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ERITREA PARCEL POSTS continued...

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
381	/	Sassone PP#23-32	Sassone PP#23-32, 1927-36 25c-20L Parcel Posts with large "Eritrea" overprints cplt. less only the extraordinarily rare 10c Blue, a handsome and fresh set, bright colors, variable centering, most being the typical just fine centering but also some well centered copies including the scarce 1L Violet, o.g., all are n.h. except the 10L Rose lilac which shows a trace of hinging, fine-very fine; the key values are signed E(nzo) D(iena) and Raybaudi as never hinged including the 10L value (Scott #Q22-31). (Image)	for hinged €3,300 SOLD for $600.00 Will close during Public Auction

ERITREA POSTAGE DUES

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
382		Sassone S#1a	Sassone S#1a, 1903 5c Orange and carmine with "Colonia Eritrea" overprint at top, double overprint, mint block of four, two closely oriented overprints of equal strength, deep rich colors, on bright paper, o.g., bottom pair n.h., some separation of the vertical perforations, normal fine centering; a rare variety with very few blocks yet remaining intact; each stamp signed G. Bolaffi, E(milio) D(iena) (Scott #J1; $1,100.00 for hinged singles). (Image)	for hinged €2,600 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
383		Sassone S#11	Sassone S#11, 1903 10L Blue and carmine with "Colonia Eritrea" overprint at top, the key high value of the first postage dues, mint single with fresh colors on bright paper, o.g., fairly well centered for this issue and value, fine and very rare in this choice quality; signed E(nzo) D(iena) (Scott #J11, 2,350.00). (Image)	€3,500 SOLD for $525.00 Will close during Public Auction
384		Sassone S#11	Sassone S#11, 1903 10L Blue and carmine with "Colonia Eritrea" overprint at top, another mint example of this key value, attractive deep colors, o.g., one short perforation at right, typical just fine centering (Scott #J11; $2,350.00). (Image)	€3,500 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
385		Sassone S#12-13	Sassone S#12-13, 1903 50L Yellow and 100L Blue with "Colonia Eritrea" overprints cplt., unusually fresh mint singles of these high denomination postage dues, brilliant colors on bright white paper, crisp even perforations, o.g., lightly hinged, attractive fine centering that is far superior to many of these issues; signed E(nzo) D(iena) (Scott #J12-13; $1,000.00). (Image)	€1,500 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
386		Sassone S#14a	Sassone S#14a, 1920 5c Orange and carmine with "Colonia Eritrea" at bottom, inverted numeral and overprint, a gem mint single with unbelievable centering for these postage due issues being virtually perfectly centered within balanced margins, plus surrounded by full even perforations, bright rich colors on fresh white paper, o.g., lightly hinged; extremely fine and very rare in this superlative quality (Scott #J1c; $450.00). (Image)	€650 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
387		Sassone S#16	Sassone S#16, 1920 20c Orange and carmine with "Colonia Eritrea" overprint at bottom, handsome left sheet margin single of this key value, exceptionally crisp with full perforations, bright colors on fresh paper, but most importantly unusually well centered for the postage dues, o.g., n.h., very fine for this (Scott #J3a; $1,100.00). (Image)	for hinged €1,100 SOLD for $290.00 Will close during Public Auction
388		Sassone S#22	Sassone S#22, 1925 2L Blue and carmine with "Colonia Eritrea" overprint at bottom, pristine mint single of the key value of the later postage due set, intense deep colors on brilliant white paper, fresh o.g., n.h. normal fine centering (Scott #J9a; $2,000.00). (Image)	for hinged €2,000 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
389		Sassone S#22	Sassone S#22, 1925 2L Blue and carmine with "Colonia Eritrea" overprint at bottom, another mint example of this scarce value, rich colors on fresh paper, o.g., n.h., typical just fine centering; signed Raybaudi (Scott #J9a; $2,000.00). (Image)	for hinged €2,000 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
390		Sassone S#38a	Sassone S#38a, 1934 20c Carmine with "Eritrea" overprint, inverted overprint, brilliantly fresh mint example with bright color on white paper, o.g., n.h., very fine or this; (Scott #17a; listed but unpriced). (Image)	for hinged €650 SOLD for $180.00 Will close during Public Auction

