PAPAL STATES REPRINTS & ITALIAN STATES MAIL: Group of Cohn reprints in complete sheets of 60 with selvedge intact being ½d imperf, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c & 40c each perf. & imperf and 80c imperf with perf. sheet separated into blocks plus a small range of covers & pieces inc. Lombardy & Venetia 1863 3s Green (faults) used on piece SG 28, Papal States fine 8b White used on piece SG 26; 1854 E franked 4b Buff; Sardinia 10c Pale Brown & 40c Red (shade) on piece both tied 1863 cds's; 1861 EL franked 40c (pair, left hand unit clipped top left corner) tied Milan cds [nice usage of Sardinia adhesives used in Lombardy following annexation in 1859]; Sicily fine 2g pair (stated to be plate 3 pos 39/40) & 20g (cut into at top) used on piece SG 3 & 6; Tuscany 1832 EL Siena to Florence, etc. (12 sheets, 6 blocks, 5 covers & 5 pieces) Cross Reference: FORGERIES - STAMPS (Image)

TUSCANY - 1851 2c BLACK TRIALS ON COLOURED PAPER/CARD - on lilac (tiny thin), green and blue papers plus on red-surfaced thin card. (4) (Image)

MOSTLY TUSCANY 1851-60 GROUP INC. RARE VALUES - 1851 2c blue (3), 4c green (2), 6c blue (3) and 9c purple (2); 1857 1c carmine (mostly large margins, badly torn), 2c blue (3), 4c green (2) and 6c blue (2); 1860 1c purple (3), 5c green (4, inc. one printed on both sides), 10c brown (4), 20c blue (3) and 40c rose (3), 1q black/azure small faults, SG1 £1700; 1s lemon/azure three good margins, SG3 £2000; 1857 1q black (2, with four margins or two margins) SG24 £1900; and 1860 80c pale red-brown, just touched on two sides, SG50 £1400. 1857 1s yellow-buff with two margins (signed Richter, SG25 £5500). Plus Italy 1862 mint 20c blue (2), 40c rose and 80c yellow (6, SG 2-4 c£800); 1862 2c yellow newspaper (2 used, 4 mint); 1863 10c yellow postage due (3 used); and 1863 15c blue mint & used. SG £2000+ and a group of forgeries/reprints. Enormous SG. (94 items) Cross Reference: ITALY (Image)