Mint and Used Italy Collection in a Thick Springback Album with Lighthouse Hingeless Pages, 1863-1950s, a nice and clean collection featuring mostly mint never hinged 1920s and 1930s sets cataloguing in the $200 to $300 each, we also noted a mint #44 with Diena certificate (c.v. $550), mint #s 46, 48, 51 ($1,325 for all three), and more. Overall fine to mostly very fine and catalogued by owner. (Image)

Scott $ 5,560

Mint and Used Italy and Area Collection, Classics to 1965, in a fairly well-filled Minkus album with an owner's count of over 1,800 stamps. This collection also includes Italian States, Italian Colonies and other Italian Area. Better stamps included are Italy Scott #s 72 (c.v. used $230), 76-91 (used $53), 124-25 (mint $54), 133-35 (used $96), 142A (used $425), 178-83 (used $129), 409 (used $52), 518 (used $100), 538-39 (used $85), 572-73 (used $56), 579-80 (used $51), B17-B19 (mint $97), C32 (used $200), C35-C39 (used $151), C42-C47 (mint $135), C64 (mint $52), C65 (mint $52), C127-C128 (used $64), D11 (used $80), J25-J27 (used $74), 1LNC1-1LNC7 (used $70), Italian Offices Abroad 3 (used $55), Lero 6 (mint $72) and Rhodes 19 (mint $72). Also included are numerous singles and sets in the $10 to $40 range. We noted a few handsome cancels strewn throughout the collection. Overall fine or better. (Image)

Estimate $ 400