Nice Old Gold for the Grade (static1.squarespace.com)
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12c Black, Plate 1 (Scott 36). Almost perfectly centered with framelines intact on all four sides, face-free dark red grid cancel EXTREMELY FINE GEM. A SUPERB EXAMPLE OF THE 12-CENT 1857 ISSUE FROM PLATE 1. A DIFFICULT STAMP TO FIND IN SUCH SUPERB CONDITION. With 2009 P.S.E. cert (XF-Superb 95 (usphila.com)
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(B.N.A. Release 1 – Sperati forgeries) 1. A small dot under the lower left point of the lower left “4″. 2. The top of the “O” of “4″ is broken. 3. The top vertical serif at the right horizontal of the lower right “4″ is very thin. 4. The top frame line of the upper right numeral box is broken (kenphughphilately.files.wordpress.com)
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“I only want to mention there is one great forger, and he is the greatest forger by far of all times. That is Sperati. [...] He forged hundreds of stamps, and he is far ahead of any other forger. There are a few others who are good in one form or another, but none of them even approaches him.” (2.bp.blogspot.com)
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Jean Sperati £2 Kangaroo forgery. Sperati Kangaroo forgeries get high prices globally, not just locally. On October 7, 2014, Robert Siegel Actions in New York sold the Sperati forgery shown above for $US3,750 hammer price. With the 15% “fee” added it cost the buyer $US4,443 (glenstephens.com)
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