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  • Lot# : 400 Tasmania

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    1856/57: Perkins Bacon Die Proofs on card paper (4), reprinted from the rejected Die of the 6 d. value without inscriptions, the central vignette carefully inserted, four examples in varying sizes but showing the engine turning fancy surround on each, printed in carmine, deep green, scarlet and orange-vermilion. Scarce and most attractive.
    Starting bid : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,600.00 CHF

    Lot# : 401 Tasmania

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    1875 (March): 1 s. orange-red, double lioned wmk., perf. 11½, a used example with superb all over "Double Impression" fiscally used and dated "1/2/76" in manuscript; a fine example partial double are not uncommon but complete examples such as this are very scarce; with normal type for comparison. Cert. RPS of Victoria (2020).
    Starting bid : 120.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 280.00 CHF

    Lot# : 402 Tasmania

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    1892: £ 1 green & yellow, wmk. TAS, retouched matrices on film showing how Sperati made the forgeries, the Duty Plate exposure is from a £ 1 with a horizontal SPECIMEN overprint. A scarce group that ably demonstrating how these forgeries were produced.
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 403 Tasmania

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    1892: £ 1 green & yellow, wmk. TAS, two "used" examples created by Jean de Sperati, by photo lithography - taking the entire design and blanking over the Duty Plate, and then photographing the £ 1 Duty Plate and inserting the two together; a the First State £ 1 with "..STOWN / TASMANIA" datestamp (April 11, 1902) in black, unfortunately with damaged perfs. at base; and a Second State of the Forgery with partial "Lau(nceston) / Tasm(ania)" cds (No.. 190..) in black, perf. 13¾, this purchased from Sperati himself in 1956 and showing two white dots removed from the Greek border at lower left and the green in a faded state (not apparently considered good enough to sell). 
    Starting bid : 1,000.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold
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