Pictorial Notepaper. 1798-1855 Pictorial lettersheets all postally used within Italy, comprising 1798 and 1801 "REPUBBLICA CISALPINA" notepaper headed with fine (but differing) woodcuts which include the figure of Liberty with the Cap of Liberty on a spear, posted to Bologna or within Mantoua with "VERCHA. CISALPINA" handstamp; 1846 letter with a fine engraving of Trento; 1850 "Hotel du Nord" notepaper with a fine engraving of the hotel in the Place St. Trinite in Florence, written by the hotel proprietor F. Ponsson; and 1855 notepaper with a fine engraving of a man and child in an elegant drawing room, posted from Milan to Neri Corsini in Florence. (5).
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Italian Colonies - Air Mails. 1932-34 General Colonial Air Mail issues complete mint and with "SAGGIO" (Specimen) overprints, some additional "SAGGIO" overprints in differing colours, also 1933 50L blue varieties imperf between stamp and upper margin and imperf between stamp and lower margin, and two covers. (39 + 71 Specimens + 2 covers).
