Neapolitan Provinces

1861 issue 2gr Embossed Head Inverted (blue and black)

Sperati made a single design of the 1861 issue 2 grana frame only for Neapolitan Provinces. Sperati made his reproductions by preserving the genuine embossed heads and cancels when he decolored the genuine stamps. He then printed his forged frames inverted to the genuine embossed heads. He printed frames in blue as well as in black for the error of color.

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1861 Issue 2g (in blue and black)

1. there is a break in outer frameline above the "S" of "POSTE"

2. there is a break in the thin frameline above the "UE" of "DUE"

finished reproduction on piece here

letter of Robson Lowe regarding Sperati's model shown on mounted page, ex Freeland

additional information from Sperati I:  Plate 59   Neapolitan Provinces Text

Richard Frajola (May 12, 2020)