26 Jun 2023 – 29 Jun 2023
249 lots
Lot 50550 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1851 5c, exposure trial
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1851 5c, exposure trial with reversed image in olive brown, also cancellation essay of the rectangular lozenge with diamonds…
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50551 | Italian States, Sardinia – 1851 same as above, the
Italian States » Sardinia
Italian States, Sardinia – 1851 same as above, the 5c exposure trial with number “29C” and the cancellation trial presumably intended for the 40c value…
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50552 | Italy, San Marino – 1892-1907 overprints, two items
Italy » San Marino
Italy, San Marino – 1892-1907 overprints, two items including a “Cmi. 5” overprint essay on wove paper, as well as a celluloid negative with two impressions…
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50553 | Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-1881 overprint
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
1878-1881 « SUNGEI UJONG » Sperati forgery overprint for the 2c, 4c and 8c issues, a retouched master negative on celluloid film painted black. Note: The…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50554 | Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-1881 overprint
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
1878-1881 “C*SU” overprint Sperati forgery, master negative on celluloid film, painted in black and dark grey. Unique and a proof of Sperati’s work to…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50555 | Malaysian States, Sungei Ujong – 1878-1881 overprint
Malaysia » Malaysian States » Sungei Ujong
1878-1881 “C*SU” overprint Sperati forgery glass support cliché in black on white, one of two recorded.
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50556 | Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, glass support
Mauritius
Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, glass support cliché with image reversed in orange-red, with notation at top right in Sperati’s hand; around twelve…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50557 | Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, glass support
Mauritius
Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, glass support cliché with reversed image in grey black; around twelve glass clichés recorded of this iconic issue,…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50558 | Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, cliché
Mauritius
Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, cliché on celluloid in black and with image reversed, marked in Sperati’s hand “31/12” and “C.14”; this is a characteristic…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50559 | Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, essay on
Mauritius
Mauritius, “Post Paid” – 1848 1 Penny, essay on white wove paper, comprising two impressions in an orange-red shade, with notations made by Sperati; a…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50560 | Mauritius – 1879 38c, glass master negative in black,
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 38c, glass master negative in black, broken and affixed on a smaller glass by Sperati; an exceptional item with no other cliché or trial exposure…
Estimation: 400 – 700 EUR
Lot 50561 | Mauritius – 1879 39c, glass support cliché in brown,
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 39c, glass support cliché in brown, a horizontal pair printed as tête-bêche.
Estimation: 300 – 600 EUR
Lot 50562 | Mauritius – 1879 38c, trial exposure on glass in light
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 38c, trial exposure on glass in light brown, showing a vertical crack through the glass stemming from the master negative; a unique item with no other…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50563 | Mauritius – 1879 38c, trial exposure on glass, somewhat
Mauritius » 1879-80 De La Rue Watermark CC (SG 92-100)
1879 38c, trial exposure on glass, somewhat damaged by humidity, in a light brown shade; an extremely rare trial with no other cliché or trial exposure…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50564 | Mexico – 1895 5p, glass support cliché in a refulgent
Mexico
Mexico – 1895 5p, glass support cliché in a refulgent red shade and with reversed image, a very attractive example with intricate detail; a rare cliché…
Estimation: 240 – 300 EUR
Lot 50565 | Montserrat – 1884 4d Victoria issue, a phenomenal group
Montserrat
Montserrat – 1884 4d Victoria issue, a phenomenal group of 13 items, commencing with the two engraved copper plates for printing the denomination and the…
Estimation: 700 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 50566 | Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché
Persia
Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché in black and with reversed image, a very rare cliché that Sperati probably intended to use in the…
Estimation: 300 – 600 EUR
Lot 50567 | Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché
Persia
Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 shahis, glass support cliché with impression in a practically invisible white grey, an albino impression, which is a most unusual…
Estimation: 200 – 400 EUR
Lot 50568 | Persia – 1870 Lion Issue 2 Shahis, glass support cliché
Persia
Persia – 1876 Lion Issue 2 Shahis, glass support cliché in vermilion, dated 3/5/31 and with ink notation at base; fewer than ten such glass clichés thought…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50569 | Spanish Philippines – 1854-1855 5c, cliché on celluloid,
Philippines
Philippines – 1854-1855 5c, negative cliché on celluloid in white on brown. One of only four negative clichés recorded and 15 Sperati items for this issue.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50570 | Spanish Philippines – 1854-1855 5c, glass support cliché
Philippines
Philippines – 1854-1855 5c, glass support cliché in brown with reversed image; extremely rare with less than five thought to exist.
