Naples, 1858 Arms 5g brown lake, double impression. With traces of a third impression mainly in the left inscription, neat "Annullato" boxed cancel, clear to large margin, strong color clear showing both impressions, Very Fine, an extremely rare variety, completely unlisted in Scott and Sassone, with 2016 P.F. certificate. Sassone No. 8.
Scott No. 4 var.; Estimate $2,000 - 3,000.

AN EXTREMELY RARE EXAMPLE OF THE NAPLES 1858 5 GRANA ARMS DOUBLE IMPRESSION VARIETY - UNLISTED IN BOTH SCOTT AND SASSONE. Est. $2,000-3,000 (Image)

Est. $2,000-3,000

Papal/Roman States, 1852, 1sc black on rose. Original gum, clear margins all around, hinge remnant and covered thinning at lower left (appears to be quite minor), Very Fine appearance, with 1980 P.F. certificate. Sassone No. 11.
Scott No. 11; $4,000. Scott $4,000
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Scott $4,000

Parma, 1859 Provisional Govt. 80c olive bistre. Large part original gum, large and well balanced margins, minute thin spot (trivial), otherwise Very Fine, with 2001 Sismondo certificate. Sassone No. 18.
Scott No. 16b; $8,000. Scott $8,000
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Scott $8,000

Europe, Disinfected Mail Group, 1828-57. 21 stampless covers, mostly Levant and Central Europe, most with disinfection cachet on reverse, 1840 letter to London with puncture holes, etc.; interesting group for the specialist.
Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600

Est. $400-600

Europe, Collections. Large boxed filled with mostly mint Austria collection, well filled missing the scarcer items, and 3 volume Italy collection somewhat sparse in area with a nice range of mint issues throughout; inspect.
Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600

Est. $400-600

Italian States, Collection. Well formed assembly of mixed mint and used issues on album pages; starting with Modena with 1852 issues including 10c with period mint, 1859 issue complete mint and newspapers including PR5, Parma near complete lacking only the rare 80c value, Romagna complete with some parallel */o including the scarce 8b used sound 4-margin (with cert), Sardinia lacking only three early issues for completion with some additional later shades, includes complete 1854 issues used including the rare 40c sound 4-margin (with cert), Tuscany well represented including 1851 1q used and a rare 1857 1q pair used (cert), 1860 Coat of Arms issues to the 40c with additional shades, Naples issues complete to the 20g used all four margin, Sicily issues complete mixed */o with additional shades, and Papal States complete including the better high values and additional first issue shades; an choice collection with condition well above the norm throughout, with 31 Sismondo certificates accompany, owner's 2016 Scott catalog value $73,770, with detailed inventory.
Estimate; $6,000 - 8,000. Est. $6,000-8,000

Est. $6,000-8,000

Italy, Collection, 1861-2009. Well formed virtually all mint housed in four Lighthouse albums; starting with Neapolitan Provinces issue complete mint, following 19th century issues mixed */o and mostly complete including better 1878 surcharge issues mint (with Sismondo certs), 1879 issues complete including used 2l high value (Sismondo cert), etc., completion in early 19th century with 1901-26 definitives complete mint (except 40c), other following highlights including 1922 Congress set mint (Sismondo certs), 1923 Mazoni set, 1924 Italy-South America Cruise set mint, later better 1920-30''s mint set mostly present with much n.h., Scott #C27 mint with cert., 1933 Zepp set Balbo triptychs n.h, 1933 10l Official Air mint (#CO2, with Sismondo cert), with later mostly complete to nearing completion including the better Parcel Post issues (many with Sismondo certs); an exceptional collection with condition well above the norm throughout and much n.h. in later issue, owner's 2016 Scott catalog value $37,788, with detailed inventory.
Estimate; $6,000 - 8,000. Est. $6,000-8,000

Est. $6,000-8,000

Italy, Postal Cards & Stationery Group. Old-time group of over one hundred including 1950s commemorative cards, Trieste Zone A reply cards with high cat. value and other interesting items, generally fine to very fine.
Estimate; $200 - 300. Est. $200-300

