377th Auction

60k. rotogravure, two marginal blocks of four, horizontal and vertical diamond shaped grid, mint never hinged, fine

1950, Victory Day 40k., block of four with inverted watermark, CTO "RIGA" as all known examples, a very rare multiple, only one sheet of 100 known, fine (Zagorsky 1438Ta)

1953, Volga-Don Canal 40k. with upper sheet margin, imperforated at top, used with light corner cancel, very fine (Zagorsky 1635Pa)

1955, Northpole 5 2r., horizontal pair with overprint type II, the left stamp with missing hyphen, mint never hinged, fine (Zagorsky 1756Ka+1756)

1958, X. Congress of the International astronomical union in Moscow 60k., horizontal pair the right stamp with plate flaw "UAU instead of UAJ", mint never hinged, fine, scarce

1960, Flora of the USSR 1rbl., line perforated 12½, mint never hinged, fine, scarce (Zagorsky 2416A)

1961, First manned Space flight 6k. with multicoloured label from the upper right sheet corner, line perforated 12½, mint never hinged, fine (Zagorsky 2469A)

1961, First manned Space flight 6k. with multicolored label from the upper right sheet corner, type II with dot after "1961"., mint never hinged, fine

1877, Coat of arms 40c. purple, Sperati forgery, used, small corner fault, very rare

1892, Coat of arms 65c. red-brown, Sperati forgery, unused, a rare forgery with only 4 known, fine

1903, Tre Penne di Monte Titano 5l. blue imperforated proof, Sperati forgery, unused without gum, small thin at upper left, otherwise fine and rare with only a few known

1897, Numeral 10l., Sperati forgery frame type A, used, fine and scarce

1897, Numeral 10l., Sperati forgery frame type B, used, fine and scarce, signed in pencil

1850, Isabella II. 12cs. lilca, block of six, good and well balanced margins all around, fresh colour, used with "araña", a very fine and attractive multiple, signed Diena and Baschwitz BPP with certificate (2009)

1850, Isabella II. 10r. green, two Sperati forgeries, used with blue resp. red "11" of Zaragoza, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1851, Isabella II. 12 cs. lilac, block of 4 with full to wide margins, nice and fresh colour, cancelled by 2 almost complete strikes of 'araña' cancel, very fine, certificate CEM (1983)

1850, Isabella II. 12c. blue, Speratis working color proof with additional printed notes and signed Mariano "Egisto" Sperati, fine and attractive

1851, Isabella II. 2r. orange-red, Sperati forgeries type A and B, used, fine, unsigned resp. sign. Sperati Reproduction

1850, Isabella II. 2r. blue Error of colour, Sperati forgery, used, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction a.o.

1850/1878, interesting group of more than 190 BPA proofs, stamps and cancellations, all signed by BPA and mounted on pages, fine

1852, Isabella II. 12c. lilac, Sperati forgery, unused, fine, signed Reproduction 

1852, Isabella II. 2r. pale-orange, Sperati forgery type A in block format with pencil signature, signed Sperati Reproduction 

1852, Isabella II. 6r. greenish-blue horizontal pair, Sperati forgery type C+D, used, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1852, Isabella II. 6r. greenish-blue, Speratis working color proof with additional printed notes and signed Sperati, fine and attractive

1853, Isabella II. 2r. (brick-red), original painted negative used to make Speratis printing cliché, highly interesting and attractive

1853, Madrid local issue 1c. bronze, Sperati forgery type A, horizontal strip of three, unused, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1853, Madrid local issue 1c. bronze, Sperati forgery type A, vertical pair, used, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1853, Madrid local issue 3c. (bronze), Speratis working color proof with additional printed notes and signed Mariano "Egisto" Sperati, fine and attractive

1865, Isabella II. 1r., Sperati trial print in blue with three impression on normal paper (113x69mm), all of the notes are in Sperati's hand, dated 16. January 1939. Many notes seem to involve the films being used and the exposure times, minor ageing, a very attractive and rare item

1870, Hispania 19cs. yellow-green, Sperati forgeries type A and B, used, fine, type A signed Sperati Reproduction

1874, Allegory 10 pta., Sperati trial print in black on normal paper (45x50mm), notes in Speratis hand all around, a very attractive and rare item

1882/87, Alfonso XII. 10 c. brown, postal forgery in block of 90 stamps incl. error "5 c. instead 10 c." on pos. 33, mounted on page of court document, cancelled by official violet seal and partly additional manuscript marking; 3 stamps with faults, otherwise fine with some minor creasing. Most likely unique

1858, 9Ø lilac, fresh colour and good perforation, neatly used with star cancel, fine

1924, Postal Congres and UPU 5 o.-5 kr., both sets cpl., unused with large part original gum, very fine, sign. Georg Bühler

1920, l. green block of 30 with inverted overprint, mint never hinged, few small, light tone spots that show mainly on reverse only except along center row of horizontal perfs where the block has been folded, otherwise fine

Not issued: 1867, Duloz 25 pia. light salmon with perf. 12 ½, unused with original gum, some blunted perf., otherwise fine and fresh copy of this extremely rare stamp, certificate Nakri AIEP (2021) (Isfila no. 38)