Italy, Italian States and Colonies Italy & Colonies
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1402
Symbol: O*
1863-1906 Issues mostly used including 1863-65 2L pale scarlet, 1878 '2 C' Surcharges on Officials set, 1879-82 30c brown (mint) & 2L vermilion, 1890 'Cmi = 2' Surcharges on Parcel Post set, 1891-97 5L carmine & blue x2, etc, many with above-average centring, fine to very fine.
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1906 Victor Emmanuel 5c blue-green Mi 88 with dramatic Double Print of the Lower-Left Portion of the Design plus part of the Marginal Inscriptions, on 1926 philatelic registered cover to London, minor blemishes.
1910-40 issues including 1910 Garibaldi in Naples duo (*), 1911 Kingdom (*&U), 1922 Philatelic Congress (*), 1923 Medallions (30c & 1L are **), 1923 Manzoni (*), 1924 'LIRE UNA' (used) & Red Cross (*), 1926 'POSTA/AEREA' (*) & St Francis (*&U), 1928 Charity (*), 1930 Charity (U), Vergil (*, a few tonespots) & Massed Flight (pencil signature, **), 1932 Dante (** & U), Garibaldi (U) & Leonardo 100L (**), 1933 Zeppelins (*) & setenant strips of 3 (*), 1934 Rome-Buenos Aires (**), Soccer 5L+2L50c (U) & Medal (**), 1936 Horaz (U, but some cancels are dubious), 1937 Children (*/**), 1938 Proclamation (U), etc, generally very fine.
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Estimate AU$1,500
Opening AU$ 1,150.00
Sold...AU$ 1,150.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 1150
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1405
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: Early stamped entires franked with imperfs comprising Papal States ½b superb horizontal pair (signed by four experts including Alberto Diena), 2b on White Paper x8 (four with TPO cds) & 2b on Greenish Paper x2; Naples with 2gr, a large stamp but crossed by filing fold; and Lombardy-Venezia with Austrian Perf 5kr scarlet tied by largely superb 'PRIMIERO/25APR' datestamp; generally fine to very fine.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1406
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: Wide-ranging array with a few 19th century items including 1881 complete municipal poster at 1c newspaper rate, registered & express covers, many scarce frankings including better values & WWII propaganda setenants x4, airmails, military & POW items, lots of postmark interest, generally fine to very fine. Excellent lot for collectors or ebay traders.
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Estimate AU$600
Opening AU$ 460.00
Sold...AU$ 460.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 460
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1407
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: Pre-stamp entires with a range of undated and dated town handstamps and many instructional types including some superb strikes, several Lombardy & Venezia with Austrian-pattern markings, generally fine to superb.
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Estimate AU$300
Opening AU$ 230.00
Sold...AU$ 230.00
Closed..Feb-21-2024, 18:00:00 EST
Sold For 230
Sale No: 255
Lot No: 1408
Symbol: C
POSTAL HISTORY: Mostly pre-WWII registered civilian or official mail many with multi-colour or mixed-issue frankings, a few also with Express stamps & several with 'AR' or 'RR' markings, a few with 1944 Socialist Republic or 'P.M.' Overprints & a couple of very scarce registered postcards, postmark interest including TPOs & 1929 from San Giovanni Lupatoto with date-only dumb cancels, generally fine to very fine. A very interesting lot.
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