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50571 | Spanish Philippines – 1875-1879 25 Spanish milésima,
Philippines
Philippines – 1875-1879 25m, glass support cliché in vermilion with reversed image, with notations at the base in Sperati’s hand, very fine and rare with…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50572 | Spanish West Indies – postmark, essay on paper featuring
Puerto Rico
Spanish West Indies – Postmark, essay on paper featuring the “parrilla oval” (oval grill) cancellation that was used from 1855 in Puerto Rico and Cuba…
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50573 | Romania – 1858 Bull’s Head 108pa, glass support cliché
Romania
Romania – 1858 Bull’s Head 108pa, glass support cliché in deep-red dated “4/48” with additional production notation at base indicating two minutes and…
Estimation: 750 – 1’500 EUR
Lot 50574 | Romania – 1858 108pa Bull’s Head, cliché on celluloid
Romania
Romania – 1858 108pa Bull’s Head, cliché on celluloid in black and with image reversed; an exceedingly rare reproduction of the popular Romanian classic,…
Estimation: 750 – 1’500 EUR
Lot 50575 | Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, master negative
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, master negative on celluloid, extensively painted in black around the design. This unique master, being the basis for…
Estimation: 600 – 900 EUR
Lot 50576 | Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, glass support
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, glass support cliché in red/vermilion and with reversed image, dated “4/32”; an exceptionally appealing production…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50577 | Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, glass support
Romania
Romania – 1858-59 Bull’s Head 80pa, glass support cliché in black with reversed image and retouched with paint, dated at top “4/32”. One of the four glass…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50578 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, master negative
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, master negative on celluloid, with painted surround to highlight the design when producing the clichés, with some handwritten…
Estimation: 600 – 900 EUR
Lot 50579 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché with reversed image in a bright yellow-orange, dated “7/30”, the bluish tinge of the glass and…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50580 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché with impression in black showing reversed image on light turquoise, dated “2/41”. Fewer than ten…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50581 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, glass support cliché with reversed image in Sperati’s preferred vermilion colour which he found to create the best contrast,…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50582 | Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, cliché on celluloid
Romania
Romania – 1871-72 King Carol 10ba, cliché on celluloid in black with reversed image, dated “7/42” and with interesting production notations “22° x 5% x…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50583 | Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés
Russia » Russian Post in Levant
Russian Levant – 1865 R.O.P.I.T. Issue 2k, two clichés on celluloid mounted between and protected by glass, featuring the two areas of the stamps defined…
Estimation: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 50584 | Spain – 1850 10r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1850 10r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in black on dark greyish blue with an accompanying paper slip indicating that the reproduction…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50585 | Spain – 1850: 10r Queen Isabella II, glass support
Spain
Spain – 1850: 10r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in grey-brown and with image reversed, dated “1/34” and with numberings in Sperati’s hand; a…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50586 | Spain – 1851 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1851 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in black with handwritten production notations, together with a cliché on celluloid in vermilion…
Estimation: 300 – 500 EUR
Lot 50587 | Spain – 1851 2r blue error of colour, a group of four
Spain
Spain – 1851 2r blue error of colour, a group of four exceptional items including a cliché on celluloid film mounted on clay and framed by rose felt (highly…
Estimation: 1’500 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 50588 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in deep brownish red with image reversed, with working notes at base “voile vio” referring to the…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50589 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, cliché on celluloid
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, cliché on celluloid with reversed image, a working copy with technical notations at base “Veri (94)”, “voile vio”, designating…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50590 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché of a pair in black showing manuscript annotations on either side of the design.
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50591 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché of a pair in black with reversed image, with a part missing at bottom impacting the imprint just…
Estimation: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 50592 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure of
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure of a pair in grey brown with reversed image, with some production notes in pencil on front and back.
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50593 | Spain – 1852: 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production in pair, type E of the five types that Sperati produced of this value, with gum and pencil signature…
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50594 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production type E (of the five types that Sperati produced), single with mute barred obliterator, signed in…
Estimation: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 50595 | Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production
Spain
Spain – 1852 2r Queen Isabella II, finished production in vertical pair type A (of Sperati’s five types) on letter piece, with the forged cancels mute…
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50596 | Spain – 1852 6r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in
Spain
Spain – 1852 6r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure on photographic paper in greyish brown with reversed image, type B of the five types produced by Sperati…
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50597 | Spain – 1853 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché
Spain
Spain – 1853 2r Queen Isabella II, glass support cliché in deep red, with copious notations that relate to colour, exposure time, chemical composition,…
Estimation: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 50598 | Spain – 1853 2r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in
Spain
Spain – 1853 2r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in black with image reversed on photographic paper.
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 50599 | Spain – 1853 6r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in
Spain
Spain – 1853 6r Queen Isabella II, trial exposure in dark brown with image reversed on photographic paper, dated in pencil “4/40” with a few manuscript…
Estimation: 150 – 200 EUR