Ended on Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM.

China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, 20 items used to produce the overprint on the 12ca

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Start of the sale:
Friday, June 7, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Item n°2044241264
Sale ends:
Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Lot:
#80031
Catalog:
Great Britain, Indian States, Olympics, Egypte, Sperati, Europe & Overseas
Estimated price:
between CHF 3,000.00 and CHF 7,000.00

China, Local Post Shanghai 1866 12ca, 20 items used to produce the 12ca stamp with overprint, comprising five glass clichs of the stamp, incl. one black negative, two in shades of brown, and two very attractive in vermilion with comprehensive production notes around design noting issues pertaining to the violet filter used to obtain contrast in lithography, also one clich on celluloid and six trial impressions on thin paper (black and brown); the overprint element is represented by one genuine overprinted stamp that Sperati used as his source for the reproduction (and touched up on reverse), also four glass support clichs, two showing the damaged D of the original overprint and the other two with repaired D, finally four papers with overprint trials, one with manuscript notations and dating 28/12; an exceptional range of clichs and proofs of stamp and overprint, witnessing to the reproduction of this issue which was unknown until recently and represents Speratis only reproduction of Chinese philately. This lot comes with Sperati's cardboard box for photographic papers of Guilleminot &Co.

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China, Local Post Shanghai – 1866 12ca, 20 items used to produce the overprint on the 12ca

David Feldman International Auctioneers