ERITREA COLLECTIONS

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
391	/		Eritrea substantial mint collection consisting of well over 350 different, this collection covers the entire period of the stamps of this colony from 1892 to 1941, the early overprints are very comprehensive including the 1892 first issue complete, the collection follows this pattern throughout for the postal issues, semi-postals, air posts, special deliveries, postage dues and parcel posts, lacking only a very few of being complete, in addition there are numerous overprint varieties, some of which are listed only in Sassone, including inverted and double overprints plus spelling errors, etc., we also note some non-Scott listed money order stamps and various perforation and watermark varieties of the 1922 Victory issue, condition is clean and attractive, o.g. or used, fine-very fine; a valuable and comprehensive mint collection; for the listed Scott issues the catalog value is over $15,500.00.	Est. $3,000-4,000 SOLD for $4,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
392	O		Eritrea large mint and used collection/accumulation of over 1,200 stamps in large stock book, this collection covers the whole range of the stamps of this country from 1892 to the 1930's being very comprehensive for both mint and used, there is an excellent selection of the early overprinted issues, usually collected with a couple of mint values (nearly all with o.g.), then with as many as a half dozen used, in the later issues, especially the commemoratives, there are less used and some with dubious cancels are not counted, in addition to the regular postal issues there are air posts, special deliveries, postage dues and parcel posts, all are collected in the same way and lack only a few of being complete, includes a few varieties listed only in Sassone, condition is clean overall, o.g. or used with few exceptions, mostly fine-very fine; an attractive and valuable accumulation of this Italian Colony; total Scott catalog value is in excess of $24,000.00.	Est. $4,000-5,000 SOLD for $4,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

FIUME

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
393		Sassone #225b	Sassone #225b, 1924 "Annessione/all'Italia/22 Febb. 1924" overprint on 5L Olive bister, error of color, an exceptionally well centered mint single of this incredibly rare stamp, attractive colors and sharp impression on bright paper, o.g., lightly hinged, small natural paper inclusion in top margin which are quite normal and endemic to this paper, very fine and exceedingly choice; the various brown colors of the three high lira values were sometimes interchanged in printing creating three different errors of color, the most important of these is the 5L value printed in the olive bister color of the 3L, this is known both mint and used without overprint and is very rare, however the only error of color that received an overprint was this rare 5L Olive bister with the last overprint; Sassone lists this error mint but does not price it assigning a value of €2,200 in used condition; a major color error of Fiume that is not listed in Scott and one of no more than a very few, at the most, that exist; signed S. Sorani and accompanied by 2005 Silvano Sorani and 2007 PF certificates. (Image)	Est. $3,000-4,000 SOLD for $1,800.00 Will close during Public Auction

FIUME COLLECTION

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
394	/O		Fiume important and massive mint and used collection/accumulation in two large stock books, the first is devoted to the normal issues and contains over 2,300 stamps, the collection is complete for all of the stamps that were issued by this country starting with overprinted Hungarian stamps of 1918, these come with both machine typographed overprints and handstamps, then the complete range of printed designs that often come in different printings, plus the numerous surcharges and overprints that were later applied to them, in addition to the regular postal issues all the semi-postals, special delivery, postage dues and newspapers are collected in the same way and are complete for all issues, the normal pattern of collecting in this volume is usually from five or six mint singles up to a dozen or more of each value and sometimes including blocks of four, there are usually two or three used values and some times more including being tied to piece, often the duplication of mint and used shows shades and different printings, there are also over 20 covers that went through the mail and are often registered, the second volume is devoted to the varieties of the various issues and the range of these varieties is great, this volume contains over 575 singles and multiples, we note overprint varieties with inverted and double overprints plus type varieties, etc., the basic stamps have printing errors such as double impressions and we even note an error of color of the 1923 3L in the bister brown color of the 5L, the perforation varieties are numerous including some rather good sized blocks, we note completely imperforate, imperforate between pairs as well as larger strips, plus offsets of the designs and the overprints and much more, condition varies slightly as would be expected on such a large holding, but overall the condition is quite clean with the vast majority being o.g. or used, never hinged will be found throughout, though most is hinged and often there are h.r. present, mostly fine-very fine; Fiume is an interesting and difficult collecting area, we have kept this fantastic collection together as one lot to allow the buyers to sift through and separate the wheat from the chaff, if all were genuine this lot would catalog a significant sum, but given the nature of this collecting area it is certain that not everything is genuine, yet it is also certain that there is much that is genuine and there are genuine varieties that are highly desirable and very rare; this collection demands careful examination which we expect will prove our estimate to be quite conservative.	Est. $7,500-10,000 SOLD for $6,000.00 Will close during Public Auction

