Italian States continued... Sicily » 1/2 Grana, Plate I » Retouches continued... Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30020 1a 1859 1/2 Gr. plate I, orange (arancio), white paper left-hand mint marginal with original gum, showing position 31 retouch (line above 'A' of 'Della'), fine good to large margins example.Expertise: Signed 'ED' and 'AD' of Emilio and Alberto Diena. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 1a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 150 Currently (SAN)...CHF 150.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30021 1a 1859 1/2 Gr. plate I, porous paper (NA), orange (arancio), position 69 retouch, four close to large margins, original brownish gum, fine and scarce.Expertise: Signed "AD" and "ED" of Alberto and Emilio Diena (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 1a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30022 1a 1859 1/2 Gr. plate I, four singles from positions 74, 11, 69 and an 80 right-hand marginal single, with position 69 showing retouch above and to the right of the head, on 1859 (2.22) entire from Girgrnti to Palermo, fine and attractive, a rare usage of the retouch on cover.Expertise: Signed "AD" Alberto Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 1a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 1,800 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,800.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30023 1 1859 1/2 Gr plate I, stout paper (PA) orange (arancio), mint with four good to large margins, position 79 retouch, fresh with original gum, fine and scarce.Expertise: Signed "AD" and "ED" of Alberto and Emilio Diena. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 1] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 150 Currently (SAN)...CHF 150.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30024 1a 1859 1/2 Gr. plate I, stout white paper (PA) orange (arancio), position 99 retouch, four good to large margins, fresh mint with original gum, fine and scarce.Expertise: Signed "AD" and "ED" of Alberto and Emilio Diena. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 1a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 100 Currently (SAN)...CHF 100.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 1/2 Grana, Plate II » Stamps Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30025 ,DE 2 Partial Unused Reconstruction of the 1/2 Grana Plate Two1859 1/2 Gr. plate II, unused reconstruction, with 8 positions missing, and 9 positions showing duplicate examples; 102 unused mint stamps in total, mostly with full original hinged gum, but also some unused without gum. Positions 34-35, 28-38, 45-55 are in very attractive pairs. Generally full-margined examples, with a few cut close in places. Mostly very attractive stamps with good, fresh colours generally and most with dealers' or experts' signatures or handstamps, e.g. Alberto Diena or Asinelli. A very impressive plating consisting of scarce stamps in uniformly very fine condition (102). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 4,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30026 ,, 2 1859 1/2 Gr. plate II, white paper (PA), orange (arancia) in vertical mint block of six, position 11-12, 21-22 and 31-32, good to large margins all round, very fresh lightly hinged at top and base, central pair mint never hinged, an attractive showpiece.Expertise: Signed "AD" Alberto Diena, Cert. G. Oliva (1950) (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 2] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 700 Currently (SAN)...CHF 700.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30027 O 2a 1859 1/2 Gr. plate II, porous paper, orange (arancio) bottom sheet marginal strip of four, margins touched at top and at right, right stamps with central tear, neatly cancelled and still a very fine and a very attractive used multiple.Expertise: Signed E.Diena, A.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 2a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 1,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30028 2b 1859 1/2 Gr. plate II, white paper (PA) bright orange (arancio vivo), mint with original gum showing four good to large margins, fresh and very fine.Expertise: Signed "AD" and "ED" of Alberto and Emilio Diena. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 2b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 80 Currently (SAN)...CHF 80.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30029 O 2c 1859 1/2 Gr. plate II, porous paper, dark orange (arancio scuro), close to good margins, used with an inverted cancel, unusual and scarce.Expertise: Signed "AD" and "ED" of Alberto and Emilio Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 2c] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 1/2 Grana, Plate II » Covers Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30030 2b, 5 1859 1/2 Gr. plate II, bright orange (arancio vivo) in a pair and a 1Gr. plate III single, close to good margins, despatch cancel 5/5 with inverted 5 (month) overstruck by arrival cancel of 7/5, only five letters with this combination recorded in Sassone.Expertise: Signed Russo, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 2b, 5] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 4,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 1 Grana, Plate I » Stamps Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30031 O 3 Partial Used Reconstruction of the 1 Grana Plate One1859 1 Gr. plate I used reconstruction, with 12 positions missing, and 22 positions in duplicate or triplicate examples; pos. 11-12 in pair and pos. 78-80 in an attractive strip of three. 112 used stamps in total. Stamps showing many of the retouches that are catalogued in Sassone for this plate, such as the notable pos. 27 and 34. Generally full-margined examples, with a few cut close in places. Mostly attractive used stamps with good, fresh colours generally and most with dealers' or experts' signatures or handstamps, e.g. Diena or Asinelli. A very impressive attempt at reconstructing this difficult plate with stamps in mostly very good condition (112). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 3,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 3,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30032 3 1859 1 Gr. plate I, rust brown (bruno ruggine), mint pair, positions 24-25, good to large even margins, usual brownish gum, very fine and an extremely rare mint multiple.Exhibition showpiece.Expertise: Signed E.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 7,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 7,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30033 O 3 1859 1 Gr. plate I, state I, brown rust (bruno ruggine), showing four large even margins, a very fine used example.Expertise: Handstamped Asinelli, pencil signature "AD" Alberto Diena. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 180 Currently (SAN)...CHF 180.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30034 3c 1859 1 Gr. plate I, state II, grayish olive green (verde oliva grigastro), mint showing four good to large margins, usual original brownish gum., very fine and extremely rare, unpriced in Sassone.The unique example with original gum.An important rarity of the Italian States and an exhibition showpiece.Expertise: Signed A.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3c] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 15,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 15,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30035 DE,O 3d Partial Used Reconstruction of the 1 Grana Plate One, State II1859 1 Gr. plate I, state II, used reconstruction, with 59 positions of used stamps, some positions in duplicate examples and, pos. 39-40, 49-50, 73-74, and 91-92 in very attractive pairs. 67 stamps in total. Pos. 61-62, 78-79 and 83-84 in attractive used pairs. Stamps showing some of the retouches that are catalogued in Sassone for this plate. Generally full-margined examples and some with margin, with a few cut close in places. Mostly attractive used stamps with good, fresh colours generally and most with dealers' or experts' signatures or handstamps, e.g. Diena. A heroic attempt at reconstructing this very difficult plate of rare stamps (67). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3d] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 2,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 2,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30036 3d 1859 1 Gr. plate I, state II, brown-olive (bruno olivastro), horizontal pair, large even margins, original brownish gum, slight gum crease.A very rare and important mint multiple. Showpiece.Expertise: Signed E.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3d] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 7,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 7,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30037 O 3d 1859 1 Gr. plate I, state II, brown olive (bruno olivastro), horizontal pair showing four good to large even margins, positions 76-77, very fine usedExpertise: Signed E.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3d] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 600 Currently (SAN)...CHF 600.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 1 Grana, Plate I » Covers Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30038 3, 6 1859 1 Gr. plate I, rust brown (bruno ruggine) and 2Gr., the latter with one touched margin, the 1Gr. a right-hand marginal with large margins, all on 1860 (9 Mar) underfranked outer letter sheet to Palermo, oval-framed LEONFORTE handstamp at right plus two Palermo arrival cds, bottom left with an extremely fine strike of rare straight-line Insufficiente handstamp.Expertise: Signed Russo, E.Diena, A.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3, 6] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 1,500 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30039 3a 1859 (22.6) Outer letter sheet from Trapani to Palermo franked 1 Gr. plate I, state I, dark rust brown (bruno ruggine intenso), four good even margins and a 2 Gr. plate III, red despatch date stamp at right, Palermo arrival cds to left. A fine example of the 3 Grana franking paying the 1 1/2 sheet domestic rate.Expertise: Signed Russo, E.Diena, "AD" Alverto Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 3a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 1,500 Currently (SAN)...CHF 1,500.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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