PARMA, 1859, 10c BROWN UNUSED, #13, large margins, no gum, fresh and extremely fine, signed by Dr. Helmuth Avi, cat. $250.00, Sassone #14 @ €550.00 (Image)

$125

ROMAN STATES, 1852, 1sc ROSE MINT, #11, full margins, bit disturbed original gum (from previous hinging), a minute thin speck, a most appealing and very fine appearing example of this popular classic issue, signed by Dr. Helmuth Avi and with his 2020 cert., cat. $4,000.00, Sassone #11 @ €7000.00 (Image)

$750

SARDINIA, 1859, 10c LIGHT ROSE BROWN MINT, 11 var., ample to large margins, full o.g., h.r., very fine, scarce shade from this is issue, signed by Dr. Helmuth Avi and with his 2018 certificate, cat. Sassone #14Ad @ €4,000.00 (Image)

$650

ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE LEVANT, 1908, 2pi on 50c VIOLET FIRST PRINTING MINT, #10, fresh color, previously hinged, fine-very fine, signed Enzo Diena and with his 1990 certificate, scarce, cat. $3,250.00, Sassone #5 @ €5,000.00 (Image)

$1,100

TRIESTE 1861-1975 POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION ON ANNOTATED PAGES, in five volumes showing hundreds of covers and folded letters, with 60+ stampless letters to and from Trieste, variety of transit markings, TPOs, later picture postcards, maritime mail ("Puglia" ship cachet and more), Lloyd ship markings (col Lloyd da Trieste, Trieste col Vapore, etc.), entire letter from Malta 1858 to Trieste (franked with GB 3x2p), some Greece-related items, foreign letter rates, Austrian issues incl. 1850 first issue frankings used from Trieste, later issues included, with registered and censored mail (WWI), a number of the classic covers signed by Raybaudi and several with Raybaudi certificates, numerous better items of considerable merit, a great collection for further expansion, we scanned about 60% of the pages in the collection (Image)

$4,500