1933 Roma Flight picture postcard (Mussolini) used with additional franking (Libya) to Barcelona, v.f. (Image)

Est.$150

1860 Savoy Cross, 1/2t blue, position 69, unused with original gum, margins all around, close but clear at upper left, good color, fine and presentable rarity, signed Emilio Diena, etc., with 2002 Sorani certificate (Sass.16, Euro 130,000) cat. $50000 (Cat No. 5) (Image)

Cat. $50000, Est.$9,000

1851 5c gray black, unused with gum, margins all around, thinned at top, fine appearance, with 2018 Dr.Avi certificate (Sass.1, Euro 30,000) cat. $13000 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $13000, Est.$750

1854 King Victor Emmanuel II, lithographed frame, colorless embossed vignette, 5c grayish green, 20c indigo blue, 40c brown rose, three different, unused with full original gum, h.r., natural gum wrinkles, margins all around, fresh and v.f., signed Diena, etc., with 1986 Philatelic Foundation certificates (signed Herbert Bloch) (Sass.10-12, Euro 11,550) cat. $4480 (Cat No. 7b, 8b, 9b) (Image)

Cat. $4480, Est.$500

1860 1c brown lilac, unused with original gum, l.h., narrow margins, fresh and fine stamp, with Diena certificate (Sass.17, Euro 7,500) cat. $3800 (Cat No. 17) (Image)

Cat. $3800, Est.$500

1860 5c green, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around, fresh and fine stamp, with 2005 Sorani certificate (Sass.18, Euro 35,000) cat. $14000 (Cat No. 18) (Image)

Cat. $14000, Est.$3,000

1893 Silver Wedding (King Umberto I), 20c unissued set of two, n.h., fine, with Raybaudi, Oliva and Caffaz certificates (Sass.64A-B, Euro 26,000) (Image)

Est.$5,000

1953 set of four, n.h., fine-v.f. cat. $400 (Cat No. QY1-4) (Image)

Cat. $400, Est.$100

1890-91 surcharges, set of three, n.h., unusually well centered for this difficult issues, fine-v.f., signed Raybaudi, with his 2009 certificate (Sass.17-19, Euro 18,900) cat. $5250 (Cat No. J25-27) (Image)

Cat. $5250, Est.$2,500

1890-91 20c on 1c buff & magenta, horizontal pair, surcharge displaced to right, n.h., fine and dramatic variety, signed Bolaffi and Dr. Avi, with their certificate (Sass.18aa,18ab, Euro 24,000) (Cat No. J26var) (Image)

Est.$2,500

1882 Thomas de la Rue Essays for Postal Stationery, 11 embossed impressions struck in a clockwise fashion on a large sheet, some creases, endorsed at bottom "With Driers" (probably referencing the ink used), signed Bolaffi, with 1992 Diena certificate. A spectacular item (Image)

Est.$2,500

1918 "2 DOLLARI Pechino" on 5L blue & rose, local surcharge type II, lightly hinged and well centered, v.f., signed Diena, etc., with 1968 Alberto Diena certificate. A rarity from Italian China, one of only 15(!) recorded examples (Sass.30, Euro 240,000) cat. $70000 (Cat No. 30a) (Image)

Cat. $70000, Est.$30,000

1918 (7 Dec) cover with set of three, used with Austrian franking to Schlanders, with Algund arrival canceling the stamps, with corresponding Meran Chamber of Commerce handstamp, fine-v.f., signed Bloch (Sass. Euro 1,900) (Image)

Est.$500

1949 1,000L block of four, n.h., v.f. (Cat No. Q26) (Image)

Est.$150

1850-1950 hundreds of used and unused, with Roman States, Sardinia, Sicily, Parma, Romagna, also Italy, with Republic, some overprints, used and unused, poor condition, high catalogue value (Image)

Est.$1,500

1947-54 collection nearly complete on Joseph Bush album pages, 335 different, l.h. or n.h., couple used, with Parcel Post, occasional unlisted varieties, etc., fine-v.f., cat. $2,500+ (Image)

Est.$300