Italy, Michel 26a or Sassone T26 **, 1867 Victor Emanuel II 20 c blue. Sassone #T26a with Doctor Fabio Sottoriva coloured photo certificate, also two signatures on reverse incl. Diena. Broken upper right corner. 1 more image is available at www.philea.se. (Image1)

Italy, Michel 188–93 used, 1923 Alessandro Manzoni SET (6). The 5 L top value Manzoni with inverted watermark. EUR 2500 (Image1)

Italy, Mostly used. Very engaging and interesting collection of several hundreds of stamps, nearly all one of a kind, mostly used and when so virtually all commercially used. Beginning with imperf issues from early 1860s from side margin perf 1862 40cts red used with cds, through 1863/77 complete to 2 lire, nearly complete 1867 through 1888, followed by overprints complete 1890/91 and the 5 lire, through to the 'valevole' this time mint, on to the 20th century with high values and page after page especially 1923 onwards, very strong, incl. propaganda of the faith, air mails incl. Zeppelins this time mint, first flight BA overprints complete, football 1934 and similarly air mail complete mint, further zeppelins and better sets to high values with many good items present, post WW2 again very strong 1949 complete to 100L and many of the good sets of the late 1940s early 1950s, page after page with no empty spaces. A lovely collection, a joy to view, completely uncatalogued. 4 more images are available at www.philea.se (Image1)

Italy, Mostly used collection Classics–1950s in stockbbok. Mainly medium priced to better stamps with notes of Michel catalogue values and numbers. Apparenty almost all different. High value! Also few from Spain. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se. Mostly fine quality (Image1)

Italy, Used lot. Eight better sets 1920s–30s, previous reserves at other auction house SEK 3500. 7 more images are available at www.philea.se (Image1)

Italy, Colonies, */used accumulation on six VISIR leaves. Some duplication, but with several better stamps. The entire lot is presented at www.philea.se. Mostly good quality (200+) (Image1)

Trieste, **. A superb collection zone A and B, all mint never hinged, virtually complete. Please see a selection of scans at www.philea.se. Excellent quality (Image1)