1851 1cr carmine, horizontal pair with large margins, including portions of adjoining stamps at sides, also horizontal strip of three, margins all around, close to just touching at upper right, v.f., with Cilio and Brun certificates (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Est.$200

1852 60cr red ("Scarlatto cupo su grigio"), unused with full original gum, small hinge on back, margins all around (this issue was printed very close, so most of the known examples are cut or touching at sides), showing part of adjoining stamp at left, incredibly fresh and intense color, v.f. and surely one of the best known of the very few known unused examples, signed Colla, with his 2015 certificate (this example, one of the few known unused, has full original gum and is in perfect condition) (Sass.9, Euro 165,000) cat. $95000 (Cat No. 9) (Image)

Cat. $95000, Est.$25,000