1850: Carta a mano 5 c. dark orange yellow, type I in a hor. strip of six (light diagonal fold in the secondmost stamp from left), a fresh multiple with large margins all round, tied by clear "VENEZIA 26/3" to 1854 entire letter sent to Villafranca (San Martino), Adria transit datestamp on reverse. An appealing presentation of this large unit. Signed Giulio Bolaffi; cert. Sorani (2007) Sassone = € 50'000/Ferchenbauer not listed. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1850: 10 c. grey black with good to large margins and fresh colour, tied by MILANO 13/1 cds to local folded cover, sent to Bergamo with arrival cds on reverse. Signed Bolaffi Sassone = € 750.rnProvenance: Ing. Pietro Provera collection. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1850: 5 c. yellow and 10 c. black, both with good to large margins and fresh colour, tied by four ring OSTIGLIA 22/6 datestamps to 1853 entire letter to Mantova with arrival datestamp on reverse. The 10 c. with original fold when the stamp was applied to the cover, but a fine franking to pay the first distance rate Sassone = € 1'500. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image)

1850: 45 c. blue, type I with '45' placed at base, fresh colour and fair to good margins, cancelled by part strike of rare "F. POST (IV)". Opinion Ferchenbauer (2015) Sassone R4 = € 18'500. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)

1858: 45 c. blue, Imitazioni di Milano in type VI with good to large margins all round, cancelled "MILANO 18/4" (1858). Very fresh colour, a fine example of this falsification, cert. Ferchenbauer (2017) Sassone = € 4'750/Ferchenbauer = € 2'800. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image)