Sale No: 350
Lot No: 2660
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Cat No: Collection
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1943 Provisional Government 'Badoglio' rose-carmine signature opt Victor Emmanuel 50c violet, prepared but unissued. Superb fresh MNH. Opt prepared in Naples on the orders of Marshal Pietro Badoglio's administration. But never issued as King Victor Emmanuel vehemently objected to his portrait being defaced in such a way, & almost all the stock was then officially destroyed. Sass footnote after 515I, CEI 471 cat €10,000 = A$15,000. Major Italian rarity. Copy of 1993 Raybaudi cert for blk it came from, plus 2017 Ceremuga photo cert (P)
Estimate AU$2,000
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Opening AU$ 1,200.00
Sold...AU$ 1,250.00
Closed..May-29-2019, 16:00:00 EST
Sold For 1250
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