1857/65 Folded Letter Sheets, 2 covers; 1857 Bologna to Rome with #7 tied by light CENTOstraight-line with a Bologna cds alongside and circular "CENTO" date stamp at left, ; 1865 with #3 top margin single with full margins the other sides tied on folded letter sheet by Geprano 12 Set 65 cds on folded letter sheet with nice strike of "crossed keys" municipal handstamp at left, each Very Fine and signed (Image)

CV. 60

ROMAN STATES FORGERIES REFERENCE COLLECTION. a fascinating, highly researched collection of reprints, forgeries and genuine including postal forgeries for comparison, methodically presented and written-up on quadrille album pages in one old fashioned album; there are approx. 500 stamps with highlights including a wonderful section of postal forgeries on the 1852 5b and 8b issues with both values used on piece and a 5b on cover signed Sorani, then several valuable Sperati forgeries on the high values 50b and 1s, as well as Fournier examples and many other types, also interesting bisects on piece, mint multiples of the 1867 imperf glazed papers inc. probable high-catalog genuine, then the glazed paper issues studied denomination by denomination, imperf and perf, with genuine and productions by Fournier, Usigli, Moens, Gelli-Tani, Cohn, to name but a few; a fabulous reference collections and an invaluable resource for any serious collector or dealer of Vatican Papal States.

CV. 1,500