FIRST COVER FROM ITALY WITH A STAMP 1840 (Oct 23) Wrapper from Newcastle under Lyme to Dover with 1840 1d black pl.4 tied by red-brown MC, redirected to “Post Restante / Naples”, carried privately to Italy and posted back to England 6 months later via Sardinia (“TS” hs and cds), with faint “NAP 1841 / 5 MAG” claret ds on obverse, charged “1/7” overseas postage with “POSTAGE NOT PAID / TO LONDON” hs on reverse, cert. states that the cover has been cleaned and the stamp lifted for inspection. An extraordinary, well-travelled and attractive cover Expertise: Cert. BPA (2013) (Image)

1858 50gr Red-Brown, very close to fine margins, with partial “ANNULLATO” cancels, slight thin otherwise fine, signed Dr. Rieger (Image)

1858 50gr Rose-Red, fine to very large margins, with partial “ANNULLATO” cancel, very fine and fresh, cert. Raybaudi (1983) and signed Sorani (Image)

1859 POSTAL FORGERY: 10gr red brown type I, used with boxed postmark, some paper thinning, a very rare item, with 1977 Raybaudi cert., Sassone € 30’000 (Image)