Lombardy-Venetia, (Austria Used in Lombardy) 1850 Arms, 9kr blue, hand-made paper, type II, clear full Milano town cancel, large margins, bright color, Very Fine and choice, a rare usage of the Austria 9kr adhesive used in Lombardy-Venetia. Scott Nos. Austria 5. Michel Nos. Austria 5 X b  Estimate $300 - 400. $0 (Image)

Lombardy-Venetia, (Austria Used in Lombardy) 1850 Arms, 9kr blue, hand-made paper, type II, full even margins, tied by "Padova, 21 - 2/51" boxed date stamp on folded letter sheet to Trieste, reverse with red receiving cds; cover refold at right, otherwise Very Fine, a rare usage of the Austria 9kr adhesive used in Lombardy-Venetia. Scott Nos. Austria 5. Michel Nos. Austria 5 X b  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

Lombardy-Venetia, (Austria Used in Lombardy) 1850 Arms, 9kr bright blue, hand-made paper, type I, bottom margin single with large even margin around, tied by two strikes "Verona, 22-3/51" boxed date stamp on folded letter to Wolfsberg, reverse with transit and receiving backstamps, Very Fine, a rare usage of the Austria 9kr adhesive used in Lombardy-Venetia; with 2009 Bottacchi certificate. Michel Nos. Austria 5 X a. Scott Nos. Austria 5f  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. $0 (Image)

Lombardy-Venetia, 1850 Arms 15c red, hand-made paper, type III, large margins to full, bright color, tied by "Piazza, Ago. 11" two-line handstamp on large part of folded letter to the vicinities of Clusone, neat Clusone (8.12) backstamp; light horizontal file fold barely affects stamp, otherwise Very Fine and rare use from Piazza; 2004 Sismondo certificate, signed by Oliva and Sismondo. Scott Nos. 4  Estimate $500 - 750. The Piazza cancellation is rare with a Sassone rarity factor of 11 in the cancellations manual. $0 (Image)

Lombardy-Venetia, 1850 Arms 5c buff, hand-made paper, large margins to clear, tied by well-struck "Pizzighettone 31/5" cds on folded letter to Cremona, inside with 30c Green & Black, Fiscal (Sassone 8) tied by boxed handstamp, Very Fine, a scarce and desirable cover; with 1996 Raybaudi and 2007 Sismondo certificates and signed by both. Scott Nos. 1, 3  Estimate $500 - 750. $0 (Image)

Lombardy-Venetia, Postmark Collection, over 500 stamps arranged alpha by town from Adria to Zongno, on stockpages in binder, nearly all selected for complete strikes with most on piece; first issues virtually all with four large margins including multiple and mix frankings on piece, nice array of cancels with various circular and oval towns, straight lines and boxed postmarks, with many on piece items, with many choice socked-on-the-nose cancels; condition and strikes well above the norm with postmark duplication to expected on different issues. Estimate  $1,000 - 1,500. $0