Lot 2207
FORGERIES: ‘19th C.’ selection of ‘used’ Sperati forgeries with Germany, Gibraltar, and Spain
Auction: 13 August 2025 at 10:30 BST
£504
Description
‘19th C.’ selection of ‘used’ Sperati forgeries (20) on pages including: Baden 1862-65 18k green, Bavaria 1849 1k black, Hannover 1859-61 10gr olive-green, Gibraltar 1886 1s yellow-brown, 1886-87 1s bistre, Spain 1850 5r dull red, 6r blue, 10r blue-green, 1851 12r pale lilac, 5r rose, 6r blue, 10r green, 1852 6r pale blue, 1853 12c reddish purple, 6r blue, 1854 2c green, 5r green, 6r blue, 1860-61 19c brown on brown, 1865 perf 14 19c rose and brown. All with ‘SPERATI/REPRODUCTIONS' h/s on reverse and numbered ‘292’. Offered with ‘The Work of Jean De Sperati Part II, The Plates’ by the BPA and ‘Jean De Sperati, La philatélie sans experts?’. Fine and scarce.
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