Lot no. 2249 •

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1851/59, single page with Sperati's famous, custom-made fake of the 1851 issue 12p black that was treated at length in Sperati II, ex Ken Pugh, a pair of genuine 12p Specimen plate proofs, a working proof of 1859 issue 17c Cartier on white paper with Sperati marginal notations as well a trial exposure, the 1859 issue items are ex Sperati archives and Carl Walske. Also includes a philatelic journal clipped image of a 3d Beaver cover, ex Sperati archives, that was apparently used as a model to make the forged cancel