1818-19, Various postal documents in French: “Lettre Patente” and two “Manifeste de la Royale Chambre des Comptes”, the first one with imprints of the Cavalinis in blue and the second one with embossed imprints of the Cavalini, very fine (Image)

1820 CAVALLINI: 2nd Issue 15c Dry relief print on watermarked paper, some traces of humidity as often, otherwise very fine and without crease through imprint, very rare, (II. emissione, 15c stampa a secco a rilievo su carta filigranata, senza piega sull’impronta, qualche tracce d’umidità, ma molto raro), signed Raybaudi, cert. Bottacchi (Sassone 4 – € 13.500) (Image)

1820 CAVALLINI: 2nd Issue 25c Dry relief print on watermarked paper, some browning as often otherwise very fine and without crease through imprint, very rare, (II. emissione, 25c stampa a secco a rilievo su carta filigranata, senza piega sull’impronta. Qualche ingiallimento ma molto raro) signed Raybaudi, cert. Bottacchi (Sassone 5 – € 20.000) (Image)

1820 CAVALLINI: 2nd Issue 50c Dry relief print on watermarked paper, some traces of humidity as often, otherwise very fine and without crease through imprint, very rare, (II. emissione, 50c stampa a secco a rilievo su carta filigranata, senza piega sull’impronta, qualche tracce d’umidità, ma molto raro), signed Raybaudi, cert. Bottacchi (Sassone 6 – € 25.000) (Image)

1846 Letter to Savoy bearing extremely rare “CIRIE Posta Militare A S. MAURIZIO” written by a soldier in a Camp near St Maurice, very fine, unrecorded (Image)

1855-62 Extremely rare vertical pair of the 10c Dark Chocolate Brown tied to folded cover from Torino, two strikes of the cds “with hour,” sent to Breo-Mondovi (bs). The pair with large margins showing part of neighboring stamps at right and at foot, an important and precious franking, very fine, signed A. & G. Bolaffi, Avanzo, A. Diena (Image)

RARE SHADE WITH DOUBLE EMBOSSING ON COVER 1861 Printing, 20c Greenish Cobalt (plate II), example with light double embossing of central head, tied to cover to Sassari by cds of Bonorva (13 MAG 61), well preserved both in freshness and in margins and colour, very fine, signed Avanzo, A. Diena & Bottacchi (cert. 2001) (Sass. € 9’000 for normal on cover) (Image)

1862 20c Dark Purplish Indigo, good margins all around, tied by 31 December (1862) Milano cds (the last day of the 20c tariff) to cover to Bologna (1 GEN 63 bs), a scarce usage and very fine showpiece, signed Oliva Note: By sending the letter the next day (1 January 1863), the sender would have saved 5c (Image)