387. Auktion

Schröder, A.: "Schach den Fälschungen" (1935–1938). The work was published in 5 volumes with over 200 pages; in 1935/37 there were also two further brochures in this series, all of which are very richly illustrated. The forgeries are excellently worked out and described, in German language, softcover, well preserved. Quite rare as complete as this. Estimate: 80 Euro

Serrane, Fernand: Vade-Mecum du Spécialiste-Expert en Timbres-Poste d'Europe (1927) + Hors d'Europe (1929), Volume I: 480 pages, Volume II: 315 pages, both in wine-red hardcover with gold embossing on the spine, in very good condition. Estimate: 100 euros

SPERATI – The Work of Jean de Sperati, published by the British Philatelic Association, London 1954, four parts: Part I: The Text (1955, copy No. 18 of the Limited Edition of five hundred, 214 pages; Part II: The Plates (1955, 143 plates plus plate A–J; Part III: The Basic Tests (1954, six pages + 2 empty pages for Sperati Reproductions; this is a reprint of chapter 4 in part I!); Part IV: Sperati Reproductions (1954, four pages, ex Nils Strandell (and with a lot of his corresponance with the editor), Godden leaves with 19 (!) original Sperati forgeries (two are die proofs) All parts in very good condition. Estimate: 7.000 Euro

This publication belonged originally to the Nils Strandell reference collection, @Postiljonen # 177, 23.10.2001, lot No. 582, hammer price 6.800 Euro + 20%

SPERATI, Jean de: La Philatélie sans experts? (1946), 124 pages and six plates, No. 276 of 300 copies printed, softcover. Rare publication. Estimate: 200 Euro

@Heinrich Köhler #353, 3.11.2012 Mainz, lot 9329: 180 Euro + 19%

SPERATI, Jean de: The Complete Technique of the Art of Philately,  typed manuscript, 140 pages, loose pages in a folder, rare. Estimate: 100 Euro

@James Bendon V/2016; GBP 100

SPERATI, Jean de; La Technique Complete de la Philatelie d'Art, manuscript (original typed copy!) in french language, signed, with a few illustrations, 122 pages, hardcover with title imprint. A rarity about which Richard Frajola said; “A true rarity of philatelkic literature with fewer than five copies extant of the ten or so produced” (website, July 2020). Estimate: 200 Euro

 

SPERATI – Locard, Dr. Edmond: L'Expertise des faux timbres-poste (1930) PLUS: L'Avenir Médical, No. 2 (1937). article "La Psychose du Collectionneur: Les Syllectimanes (pp. 235-237). Two very interesting items, written by the medical doctor who was later engaged in the case Jean de Sperati. Both with handwritten dedication/signature. Good condition. Estimate: 50 Euro

SPERATI – Schäfer, Richard: Jean de Sperati. Rubens of Philatelic Forgers 1884–1957 (Zürich 2023), Schäfers last book and for sure one of the best about Sperati's life, work and his Swiss Stamp Reproductions, 275 pages with gold edges, limited edition of 200, with dedication to Tomas Bjäringer, hardcover with dust jacket, very good condition. Estimate: 130 Euro

SPERATI – Lot of five items: 1) H. Hunziker: Jean de Sperati's Fälschungen, special print of a 14 page article published in SBZ, with dedication/signature of the author; 2) Lucette Blanc Girardet: Jean de Sperati. L'homme qui copiait les timbres (2003), 126 pages, with many good illustrations, hardcover; 3) London catalogue of the exhibition in which the B.P.A. reference collection of the reproductions made by Jean de Sperati was compared with the genuine stamps (April 27th-May 5th 1954), 12 pages, with original admission ticket and various brochures/inserts; 4) Philatelie D'Art les Jean de Sperati: copies of the 25 pages from the large-format ‘Golden Book’ of Sperati reproductions, softcover; 5) Dr D. Luis Blas Alvarez: Cómo caracterizar los falso Sperati de Espana (loose-leaf copy of the original from 1968), 65 pages, countless illustrations of the forgery features. Estimate: 150 Euro

SPIRO – Maassen, Wolfgang: “Spiro-Facsimiles”. Eine Dokumentation - Teil 1: Deutschland (Spiro-Facsimiles. A Documentation - Part 1: Germany, DIN A4 format, 272 pages, in colour, hardcover, very good condition. PLUS: Lang-Valchs, Gerhard: The Spiro made Facsimiles Never Existed - The End of a myth (I-III), 3 parts of an extensive study that appeared digitally in PHILA HISTORICA No. 2/2021 (pages 82–183), colour prints, privately bound as hardcover, in good condition. Estimate: 80 Euro

Séfi, Alexander J.: Forgeries and Fakes (London 1929), 28 pages, with illustrations, paperback, the cover a bit toned, inside good. Not very common, with a dedication and signature of the author. Estimate: 60 Euro

