tasmanien - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 402 - britische kolonien tasmanien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 31892: £ 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. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3britische kolonien tasmanien |
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 Lot 403 - britische kolonien tasmanien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 31892: £ 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). Corinphila Auction AG Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3britische kolonien tasmanien |
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 Lot 401 - britische kolonien tasmanien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 31875 (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). Corinphila Auction AG Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3britische kolonien tasmanien |
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 Lot 400 - britische kolonien tasmanien - Corinphila Auction AG Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 31856/57: 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. Corinphila Auction AG Auction 265th - 273rd - Day 3britische kolonien tasmanien |
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 Lot 20115 - andere gebiete tasmanien - classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 21858, 6 d., Perkins Bacon die proof unfinished (without value and TASMANIA), in black on high volume thin woven paper, removed from the card paper, with edge of die split at left, this is a typical and caracteristic blemish for an origin proof, which occure during the printing process with a rose-engine (because of the heavy impact, this is why the card paper is needed to produce a homogeneous print pressure and to not wreck the Die), the volume of the paperstructure points to a originated production a long time before 1870, due to TINSLEY one page 24 black printings are contemporary too and Robson Low says that the proofs of Perkins Bacon are cut to shape to avoid the tension because of the used rose-engine (vol. IV, page 169), a little toning at upper right is mentioned for accuracy, this is a guaranteed contemporary Die proof in any aspect, a rare master piece of (philatelistic) printing history, VF! Estimate 5.000€. classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 2andere gebiete tasmanien |
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 Lot 20132 - andere gebiete tasmanien - classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 21898, 10 d., purple lake and deep green, MNH hinged in the margin, IMPRIMATUR, strike of date 31 OCT.1898 and m/s FOR COLOUR. at the margin, very fresh and unique, ex De La Rue archive and Tinsley, SUP! Estimate 700€. classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 2andere gebiete tasmanien |
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 Lot 20110 - andere gebiete tasmanien - classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 21853, 1 d., pale blue, worn impression, pos 21-22, on medium paper (0,009 mm), pair with numeral cancellations/60, with large margins, multiples are very rare, an exceedingly and marvelous item for the highest expectations, signed Pfenninger and cert. Ceremuga, SUP! Estimate 5.000€. classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 2andere gebiete tasmanien |
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 Lot 20127 - andere gebiete tasmanien - classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 21878, 8 d., black, two proofs on white glazed card, both dated in black JULY 5 1878 from the De La Rue archive, first state of work with two vertical pencil lines indicates that the left lower corner needing rework and the second state of the day has a horizontal pencil line at the right ornament for indicating rework, two unique proofs, very fresh and attractive, SUP! Estimate 1.800€. classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 2andere gebiete tasmanien |
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 Lot 20121 - andere gebiete tasmanien - classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 21857, 2 d., green, LPOG, good to ample margins, magnifcent fresh classic item with good shade of colour, VF! Estimate 1.200€. classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 2andere gebiete tasmanien |
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 Lot 20116 - andere gebiete tasmanien - classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 21855-58, 1 d., black, single presentation ESSAY, reinstated with name VAN DIEMENSLAND omitted by waxing to void the imprint of the country name, after that the top of the oval pattern was placed instead (small double impression of the pattern at upper left and right), on thick white card, 43 x 50 mm, listed in ROBSON LOW/Volume IV/page 169/(iii), a desirable and magnificent rarity from Perkins Bacon produced on demand between 1855 and 1858, listed by RL under the 1858 issue thus, for sure used for presentation reasons to receive further orders from other colonies by selling the same sujet/subject, there are 2 others known in public, which differs a little from each other, see the illustration of THE BESCANCON COLLECTION/Corinphila, Nov. 2017, lot 6309 on page 102, coloured versions of this essay are reprints by De La Rue 1870 for the Paris exhibition printed on normal paper, ex Dale-Lichtenstein and Sato, SUP! Estimate 9.000€. classicphil GmbH 7'th classicphil Auction - Day 2andere gebiete tasmanien |
