1850 5c to 45c mint selection, showing both hand made & machine made papers, mostly good four margins, fine & a scarce group (8) (Image)

1850 5c yellow-orange, hand made wove paper, used, right marginal horizontal strip of four, large to huge margins, bearing three strike of the VENEZIA/23.8 cds, very fine and a scarce showpiece, cert. Sismondo (2013) (Sassone 1g) (Ferchenbauer €2’400) (Image)

1850 5c orange, hand made wove paper, used, right marginal horizontal pair, showing part sheet watermark “KKHM”, large to huge margins, bearing clear strike of the TREVISO/29.MAR ds, very fine and a scarce showpiece, signed E.Diena, cert. Sismondo (2013)(Sassone 1h) (Image)

1850 5c orange, first printing, hand made wove paper and 10c black, tied on fragment by straight-line ARIANO, superb appearance, scarce (Image)

1850 5c orange, first printing, hand made wove paper, used, three good to large margined singles all with different shades, tied by two strikes of the 2-line SERMIDE/29.SET hs, on folded entire to Brezzolo, superb appearance, scarce, signed A.Diena, E.Diena & Gironi (Image)

1850 10c black, hand made wove paper, used, left sheet marginal irregular block of three, good to huge margins, tied on fragment by three strikes of the ADRIA/28.LUG ds, plus selvage showing St. Andrew’s cross applied alongside, an unusual, very fine and scarce showpiece (Image)

1850 10c silver grey, type Ia, first printing, hand made wove paper, used, vertical strip of three, good to large even margins, bearing two strikes of the SABBIONETTA/6.LUG ds, very fine and a scarce showpiece, cert. Sismondo (2013)(Sassone 2a) (Ferchenbauer €3’500) (Image)

1850 10c silver grey, hand made wove very thin transparent paper, used, right sheet marginal vertical strip of three, good to large even margins, bearing three partial strikes of the BRESCIA/11.9 cds, very fine and a scarce showpiece, cert. Alberto Diena (1953) (Image)

1852 Wrapper sent registered from Mantova to Padova with 10c grey-black in vertical and horizontal strips of 3, nearly all with generous margins, plus 30c type I, all hand-made paper, tied to front or backflap, RACCOMANDATA handstamp and manuscript “Urgente”, despatch and arrival ds, trimmed at left, a UNIQUE franking and a dramatic and spectacular showpiece, unrecorded by Ferchenbauer who prices six 10c on cover as “LP” and a simple 10c + 30c franking at €10,000, signed A. Diena & Russo and cert. Fiecchi (1976) (Image)

USAGE OF THE 15 CENTS ON THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE 1850 Small neat folded letter sheet from Verona to Cittadella, franked 1850 15 cents, red, Type I from the first printing, good to very large margins and showing small portions a St.Andrew’s Cross at right, superbly tied by crisp clear VERONA/1.6 cds, with script arrival bs in blue Cittasella/2.GIU, a remarkable usage, an imporatnt postal history rarity of Lombary Venetia, showpiece (Sassone 3a, € 57’500) (Note: According to Sassone Annullamenti the blue Cittasella script type was only in use in June 1850) Estimate €12’000 – 15’000 (Image)

1850 15c red, type III, hand made wove paper, used, left marginal horizontal strip of six, close to huge margins, bearing six strikes of the VERONA/8.4 cds, very fine and a scarce showpiece, cert. Sismondo (2013)(Sassone 6)(Ferchenbauer €2’000) (Image)

USAGE OF THE 30 CENTS ON THE THIRD DAY OF ISSUE 1850 Folded letter sheet from Como to Brescia, franked 1850 30 cents, brown, Type I from the first printing, good to very large margins and showing tiny portions a St.Andrew’s Cross at right, superbly tied by crisp clear COMO/3.GIU cds, very fine & a rare early usage, cert. Sismondo (2013) (Sassone 7b) (Image)

1850 45c blue, type I, mint, clear to good margins, showing broken corner plate flaw, fresh, very fine & very rare (Mi. €8’500) (Image)

1850 15c blue, type III, machine made wove, used, block of four, good to large even margins, bearing four clear strikes of the CREMONA/23.6 cds, very fine and rare used multiple, showpiece, signed Friedl, cert. Alberto Diena (1953) & Sismondo (2013)(Ferchenbauer €8’500) (Image)

1855-56, Covers (4) all franked 15c fiscal used postally from Bassano, Brescia, Dolo & Sondrio, 3 addressed to Venezia, 2 with slight peripheral toning (Image)

1857-58 Milan Postal Forgery 45c blue, type VI, large margins, very fine (Sassone F15, €4’750) (Image)

1859 2s yellow, 3s green and 5s rose, type II, mint, fresh, very fine & scarce (Mi. €1’700) (Image)

1858 3s black, 10s brown and 15s blue, type I, mint, fresh, very fine & scarce (Mi. €9’080) (Image)

1861 10c Brown small-format entire uprated with well-centred vert. pair of the 1858-62 3s Green (Sass. 35) all tied by Treviso cds (22/6) and sent first to Brescia, then readdressed to Torino, numerous transits and bs incl. Brescia cds (24 GIU 63) and italic P.D. on face, final arrival 24 June (wonderful service!), pair with fresh colours and good perfs, entire with couple trivial stains else very fine, signed A. Diena and another (Image)

1860-61 5s rose and 10s brown,, mint, fresh, very fine & scarce (Mi. €4’000) (Image)

1863 2s to 15s and 1864 2s to 15s, two complete mint sets, fresh very fine & scarce (Mi. €7’700) (Image)

1964 2s yellow, used with crisp clear VERONA/9.11 cds, excellent colour, very fine & very scarce used, cert. Sismondo (Image)

1964 2s yellow, used with crisp clear part LLOYD AGENZIE CONSTANTINOPLE cds, excellent colour, very fine & very scarce used in the Levant, cert. Sismondo (Image)