Thuin, Raoul Ch. de: Yucatan Affair. The work of a Philatelic Counterfeiter, written by James M. Chemi (Editor-in-chief) and James H. Beal & James T. de Voss (associate editors), published by the American Philatelic Society 1974, 523 pages with gold edges (de luxe edition), Hardcover with embossed spine, plus numerous press cuttings and a dinner card from the first presentation of this book, good condition. – Raoul Ch. de Thuin is mostly associated with Mexican fakes but he is known to have worked on many countries, mostly cancellations and overprints. This original edition has the illustration taken directly from the de Thuin metal cliches and this retains a significance not present in the later reprint from 1980. Estimate: 60 Euro

Vollmeier, Paolo et al: Fakes Forgeries Experts, No. 1 (October 1998) to 20 (May 2019) – The periodical on forgeries worldwide, written by experts and examiners (of the AIEP) mainly in English, the first volumes with 148 and 168 pages, the later ones mostly with 200 and more. In colour, richly illustrated, paperback, in good condition. From number 6 onwards, the individual volumes usually cost 50 euros, they are rarely offered as complete as this. Estimate: 600 Euro

@Heinrich Köhler #361, 23.-26.9.2015, Vol. 1-15: lot 1042: 380 Euro + 19%; @Cavendish, 30.7.2020, vol. 1-20, lot 145: GBP 420 + 20%; Corinphila #347, 6,6,2025, lot 1643, vol. 1–21, CHF 600 + 23%

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Winter, Peter – “House of Stamps”, pricelist “Edition ‘85 + ’88”, 32 pages + additional 4 pages, today, such price lists are no longer frequently found. PLUS: reprint of the 1914 Fournier price list offered by Lowell Ragatz in 1949 (64 pages); PLUS:  folder with a catalogue excerpt of the pages of the ‘Carl Kane Collection of Fakes and Forgeries’ (Schuyler J. Rumsey 2009); PLUS: Patrick Pearson: Advanced Philatelic Research (1971), 140 pages, Hardcover, with autor signature; PLUS: Sigurd Tullberg: falska Frimärken (Stockholm 1947, 192 Spalten, Hardcover). Mostly good condition. Estimate: 70 Euro

Philately of Tomorrow – Philatelic Research Laboratories (1940), 120 pages, softcover, inside an unreadable dedication; PLUS: The Dealers' Guide to Chemical Restoration of Postage Stamps (42 pages, 1975), to read at the cover page inside: “The Guide is not intended for sale to the General Collecting Public”! PLUS: The Institute for Analytical Philately, Inc.: Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Analytical Methods in Philately, edited by Susan Smith & John H. Barwis, 2020, 174 pages, with many illustration, in colour, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 60 Euro

The Philatelic Foundation New York (1983–2010): OPINIONS – Philatelic Expertizing – An Inside View, 8 + 1 Volumes, each volumes up to 150 pages, illustrated, hardcover, good condition plus 1 Vol: “Opinions I–V. The Complete Abstracts and Index” (163 Seiten, 1990). Only very rarely available in such a complete run! Estimate: 400 Euro

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Lot of 3 publications - Tyler, Varro E. : Philatelic Forgers. Their Lives and Works (1976, 60 pages, illustrated, with additional copies of other publications, hardcover with dust jacket, well preserved); PLUS: Atlee/Pemberton/Earee: The Spud Papers. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of early philatelic forgeries, reprinted by Lowell Ragatz, 168 pages, many illustrations, softcover, good condition; PLUS: Dorn, J. (Publ.): The Forged Stamps of all Countries, 239 pages, 350 diagrams, softcover, good condition. Estimate: 75 Euro

Moens, Jean-Baptiste: On the Falsification of Postage Stamps or, a General Nomenclature of all the Imitations and Forgeries as well as of the various Essay Stamps of all Countries (1862, translated by E. Doble), 32 pages, softcover, this copy in good condition is preserved in a wonderful bibliophile box. - This is the first study/catalogue of forgeries in philately! A rarity for every philatelic library! Estimate: 700 Euro

@ Williame auction # 223, 8.2.2003, lot 3110 (ex Moens): 1.725 Euro

2001 – Lowe, Robson / Walske, Carl: The Work of Jean Sperati II, 218 pages, four original photo plates, hardbound in green synthetic leather, with gold title imprint on cover and spine; – PLUS 2005 – Cartwright, Brian: Madame Joseph Revisited (2005), two volume boxed set, 95 pages, A4 size, hardcover, dust jacket + 40 pages of transparencies in a red ringbinder, A4 size, loose leaf; a corrected content page is included. Monograph and spiral binder come with a special slipcase. – PLUS 1993 – Worboys, Derek / West, Roger B.: Madame Joseph Forged Postmarks (Nov 1993), 122 pages, hardcover, numbered edition of 500 copies, but on page 4 it reads: “This book is one of several unnumbered copies, specially authorised and signed by the authors”! All titles in excellent condition. Estimate: 200 Euro