ITALIAN STATES COLLECTION 1851-1861, 43 mint and used stamps mounted on 1902 Scott International Album pages, includes MODENA (x12) noting used #2, 3, 4, 6, PR2, PR4, plus mint #8, 12, and MNG #9, 14, PR3 (cat $1040 US), also TWO-SICILIES (x15) with better used #2-5, 6, 10, 23f (rare), and MNG #19a-20, 22-23, 25, 27 (cat $2890), and TUSCANY (x16) noting better used #4-8, 10, 12-15, 17-22 (cat $8545), great lot to fill in many scarce Italian empty album spots, total Scott cat over $12,500 US ($16,700 CDN), mostly F-VF est ($300+ US) (Image)

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(#5/74) ITALY USED COLLECTION 1853-1900, 94 stamps (some mint) mounted on 1902 Scott International Album pages, includes better #5, 8b, 11e, 12, 22, 33, 37-44, 58-63, O5-O6, also mint #19-21, 49, 51, 57, 72, P1, and MNG #15, O8 ++, good lot with some minor faults, Scott cat over $2700 US ($3600 CDN), mostly F-VF est ($150+ US) (Image)

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(#24/690) ITALY & COLONY COLLECTION 1854-1980's, 564 stamps noting better used MODENA #12a, PARMA #11, SARDINIA #7, 10, 12, 12a, 13, ROME #22, 22e, and ITALY #33, 38, 50, 56-62, 92, 120, 203, 373, B32, D11, J15, J19 ++, also good MOG #52, 78, 160-168, J74 ++, the lot has 174 Colony Issues noting 6 SOMALIA, 32, ETHIOPIA, 25, ERITREA, 13, LIBYA, 2 EAST AFRICA, 22 AEGEAN ISLANDS, 28 SAN MARINO, 24 VATICAN, 10 SOCIAL REPUBLIC and 3 AMS Occupation WWII, great lot with huge Scott cat over $7575 US ($10,000 CDN), F-VF est ($300+ US) (Image)

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