celluloid
German States » Baden
German States, Baden – 1862 30kr, cliché on celluloid with reversed image, a very faint and silver grey impression on greyish celluloid paper; a highly…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50491 | German States, Bavaria – 1849 1 kreuzer, two negative
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – 1849 1 kreuzer, two negative glass clichés joined by Sperati to create a tête-bêche pair and additionally mounted on a bigger…
Estimation: 750 – 1’500 EUR
Lot 50492 | German States, Bavaria -1849 1 kreuzer, glass tête-bêche
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria -1849 1 kreuzer, glass tête-bêche cliché in black with reversed image and with handwritten production notes in the margin, and possibly…
Estimation: 600 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50493 | German States, Bavaria – 1849 1 kreuzer, working
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – 1849 1 kreuzer, working glass support cliché in black with reversed image, painted black around the edges to concentrate light…
Estimation: 400 – 800 EUR
Lot 50494 | German States, Bavaria – 1849 1 kreuzer, cliché on
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – 1849 1 kreuzer, cliché on celluloid in red/vermilion and with reversed image, with technical scribbling around edges, including…
Estimation: 400 – 800 EUR
Lot 50495 | German States, Bavaria – 1849: 1 kreuzer on oblong
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – 1849: 1 kreuzer on oblong strip showing two impressions in black, with copious and colourful handwritten notations relating to…
Estimation: 400 – 800 EUR
Lot 50496 | German States, Bavaria – 1849 1 kreuzer, grey black,
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – 1849 1 kreuzer, grey black, the final reproduction on small letter piece with forged half-circle Bayreuth cancel. On reverse is…
Estimation: 150 – 300 EUR
Lot 50497 | German States, Bavaria – postmarks, glass support cliché
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – postmarks, glass support cliché with reversed image of the closed millwheel cancellations (“geschlossene Mühlrad”), numbers 18,…
Estimation: 150 – 300 EUR
Lot 50498 | German States, Bavaria – postmarks, working proof of
German States » Bavaria
German States, Bavaria – postmarks, working proof of the closed millwheel cancellation (“geschlossene Mühlrad”), numbers 281, 269, 336, 23. This proof…
Estimation: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 50499 | German States, Bremen – 1855 3 gr, cliché on celluloid
German States » Bremen
German States, Bremen – 1855 3 gr, cliché on celluloid in black with image reversed, showing the technical notations including type and the colour brown…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR