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 1863/66: Interesting Collection London De La Rue and Torino printings, including the London printing in a complete used set of nine values up to 2 l. 'scarlatto chiaro', another set of eight of all values
available in December 1863 with first-month cancellations incl. the 2 lire with "LIVORNO 6 DIC 63" cds, only three known from December; the complete used set of eight from the Torino printing; imperforated essays in non-adopted and used colours,
later essays with SAGGIO overprints; issued perforated stamps overprinted with a SAGGIO handstamp for foreign postal administrations; used multiples incl. pair and strip of three DLR 2 lire as well as blocks of the 1 c. olive and 2 c. brown;
cancellation essays with different types of numerals; cancellation tests with May 1864 cover bearing DLR 5 c. grey-green, tied by clear Rombi mute obliterator of the Sardinian design, and a British experimental type TORINO cds alongside as well as
two pieces with the Rombi and the British cds on the adhesive, and the British cds alone on the adhesive, respectively; two 1876 covers with experimental cancellations of FIRENZE; also a selection of regular cancellation types, obliteration at the
Italian P.O. in Tunisi, and obliteration with French Petits Chiffres and Gros Chiffres. A strong group, three certificates (Image 1)
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 1863/66: Interesting Collection bearing De La Rue and Torino printings, 52 cover primarily sent within Italy, also two pieces; incl. eight printed matter items bearing single, two or four examples of the 1 c.
olive, one Gemelli usage in 1897 in combination with Stemma 1 c. red-brown, two items with higher weights bearing 1 c. and 5 c. combinations, cover with ten examples sent from one mayor's office to another; five printed matter items with single
frankings of 2 c. brown; 2 c. Gemelli combination frankings with two 1878 2 c. / 10 l. lacca, a postal fraud, and with two 1897 Stemma 2 c. red-brown, also five covers with five or ten examples, primarily in the mayor's rate; five covers with 5 c.
frankings, one in a block of four, two with other 1863 adhesives, one in a three-colour franking for a double rate cover, another with additional 'Ferro di Cavallo' to Veneto; seven covers with 10 c. frankings, single in the Switzerland border rate
(2), for a military correspondence, in a short-lived October 1870 post-Porta Pia rate from Rome to Civitavecchia , a pair in the local border rate to Menton, France, in a double rate between mayors, also a cover with two 10 c. adhesives, one of them
'reconstructed' from parts of different adhesives in order to defraud the postal administration; 15 c. single franking on April 1864 cover from Parto with mute Rombi cancellation, on underpaid cover to Switzerland, and one usage with full base
margins of the adhesive, also two pairs and a single example on fifth weight rate cover, a high franking with this adhesive; 30 c. brown, a single franking to Switzerland, a marginal pair on triple rate cover; also six two-, three- or four-colour
covers with insured and registered mailings, a cover to Austria, and a fragment with a 'Two Kings' four-colour franking including two 2 lire adhesives. In addition three fiscal uses of this issue. Four cerificates (Image 1)
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 1863/66: Interesting Collection bearing De La Rue and Torino printings, 27 covers primarily sent abroad, also two pieces; incl. fragment with 1 c. olive in combination with Austrianewspaper revenue stamp 2 kr. red
tied in PADOVA, a bande with three examples of the 1 c. olive; 2 c. brownin a strip of five with DLR 1863 10 c. & 1867 20 c. blue to pay the 40 c. rate from the second Italian to the second Austrian rayon, a rare 7 centesimi printed matter rate
to Switzerland valid only for seven months in 1875; 10 c. ocra in a block of eight, in a block of four and 10+30 c, respecively on two covers to France, single frankings on three covers in the border rate to Switzerland; 30 c. brown, single franking
on underpaid but uncharged cover to Veneto, pair on registered inland cover, on underpaid cover to the Netherlands, three examples on registered cover to France, 30+60 c. on triple rate cover to Switzerland; 40 c. red-carmine, two single frankings to
France, one disinfected, one 'Two Kings' combination franking with Umberto 10 c. carmine on cover to Borga, Finland under Russian rule; 60 c. lilac, two single frankings, one to the USA, one double rate to Switzerland, three pair frankings on double
rate cover to London, the other underfranked to New York, the third on overfranked cover to India, four examples on correctly franked double rate cover to Boston, four two-colour frankings to France, Russia, the Netherlands, and an inland value
receipt; and finally an 1868 fragment to Montevideo bearing a three colour franking with a strip of four 2 l. scarlet plus 5 c. and 1867 20 c. blue. Seven certificates (Image 1)
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 1863 (Dec): Complete Collection of all possible December usages from 1 December to 31 December of the London De La Rue issue, in total 32 covers with December 1 presented twice on 5 c. and 15 c., later dates with
15 c. 'celeste chiaro' single frankings (25), a double rate franking, a cover with a pair 15 c. plus 10 c. 'ocra arancio', a single franking of the 60 c. 'lilla chairo' on quadruple rate cover, and two single frankings of the 5 centesimi. A nearly
impossible to assemble collection from the first month of the DLR issue (Image 1)
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 1865 (Jan): Interesting Collection of 'Ferro di Cavallo' stamps and eleven covers in all three types, incl. imperf. Essay, a used adhesive with the upper part of the 'Horseshoe' missing, a late usage with a Tuscan
obliterator on piece, and an 1868 usage in San Marino on piece; five covers with single usages, incl. usage by "LIVORNO / VIA DI MARE" handstamp, one example with complete interspazio, and varieties; three double frankings showing all three type
combinations possible; two covers with a strip of three to pay the triple inland rate and overpaing the 55 c. rate to Tirol, respectively. Five certificates (Image 1)
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 1867 (April): Interesting Collection of 'Effigie' essays, proofs, stamps, three pieces and 14 covers, incl. 26 unapproved essay at 15 centesimi on different papers and with/without watermark; the final design with
die and colour proofs, examples from the London and Torino printings, proofs with SAGGIO overprint, also on five Royal decrees, each with one SAGGIO ovpt stamp added; one piece and a cover with San Marino dotted "S. Mno." obliterator; six single
franking covers, one with 'pli d'accordeon', two full marginal, one underfranked to Switzerland, two double frankings to France; also one combination cover and a fragment with additional 1866 issue adhesives. One certificate (Image 1)
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 1877 (Aug): Interesting Collection of 'Changed Colours' stamps and eight covers, incl. essays and shade interest; covers with 10 c. blue incl. registered cover with two different shades, a strip of four on double
rate cover, six examples on triple rate cover, cover to France with 10 c. & 20 c. values of the 1877 issue; 20 c. ocra on bande, 1878 cover to Switzerland bearing DLR 10 c. ocra and 1877 20 c. ocra, same colour but different denomination with the
DLR adhesive invalid since September 1877, but not charged, 1879 cover to France bearing 20 c. ocra with DLR 5 c. grey-green; and 1879 cover 14 examples of 20 c. ocra in multiples together with 10 c. blue to pay an inland registered letter of the
13th weight rate; finally a revenue stamp of similar design issued for 'Biglietti di Ricognizione Postale', an unused example and a biglietto with attached stamp. Two certificates (Image 1)
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 1863/77 ca: Balance of the collection with stamps used / unused and postal material; incl. among other nine covers with 1863 Effigie frankings, De La Rue SAGGIO sheet, DLR block of 15 examples 2 l. scarlet from
the lower left sheet margin, unmounted og., Torino printing compl. sheet of 100 examples 30 c. 'bruno castano' unmounted og., two certs; 19 DLR covers, printed matter, mass frankings, two covers with single 40 c. franking to France, registered mail;
fiscal December 1863 three-colour use of DLR adhesives in the month of issue, two certificates; 26 Torino printing covers; 47 covers with 1865/77 issue frankings, Gemelli franking of 1866 1 c. olive with 1897 Stemma 1 c. on printed matter; group of
41 covers with Tipo Sardegna single frankings from 41 different positions of the sheet of 50, primarily from January / February 1863 but usages up to May included; Segnatasse 1863/69 issues with 1863 essay in black, unused stamp and five covers, 1869
two covers, Segnatasse franking on Austrian inland postcard, Servizio di Stato adhesives and three fragments with these adhesives; also twelve 1874/75 used / unused stationery postcard, also for official correspondence (Image 1)
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 1862: Vittorio Emanuele II, perforated 11½:12, 80 c. orange-yellow, used with genuine cancellation dated November 1863. Signed by Alberto Diena and Helmuth Avi; accompanied by a certificate from Helmuth Avi (2026). Sassone = €
4'000 (Image 1)
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 Matraire of Italy Mixed Franking 1863: Small piece, bearing Sardinia 5 c. green and 40 c. rose-carmine lilac, together with Italy 15 c. blue, making up a three colour franking, tied by "FIRENEZ 10 GIU 63"
datestamp (Zanaria-Nr. N). The 40 c. with a small thin, the 5 c. shaved at left, still fine and rare. Certificate Manzoni. In addition, a small piece bearing Sardinia 5 c. green and Italy 1862 40 c. carmine, tied by "TORINO 30 APRILE 63" datestamp.
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 1862: Trial 'Susse' perforation 7½ of a pair of 1861 20 c. azzuro chiaro in unused condition. Perf at top separated, horizontal fold, nevertheless a scarce multiple of this rare perforation trial. Signed A. Diena Sassone = €
11'000+. Provenance: Collection John Pitts (Image 1)
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 1861/63: Collection of official and speculative essays for the first issues of Italy; incl. the official 1862 essays of the Swedish printer Count Ambjörn Sparre who had won the official contract to produce the
stamps following the Matraire issues. However, since he ultimately failed to deliver the stamps on time, the contract was cancelled in March 1863 and awarded to the British printing house De La Rue. The collection includes die proofs in black on
medium-thick paper but also essays in different colours on different sorts of papers, a rarely seen strong selection from these sought-after essays, in total 49 examples, some signed A. Diena. The lot includes also Matraire’s the evolutionary 1862/63
stages of the ‘C. Quindici, i.e. 1st stage essay, 2nd stage and final phase essays with plate proof of accepted design and issued stamps types I and II plus varieties, essays and proofs signed A. Diena. Finally, the speculative essays of Baron
Bellini, the director of the Posts in Naples for the Province Napoletane are added, singles and blocks of four. Provenance: Collection John Pitts (Image 1)
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 1861/66: A thorough collection of Italian speculative essays produced for postage stamps before and after the De La Rue contract; incl. 1861, Perrin essay (Martin Schröder M.S. 406); 1861, Bradbury Wilkinson head
of Vittorio Emanuele II (M.S. 371); 1862, Pietro Thermignon (Turin) "Italia Turrita", ten essays (M.S. 404, 405); 1862, ten Giuseppe Pellas essays (M.S. 393); 1863, Lithographed Giuseppe Ronchi essays, two blocks each of eight essays in dull rose and
black (M.S. 395-402), most examples cut from intact sheets such as the two reconstructed sheets and five individuals shown here, additional eleven essays in black on tinted and coloured papers, all signed A. Diena; 1863, Grazioli essays (M.S.
385-391, 403), specimen essay on pale lilac paper and seven original essays, all signed AD, Grazioli reprints on white paper (14), in black on coloured paper (11); 1863, Giuseppe Re essays (M.S. 410-412), specimen embossed on white paper and ten
further essays plus 12 essays printed letterpress and again embossed (M.S. 414, 416 and 415); 1866, six Charles Coucorde Torino essay (M.S. 337) to commemorate the unification of the Veneto with Italy in 1866; in total 118 essays. A strong ensemble,
well written up. Provenance: Collection John Pitts (Image 1)
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 1863: The first De La Rue definitive series, colour and cancel trials made incl. seven colour trial examples, one marginal example with plate number '3' signed Diena. Specimens ovptd SAGGIO prepared for issue as
references to post offices (Sassone = € 6'300). Trial cancellations on DLR specimens, filing proofs (Schroeder M.S. 367,368) (Sassone = € 5'000). Two 1863 sheets of De La Rue specimens ovpt SAGGIO sent out to post offices with the usual
imperfections. A fine group, well written up by the knowledgeable collector Sassone = € 15'300 following the consignor. Provenance: Collection John Pitts (Image 1)
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 1863/65: Issued stamps of the London De La Rue printing (Sassone = € 23'050) and of the Torino printing (Sassomne = € 18'000), also 1864 15c. proofs of the first colour trials (7) and 5 c. proofs of the second
colour trials (2), 1865, 20 c. on 15 c. dull blue overprinted after letter rate increase, three types with filing proof of type III, no overprint, signed E. Diena, type III hand overprinted ‘SAGGIO’ with Enzo Diena cert. plus the 3 issued stamps
(Sassone = € 5'400). Additional new 'simple' design with colour trials with and without security under-printing in (Sassone = € 8'900). 1867 (April), new 20 c. definitive with Royal decree dated 2 December 1866 with issued stamp overprinted ‘SAGGIO’
(M.S. 366)., also Filing proofs and issued stamp, Torino printing). 1877 (Aug.) definitives in new colours, Filing proofs and issued stamps, scarce unused (Sassone = 9'900). The lot includes a working stock of primarily used stamps of the
London/Torino printings from 1 c. to 2 L. (56, all Torino) assembled for shades, cancels etc., 1865 20 c. on 15 c. dull blue original sheet ex Dehn describing the three dies with examples, duplicated stock of the three dies; 1867 20c. sky blue and
blue, used stock plus 2 unused, no gum; and 877 20 c. in new colours (2) unused. A thorough collection with an enormous catalogue value Sassone = € 97'000 following the consignor. Provenance: Collection John Pitts (Image 1)
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 Italian Post Office 1871 (April 23): Entire letter sent part paid from Venice, Italy to Cairo, endorsed "via Brindisi" and franked with Italy 1863 40 c. rosa carminio (Sassone 20), tied by "196" dotted numeral obliterator with
"VENEZIA 23 APR. 71 4S" despatch and black "P.P." at right. Carried as endorsed by Italian steamer from Brindisi and pre-paid to the Italian office at Alexandria at the 40 centesimi rate of January 1871, thence transferred to the Egyptian Post Office
where Egypt 1867 1 pi. red applied to cover the inland postage and lightly tied by "V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / ALESSANDRIA 28 APR. 1871" cds, reverse with "V.R. POSTE EGIZIANE / CAIRO" arrival. Couple of short perfs to 1 pi. at right barely detracting
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Italian Kingdom - Vittorio Emanuele III
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| 1499 |
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 1934: Soccer World Cup, 5 l. brown, in combination with Fiume Annexation 2,55 l. and 2,75 l., neatly tied by "TRIESTE S. MARCO 30.7.34" datestamp, repeated alongside, to registered envelope to Luxembourg, bearing arrival
datestamp (01.08) on reverse. The 5 lira with a tiny crease at upper right, otherwise very fine. An attractive and eye-catching franking, signed Sorani Sassone = 1`185€ for the stamps off-cover (Image 1)
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 1936: Five different postcard-sized projects or essays for commemorative stamps marking the bimillenary of the birth of Horace. Three designs are similar to the adopted 20 c., 30 c. and 75 c. stamps, while the
other two appear to be unadopted designs. Executed in black ink and opaque white. All signed by the artist G. Rondini. On reverse, remnants of black paper, probably from former mounting on an album page (Image 1)
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 1933 - Crociera Zeppelin 3 L to 20 L six complete unused sets with some in multiples and additional values included together with four unused Balbo Nord Atlantica tryptichs: I-MIGL L.5.25+L.19.75 and I-RANI
L.5.25+L.44.75 marginal examples of right sheet margin as well as a vertical pair of I-LONG and I-NANN L.5.25+L.19.75 of left of sheet. Sassone = Euro 1'600+ (Image 1)
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 1934: Soccer World Cup, Airmail issue, 50 c.- 10l., complete set of four, in combination with additional franking, neatly tied by "ROMA A.D. POSTA AERA 25.-5.934" datestamp to envelope to Riccione Marine, bearing arrival
datestamp (same day) on reverse. A very fine and scarce franking, with accompanying Raybaudi certificate (2022) Sassone = 1`725 € for the set off-cover (Image
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