1934 SERVIZIO DI STATO, the complete set comprising the four 25L+2L values from respectively Cirenaica, Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania, all never hinged, very fine & scarce, each with cert. Raybaudi (€26'000) (Image)

1913-43, Accumulation of about 60 covers & cards, mostly Italian period or Italian military mail, diverse cancel interest, noted Durres (Durazzo), Tirana, Shkoder, Valona, Sarande (Santi Quaranta), diverse P.M. numbers connected to Albania, Base Navale Valona, mixed to very fine (Image)

1934 Servizio Aereo 25l + 2l brown-carmine, toned gum and faint horizontal gum crease, fine appearance, scarce, cert. Raybaudi (1997) (Sass. €3'250) (Image)

Lombardy Venetia 3Kr FIRST DAY COVER FROM MONFALCONE 1850 Folded lettersheet (missing backflaps) franked 3Kr red handmade paper first printing (Erstdruck) type Ia1 bearing 2-line script cancellation 'Monfalcone 1. GIU.', reverse with arrival marking UDINE 2. GIU. (without adjacent distribuzione marking), adhesive with small to full margins all around, neatly tying postmark, fresh & attractive item (Ferchenbauer €35’000) Note: The use of a 3Kr type Ia1 (Erstdruck), the placement of the 3Kr adhesive in the middle of the lettersheet and the arrival marking of Udine without the adjacent despatch marking on the cover clearly defines this as a first day cover as these three conditions were only in place in the first months of the 1st issue of Austria and Lombardy Venetia Expertise: Cert. Puschmann (1994) Estimate: € 3'000 - € 5'000 (Image)

1852-68 A life-time specialised study collection of Papal States in 12 albums, with particular focus on shades, cancellations showing many different some in red and blue, minor plate varieties, practically all 1852 issues, mostly identified with detailed descrpitions including paper thickness, sterio types neatly written up on small cards, with between 300 and 700 examples of the values from 1/2baj to 8baj mostly in singles, but some useful unused and used multipels with pairs, strips and blocks, also over 20 examples of the 50baj value and over 20 values of the 1 Scudo value, some unused, many with certificates, also a balance section of later issues with some covers, forgeries and reprints for the student, also noted four 1867 Delpierre essays, an amazing assembly (1000's) (Sassone €700'000+) Estimate: € 15'000 - € 20'000 (Image)

1863 15c Blue, pair with both examples showing "closed C" variety together with Sardinia 10c bister tied MILANO 6 MAG 63 cds on cover to France, also other cover to Chambery with the same franking but without "closed C", both items with cert. Biondi (Image)

1865 20c on 15c blue, type II, never hinged and perfectly centred, Colla states "l'esemplare eccezionalmente centrato" and "piena gomma integra", possibly the best example in existence, cert. Colla, Raybaudi and Diena (Sass. €50'000) (Image)

1924-25, Publicity stamps: Set of 20 publicity stamps (missing 20c unissued with Sass. value €175), all mnh (except Sass. 7 mh), very fine, very rare (Sass. €26'540) (Image)

1933 Zeppelin 12L Blue and orange, IMPERFORATE at right, never hinged single, very fine and rare, cert. Diena (Image)

"I-MIGL" (Commander Captain Alessandro Miglia), set of two covers, the cover to Reykjavik carried on to Cartwright (July 12 arrival), very scarce thus, very fine (Sassone GP30, € 19'500) (Image)

1933 Balbo Transatlantic flight, I-LONG Triptych tied ROMA SUCC 7 10.7. 33 cds on registered cover to New-York, addressed to Newark, NJ necessitating a US 3c single as inland franking, very fine, cert. Colla (Image)

1471-1817, THE PAOLO VOLLMEIER POSTAL HISTORY COLLECTION: Attractive exhibition collection neatly and knowledgeably mounted on 36 pages from the very early years to the end of the French Period. Highlights include very early 15th century items, very rare and early (1699) DE ROME handstamp, Neapolitan offices in Rome including yellow ROMA, violet GENOVA and violet MILANO, violet TOSCANA, black ROMAGNA and red GERMANIA handstamps, but mostly French post office items including rare markings such as oval PORT PAYE A ROME from 1769, manuscript "De Rome" from 1719, and much more, a great basis for expansion (Image)

1565-1860, Most attractive whole-life accumulation of Italian States covers from a Parisian estate incl. Sicily, strong Papal States with bisects, Lombardy-Venetia, early 1565 Venezia cover, Modena, Parma with 40c +20c on cover signed Calves, Tuscany, strong Sardinia with Savoy usages, rare 80c usage +20c from Nizza to France, etc., mixed to very fine, a great opportunity (Image)

1810-60, 59 covers incl. useful part of Strada Ferrata cancels, Free-franks, etc., very fine, ex Claude GERARD

1850-1860, Most attractive whole-life accumulation from a Parisian estate of Italian States stamps which arrived too late to be examined properly, incl. Sicily, Papal States with 1 scudo unused, Lombardy-Venetia, Modena, Parma, Romagna, Sardinia with Nizza & Savoy usages, etc., mixed to very fine, a wonderful opportunity for discovery

1850-2010, Various collections of Italy, San Marino, Vatican in two large boxes incl. useful values & sets, examine

1854-67, Postal history selection of five items comprising Lombardy Venetia 1850 15c together with fiscal 15c on cover, 1867 25s tied by Constantinople cds on cover, two covers with each Italy 1863-67 30c brown Turin print (one in mixed franking with Switzerland), also fragment with 60c lilac, Turin print, in combination with Turkey, each item with certificate, a great lot (Image)

1855-57 Trio of nice classics comprising Tuscany 1851-52 1s ocher, Parma 1857 40c blue, and Modena 1855 40c black on blue, all used and very fine, cert. Sismondo (Image)

1862-1960, Mint & used collection in 12 stockbooks and two boxes with Italy and colonies, mostly never hinged, better sets and singles throughout including 1923 Manzoni set, 1924 Crociera, 1924 1L overprints, airmails with Triptychs, express stamps, also good Vatican, San Marino, extensive colonies, gen. very fine

1874-1944, Mint & used collection of Italian Offices abroad and Aegean islands, including China, Peking, Crete, Levant, Albania, Constantinople, Durazzo, Jerusalem, Salonica, Smyrna, Valona, Bengasi-Tripoli, Islands incl. Rhodes, Calchi, Calino, Castelrosso, Corfu, etc., catalogue value according to vendor is ca. €50'000, mostly very fine (Image)

1880-1994, Italian offices abroad and colonies, mint & used accumulation in one stockbook showing a wide range of offices, noted some valuable PECHINO, otherwise strength in Somalia and Eritrea plus various Mediterranean territories, mixed to fine (Image)

1880-1960 Large cover lot, also noted some stamps, with many more interesting or medium better items, mixed (100s)

1890-1902, CARTOLINE VAGLIA: 48 documents, mostly on exhibit pages, showing various frankings & usages, ANNULLATO ovpt, etc., ex Claude GERARD

1893-1960 ITALY / COLONIES / OCCUP.: Accumulation of about 170 mostly medium better covers / cards / postal stationery noted especially Repub. Sociale period with numerous combinations, issues, frankings in combinations up to 1945, also WWI Trento, Trentino, Trieste, some Occupations WWII, military mail and diverse Colonies letters, mixed to very fine and great lot for postal history study collectors (Image)

1900-40, ITALIAN COLONIES: Group of 26 covers + 1 front + 2 unused postcards, mostly from eritrea and Libya, diverse cancels and frankings (Image)