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  • Lot# : 9 Tasmania

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    1855: 2 d. green, wmk. Star, a fine large margined example overlapped by 4 d. blue, just touched to large margins, used on 1857 entire letter from Hobart to Paris endorsed "Simla, Overland Mail via Marseilles", cancelled in black by '61' numeral obliterator - the maiden voyage of the European & Australia Royal Mail "Simla". Circular GENERAL POST OFFICE / HOBART TOWN / ♚" datestamp (Feb 11). The adhesives also tied by circular "AUSTRALIE V. SUEZ / MARSEILLE" datestamp (April 3) in red, charged with handstruck '10' décimes marking in black. Some file folds not detracting from the appearance and could be refolded at left, a rare centire. Cert BPA (2021).rnProvenance: Maurice Jamet, Paris, Dec 1962, lot 933; Collection Jack Blanc.
    Starting bid : 1,500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600.00 CHF

    Lot# : 10 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 : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 11 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 : 500.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 700.00 CHF
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