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Wenden
(Livonia) Sperati made proofs in color of three of the red and green 2k stamps issued between 1864 and 1871. Sperati I only reported proofs in color but a finished reproduction of the 1865 issue, an unused, signed example from the Sperati archive, is shown below. page thumbnail:
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1864 Issue (2k) 2. the letters in "Briefmarke" show many flaws, there is a lage break in the middle of both "r's" 3. there are many breaks in the background causing the lettering at the foot to lose definition 4. there is a break in the inner frame at right center 5. there is a spot of color on the oval frame just opposite the left forefoot of the griffin. |
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1865 Issue (2k) 1. the top frameline has a break above the top left star 2. there is a smudge of color between the outer and inner frameline at top between the star and the "B" 3. there are many breaks in the background causing the lettering at the foot to lose definition 4. there are several spots of color between the inner and outer frame lines at right |
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1871 Issue (2k) 1. there are many breaks in the outer framelines 2. there are several spots of color between the inner thin red oval at left and the thick band of color 3. there is a general weakness in the solid background at foot |
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additional information from Sperati I:
Plate
115 Wenden Text
Richard Frajola (May 13,
2020) |
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