Est. $200-300

Trieste Zone A, Collection, 1947-54. All mint collection on album pages 1947-54, clean and mostly complete less only a few items, fresh and fine to very fine.
Estimate; $400 - 600. Est. $400-600

Est. $400-600

Italian Occupations During World War II, Collection. Well formed assembly of mixed mint and used issues on album pages; includes Ionian Islands issues needing to be checked for genuine (not counted), AMG issues with many complete mint sets, good Trieste issues including Scott #17 n.h. (cat $275), back-of-the-book with good parcel post issues, other occupational issues including Albania, Venezia Giula, nice showing of Aegean Islands issues with better including Rhodes, also a well formed collection of Fiume with better items including Scott #20 used (with cert); an exceptional collection with condition well above the norm throughout, with 7 certificates accompany, owner's 2016 Scott catalog value $21,541, with detailed inventory.
Estimate; $4,000 - 6,000. Est. $4,000-6,000

Est. $4,000-6,000

Italian Colonies, Collection. Well formed assembly of mostly mint issues in Scott album; starting with Cyrenaica with a nice showing of mint issues and later completion, back-of-the-book highlighted by Scott #B25-B28 n.h. (cat $563), Eritrea strong with 19th century issues complete including 1893 25c mint (Scott 6, cat $1,450, with cert), 1903 issues including scarce 25c & 40c mint (Scott 24-25, cat $1,200 & $1,300 respectively, back-of-the-book with better first issue dues (with certs), general Colonies issues complete mint, Italian East Africa with good mint sets, Libya with 1912 first issues complete including mint 5l high value (Scott 14, cat $425, cert) and Scott #31 mint (cat $300), back-of-the-book strong with good semi-postals and airs, Oltra Giuba with scarce 1925 Due set mint (with cert), Somalia strong with better early issues including 1905 15c on 5a used and sound (Scott 8, cat $1,300 with cert) and the following 40c on 10c used (#9, cat $450 with cert), good 1932 set complete mint, etc., semi-postals complete mint to 1935 and airmails complete mint to 1951, better dues present including #J9-J10 (each cat $1,500, both with certs), Tripolitania with better highlighted by Scott 19a mint (cat $2,000, with cert), etc.; an exceptional collection with condition well above the norm throughout, with 23 certificates accompany, owner's 2016 Scott catalog value $41,390, with detailed inventory.
Estimate; $7,500 - 10,000. Est. $7,500-10,000

Est. $7,500-10,000

Italy, 1922, Trieste Philatelic Congress complete. The complete set canceled by single strike of Trieste Congress slogan machine cancel (with values in ascending order) two days after issuance, Very Fine. Sassone No. 123-126.
Scott No. 142A-142D; $1,235. Scott $1,235
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Scott $1,235

Italy, 1937, Child Welfare complete. O.g., never hinged, fresh and pristine, Very Fine.
Scott No. 367-376,C89-C94; $655. Scott $655
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Scott $655

Italy, 1921 Victor Emmanuel III 10c claret, litho overprint "B.L.P." in blue. Full o.g., rich color, Fine. Sassone No. 1.
Scott No. B5; $900. Scott $900
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Scott $900

Italy, 1921 Victor Emmanuel III 20c brown orange, litho overprint "B.L.P." in blue. O.g., never hinged, fresh with rich color, Fine, very scarce never hinged, signed E. Diena. Sassone No. 2.
Scott No. B6; $2,500. Scott $2,500
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Scott $2,500

Italy, Airmail, 1934, 1L Rome-Mogadiscio Flight. In combination with 1934, 10c dark brown (331) on flight card to Libya, 10c tied by Torino cds and 1l airmail by Roma special flight cds, red flight cachet; some light tone spots, F.-V.F. Sassone No. 83.
Scott No. C73; Estimate $200 - 300. Est. $200-300 (Image)

Est. $200-300

Italian Occupation of Rhodes, 1930, 5c-10l Congress issue complete. O.g., hinge remnant, choice overall centering, rich colors, a Very Fine set, very scarce.
Scott No. 29-37; $2,198. Scott $2,198
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Scott $2,198