All World Collections, Indian States, Sperati - Day 5

German States, Bremen – 1856 5sgr, one spectacular negative reversed image cliché block of four on translucent glass with black border around, featuring one very unusual flaw white spot on one stamp that is marked “47 fixé” (perhaps referring to year 1947), also “taches verre chassis” with an arrow pointing to the black border; a unique cliché featuring Sperati`s working notes.

German States, Hannover – 1861 10gr two glass clichés, one in black and one in the radiant vermilion colour that Sperati preferred for optimum contrast, showing hand-painted surround and comprehensive production notes at base, specifying temperature, chemical composition and exposure duration; a very attractive pair of clichés.

German States, Oldenburg – 1855-61 issues, fourteen components of Sperati’s production, comprising:

1855 1/3sgr: four glass clichés, in gray and black with technical notes at base relating to the violet filter used, chemical composition and exposure time.

1859 2gr: four glass clichés in deep red, vermilion and light red, all with manufacture notations at base, and a black negative cliché, and a trial impression in black on...

German States, Oldenburg – 1861, 2gr one negative master cliché dated July 1941, and a thick glass support cliché with an exposure in vermilion, also two fine clichés on celluloid, in brown (dateed 1941) and vermilion (mirror image), the colour that Sperati often preferred for optimum contrast, one cliché with Sperati`s handwritten production comments; a fine group that includes the key master cliché on the basis of which the finished...

German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, group of two beautiful glass support clichés, one in red-vermilion with dating March 1945 and Sperati`s characteristic production notes written around the area of design, also a very fine glass with an impression of the stamp in a luminous white-gray. Five cancellation trials include a gray celluloid with two Leipzig datestamps, and four papers with working proofs of mute circular bar cds, numeral 15, Leipzig...

German States, Saxony – 1850 3pf, one glass support cliché in black on translucent glass dated Aug 1941, with a very detailed impression and integrated cds, and one beautiful cliché with image reversal on celluloid in red vermilion and note “fort Pathé” denoting the Pathé brand of celluloid used by Sperati, a very fine pair of working clichés.

Great Britain – 1840 Penny Black Official VR, an outstanding group of ten glass clichés, all lettered PE, in a startling array of colours, including red, gray-blue, light gray, brown, three in negative, one is a true Sperati working cliché that includes manuscript notation about exposure, filter, chemicals, and temperature; the Penny Black VR official has not been mentioned in the literature on Sperati; this is a major discovery associated...

Great Britain – 1840 Penny Black Official VR, one glass cliché in red and one in black, both lettered PE, with razor-sharp impression. The Penny Black VR official has not been mentioned in the literature on Sperati; this is a matching pair of the highest beauty and rarity. This lot comes with Sperati`s own cardboard box for photographic paper of the Lumiere Brothers brand.

Great Britain – 1880 2s Queen Victoria, group of three glass clichés of position KJ, incl. a cliché in red-brown, black, and a most unusual dark, steely blue, the latter with dating Oct 1951 and a note “tiré” denoting a satisfactory result to make the finished reproduction, also two clichés on celluloid with mirror image in shades of brown, one with Sperati’s pencil arrows to indicate retouching needed; a unique range in the two media of...

India – 1854-1882 Queen Victoria, a fascinating and wide-ranging group of reproduction materials for stamps and postmarks, comprising a unique exposure on glass of the mute barred diamond cds used on the 1854 4 anna stamp (the only known Sperati object that incorporates this issue), one glass cliché of 2a 1856, three glass clichés of 1r 1882 in black and brown with production notes, also four clichés on celluloid of the 1r, of which three are...

Italian States, Naples – 1860 issue 1/2t one glass support cliché with mirror image, with production notes around area of design and dating “7/38” indicating July 1938. An attractive piece of supportive production material.

Italian States, Parma – 1859 “Provisional Government” 80c, 5 production items, incl. two glass support clichés with mirror image, one coloured black around the area of design and one red, together with accompanying proof impressions on paper in black and red, one dated June 1924 and thus a very early Sperati production, also one fine impression on translucent onionskin paper, a very attractive set.