377th Auction

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

1940/41, two covers, one from Barcelona sent to Denmark and then forwarded to Faroe Islands, censored in Spain (Civil War) with "Direccion General De Seguridad, Barcelona, CENSURADO" and further German censor marks and closing label of Munich, censored in England and closed with "P.C. 90 4454" closing strip, and another cover sent from Grao -Valencia originally as airmail cover, which was cancelled in London by red bars, to Thorshavn with Spanish and British censor labels, both covers some faults, yet attractive and scarce