375th Auction

1870/82, 2 c. brown, 6 c. carmine and 10 c. brown in horizontal pair, tied to lettersheet with part of contents from New York 1871 with transit and arrival marks; a fine 28 cents rate cover

3 c. green, tied by mute cancel to envelope from London 1876 to Boston, franked with 2½ d. rosy-mauve, here redirected to Manchester, Massachusetts, fine combination cover

Red River Settlement: 1844, entire letter from „Sault de St. Marie“ (dated 25.1.) to Rev. John Smith, Indian Settlement, rare Missionary post carried by the Hudson’s Bay Company with Dogsled mail, fine
 

Red River Settlement: 1855, „Pembina M.T. 2.March1855“, manuscript postmark and „Paid 10 cts.“ to small envelope with handwritten endorsement „Care of Dr. Burns…“ and red handstamp „U.STATE PAID 6d.“ to Toronto with arrival mark and manuscripted „Recd. March 20th 1855“ on front, transported in parts by dog sled mail, small part of flip missing, otherwise fine, rare  

Dogslede Post: 1853, Washington 3 c. red brown tied by pen stroke to cover with manuscript assigment mark „North American Mine’s, Lake Superior Mich. Jan.7.“ to Ohio, letter inside with interesting text „…This is the first mail that has left this place for six weeks: it is carried by the way of Greenbay by a dog-train…“, cover reparied at the edges, otherwise fine and rare, sign. Jakubek BPP with certificate (1982)  

CANAL ZONE. 1924/5, USA 1cent with CANAL ZONE overprint, positional block of nine with straight margin at right with inverted overprint in position 30 of the sheet of 400.  Ex Brian Moorhouse Scott71b, SG 75c

"MAYAGUEZ JUL 24 1909", clear duplex on 1909, Pacific Exposition 2 c. on postcard to Germany with text

1859, small numerals 60c. violet with fine and clear MONTEVIDEO oval cancel on letter sheet to Paisandu (SG 8)

120 c. deep blue on letter sheet to Buenos Aires, of fresh appearance and three ample margins, one close, neatly tied by SALTO datestamp. (SG 18b)

Baden-Württemberg, interesting group of 243 BPA proofs of stamps and cancellations, all signed by BPA

1852, 18 Kr. green, the single page with seven items, includes an exposure trial

1849, 1 kr. black, two pages with 13 items including Sperati's original cliché for type C, strips of three and four, tete-beche multiples and a cancel cliché  

1861, the single page with ½ sch. proof

1855/61, two pages with 18 items including 1855 issue original cliché and 1861 issue mixed type block  

1852, the single page with 7 items with three proofs and 2 trial exposures

1860/61, the single page with 11 items including two pairs on piece that is a new discovery since Sperati II, ex Sir Gawaine Baillie

1859, the single page with unused "ZWEI EIN HALB" error, unused

1856, the single page with 4 items including two examples of a type B reproduction discovered since Sperati II

1855/61, three pages with 38 items including Sperati's 1855 issue negative, an 1861 issue original cliché, working proofs and reproduction

1855/61, three pages with 37 items including three different 1850 issue clichés, a cancel cliché, trial exposures and working proofs

1852/75, single page with 7 items including two proofs

1899, the single page with two forged overprints, first reported in Sperati II after two examples of each of the 25pf and 50pf genuine stamps with forged overprints were examined, these two have original gum and are illustrated on plate C in Sperati II, ex Walske

1878/91, two pages with 11 items; includes 4 reproductions on a large portion of a page that was removed from Sperati's "Repertoire" notebook (the only page that still had reproductions in it when acquired by Walske from Sperati's daughter), the notebook is not included, also a Belgian Congo imperforate working proof from Sperati archives, all are ex Carl Walske

1884, single page with one finished reproduction, a rare example which was illustrated in Sperati I, and a proof in color of the background only, the background cliche was also used for the Turkey 5pi reproduction, both ex Carl Walske

1867, Coat of arms 1m., single page with one finished reproduction, ex Carl Walske

1849/71, the important collection of 111 items on 13 pages (not counting any of the 6 pages of card proofs), includes a wonderful 1fr Napoleon tete-beche full cover, three proofs of the 1869 5fr issue, several multiples, trial exposures and proofs; the group of 1849 Ceres issue 1fr shades is as comprehensive a group as likely exists, many items are ex Sperati archives, all are ex Carl Walske

1892, single page with 8 reproductions, three of which are unique, and three of the four known overprint proofs, these were first described in Sperati II and all known examples originated from Sperati archives, all are ex Carl Walske

1861, Larges Hermes head and 1896 Olympic games, single page with five items, includes Olympics 10d mounted on special presentation card as well as Sperati's paper color test for the 10d dated 1928, ex Sperati archives, with Sperati fingerprint and notations, ex Carl Walske

1873/76, single page with five finished reproductions; one of two known 1873 issue 16sk (ex Freeland) and four of the few known 1876 40 aur, ex Walske; these are the earliest mentioned Sperati forgeries reported in 1909 but not fully documented until Sperati II

1860/79, Naples, Sardinia, Kingdom and Italian Levante, three pages with 24 reproductions including five trial exposures, although no Italy reproductions were reported in Sperati I, in Sperati II five new discoveries (1863 issue 15c inverted head variety [two finished reproductions and two proof pairs], 1877 issue 10c, 1879 Issue 30c, 1922 Semi-Postal "B.L.P." overprints and 1924 5L "Enti Parastatali" (State Agencies) from the Sperati archival material acquired by Walske from Sperati's daughter, also includes a new Sperati II discovery of "ESTERO" overprint, and important group of rare reproductions and proofs, all are ex Carl Walske

1859, Coat of arms, the mounted collection of 6 items on one page, includes Sperati's genuine model of the 1859 issue 37½ cents (fewer than five genuine models remained in the Sperati archives as most had been sold during Sperati's lifetime to Robert Lyman) as well as Sperati's retouched master negative (ex Robson Low collection), all ex Carl Walske

1885, the single page with a finished reproduction of 1885 issue 75c that was illustrated in Sperati I, ex Carl Walske

1902, single page with a unique proof of Sperati's "400 REIS" overprint surcharge that may have been used for finished forgeries of several colonies, first reported in Sperati II, only Angola has been seen as a finished reproduction but others could exist from Cape Verde, Mozambique, Portuguese Congo, Portuguese Guinea, St. Thomas and Prince, or Zambesia, ex Sperati archives and Carl Walske

1881, a single signed proof in color, Sperati I describes this 20r proof, ex Robson Lowe, as the only proof that had been examined by the BPA, no finished reproductions are known, ex Carl Walske

1865, a single finished reproduction of 1865 2k, "Copie" backstamp of Chambery Court and signed Sperati in pencil, ex Sperati archive and Carl Walske

1865, page with three items, a finished reproduction, proof of inset tablets only and a composite proof