128 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - horizontal format - printed 2003
French text
JEAN DE SPERATI
THE MAN WHO COPIED POSTAGE STAMPS
A BIOGRAPHY
Result of the fruitful meeting between the author and Sperati's daughter, Yvonne, who made available to the journalist thousands of unreleased family documents, the book is the compendium of a long research of archive that combines private aspects and public events of the famous faker of international reputation.
Numerous are the images that enrich the book, by means of documents, letters, postage stamps and photos.
A work useful both to expert collectors and philatelists, both to those who are simply attracted or intrigued by the eccentric personality of Jean de Sperati, that helps to understand better the reasons and the results of his peculiar work.
CONTENTS
* Genealogical tree
* Dates of trials
* The family of Jean de Sperati
* Italy
* Paris
* Lyon and the castle of Carre of Isère
* Aix-les-Bains
* The affair and the trials in France
* The history of Treskilling and its consequences
* The character of Jean de Sperati
* The complete technique of Philately of Art
* Epilogue