375th Auction

1882/89, India & Convention States, two pages with six items, includes Sperati's original negative for the 1854 issue half anna (ex Robson Lowe), the only reported perforated example of the 1856 unissued 2 anna (two are known imperforate), three Gwailor overprints and a BPA card proof, all are ex Carl Walske

1890/94, single page with 3 finished reproductions, 2 unique overprint proofs and 5 BPA card proofs, the surcharge proofs and reproduction were first reported and illustrated in Plate A of Sperati II, all except the card proofs are ex Carl Walske collection. Also included, but not mounted, is a genuine 5a surcharge from Sperati stockbook that apparently served as the model for Sperati's image used to make the forgery

1860, the single page with proof in black and a BPA card proof, both ex Carl Walske

1848/79, the mounted collection of 8 reproductions and three BPA card proofs, includes the 1848 issue 1d signed proof in color described as being unique in Sperati I (ex Robson Lowe collection), the 1860 issue 9d proof and an "unused" reproduction, one of two known 1879 issue 13c type B reproduction (illustrated in Sperati II) as well as the 1879 issue 38c finished reproduction illustrated in Sperati I, all ex Carl Walske

1884, the mounted page with two finished reproductions and four BPA card proofs, two states of the 4d are shown, the retouched state was inadequately described in Sperati I and corrected in Sperati II, all except BPA card proofs are ex Carl Walske
 

1886, the mounted collection of 13 items on two pages, includes 9 proofs and four finished reproductions, includes 5s type B reproduction and type C proof each first reported in Sperati II, all items are ex Carl Walske

1903/06, the single page with six items, includes two reproductions, 1903 issue and 1906 issue £1 Edward watermarks (the example on multiple crown CA watermarked paper was not reported in Sperati I), ex Walske and four BPA card proofs

1890, page with one finished reproduction, illustrated in Sperati I, plate 18, ex Walske and 3 BPA card proofs

1876, single page with one finished reproduction, illustrated in Sperati I, plate 14, and five BPA card proofs, ex Carl Walske

1885/86, the mounted page with 9 items, includes 1886 issue 6d proof in black (the only format reported as having been seen in Sperati I), 1s finished reproduction with forged cancel and proof in color, also 6 BPA card proofs

1859, the single page with imperforate reproduction of 1859 issue 6d on bluish paper, ex Walske and a BPA card proof

1883, single page with a die proof in color, 9 BPA card proofs and two exceptional and rare models used to make forged cancels, the genuine models have their genuine cancels retouched with paint, Sperati then photographed removing the background to make his cliché for the forged cancels, it is obvious by comparison with the BPA card proofs that show cancels over the perforations that these are the original models, they were found in Sperati's stockbook, all items except the card proofs are ex Carl Walske

1900, the single finished reproduction, one of two known, illustrated in Sperati I on plate 20, ex Robson Lowe and Carl Walske

1884, the single page with the two different proofs in color, ex Walske and four BPA card proofs of forged cancels