ST VINCENT 1899 5s green and blue forgery, SG75

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ST VINCENT 1899 5s green and blue forgery, SG75St Vincent 1899 5s green and blue forgery, SG75. A clever typographed forgery from the 'Ceylon' school (which anticipated the method of Sperati), on bleached out paper with genuine perforations, watermark and (inappropriate !) postmark, 'used' with part '(COLOM)BO' duplex cancel. A couple of tone spots evident but still a fine example for this rare forgery. Giovanni (Jean) de Sperati (14 October 1884 28 April 1957) was an Italian stamp forger. Even

left marginal example showing printing variety

cancelled-to-order with the special 'MELBOURNE' circular date stamp

it is a spectacular display piece of these early Victorian stamps from Ceylon with fine and fresh colour

lettered "JE"

which led to major commissions for the artist and helped boost his career

A brilliant mint specimen example with original gum

the struggle to rebuild his country and unify its people

Western Gangas AE Pagoda 1080-1135

Robert Champion recalled those moments before her performance:

Brilliant quality mint example with large part original gum

To the left is a pink cancellation stamp dated July 16

British Virgin Islands 1883 (28 Feb) colour scheme proofs (160 x 215mm