ITALIAN EAST AFRICA (BRITISH OCCUPATION)

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
395		Sassone #1-9	Sassone #1-9, 1941 10c on 5c to 10L on 5L "British Occupation" surcharges cplt., the unissued set surcharged on nine Italian East Africa colonial values of the first series, fresh, o.g., n.h., very fine; a scarce set that is not listed in Scott; signed A. D(iena) and accompanied by his 1955 certificate. (Image)	€3,900 SOLD for $1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
396		Sassone #11-17, 19, 20	Sassone #11-17, 19, 20, 1941 2L-50L "British/Occupation/Postage" overprints on Italian colony revenue stamps cplt. for the nine normally available values, less the 10c and 20L values which are great rarities, another unissued set for the British occupation of Italian East Africa that is not listed in Scott; very fresh with rich colors, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine and a rare and seldom encountered set; two key high values signed A. D(iena), Raybaudi. (Image)	€9,750 SOLD for $2,200.00 Will close during Public Auction

LIBYA

Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
397		Sassone #5A	Sassone #5A, 1912 15c Black grey with black blue "Libia" overprint, an amazingly rare mint example of this overprint variety that was printed in a blackish blue ink rather the normal violet, the stamp has deep color and highly detailed impression on bright paper, slightly rounded corner perf. at top left, typical fine centering, all of little significance considering the immense rarity of this stamp; interestingly this color overprint ink was used quite extensively as used examples and even examples on cover are not at all rare, but apparently the printings with black blue ink were all used up as only fifteen mint examples are recorded making this one of the very important rarities of the whole Italian area, ranking up with the "2/Dollari/Pechino" surcharge of China of which only fifteen examples are known also; an important and seldom offered rarity; signed S. Sorani (Scott #16a; $14,500.00). (Image)	€22,000 SOLD for $3,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
398		Sassone #11a	Sassone #11a, 1912 5L Blue and rose with "Libia" overprint, Ty. I, shifted rose background, fresh mint single with bright attractive colors, the rose color is shifted to the top left, o.g., lightly hinged, attractive fine centering; this variety is not listed in Scott; signed A. D(iena), S. Sorani (Scott #14 var. $325.00 for normal). (Image)	€1,000 SOLD for $160.00 Will close during Public Auction
399		Sassone #12/I	Sassone #12/I, 1915 10L Olive and rose with "Libia" overprint, Ty. II, a wonderfully fresh mint single of this high denomination rarity, exquisite colors on bright paper, quite well centered for this, fine and exceptionally attractive; the two types of overprints on the first issue were generally equally used for most values, the 10L Olive and rose is the major exception being very common in the thick type I overprint, however the thin type II is extraordinarily rare either mint or used; this very handsome mint stamp is a highly desirable example of this rarity; signed S. Sorani (Scott #15a; $2,400.00). (Image)	€7,000 SOLD for $1,050.00 Will close during Public Auction
400		Sassone #18a	Sassone #18a, 1917 45c Olive with "Libia" overprint, inverted overprint, fresh mint single with deep olive color and sharp impression, bright white paper and full even perforations, o.g., lightly hinged, attractive normal fine centering; a very scarce stamp despite its modest catalog values with only one sheet of 100 recorded; signed G. Bolaffi, A. D(iena) and accompanied by a 1986 Enzo Diena certificate (Scott #10a; $440.00). (Image)	€650 SOLD for $120.00 Will close during Public Auction