Italian States continued... Sicily » 5 Grana, Plate I » Retouches Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30160 10 1859 5 Gr. plate I, vermilio (vermiglio), mint single with original white gum, showing position 10 retouch with reinforcing lines top left, close to good margins, slight yellowing on face, very fine and scarce.Expertise: Signed E.Diena (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 10] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 70 Currently (SAN)...CHF 70.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30161 10 1859 5 Gr. plate I, vermilion (vermiglio), mint with original thin white gum, close to good margins, showing position 46 with retouch vertical line top right corner, very fine and scarce.Expertise: Signed "ED" Emilio Diena. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 10] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 180 Currently (SAN)...CHF 180.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30162 10 1859 5 Gr. plate I, vermilion (vermiglio), mint with original white gum, close to good margins, showing position 46 with retouch, very fine and scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 10] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 70 Currently (SAN)...CHF 70.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 5 Grana, Plate II » Stamps Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30163 ,,DE 11 Partial Unused Reconstruction of the 5 Grana Plate Two1859 5 Gr. plate II, unused reconstruction. 8 positions missing and 21 positions present in duplicate or triplicate copies. 116 stamps in total of which the majority are unused mint, with original gum and some without gum. With the retouch in pos. 90 catalogued in Sassone. Generally full-margined examples, including a couple with sheet margins, a few cut close or slightly into in places. Attractive stamps with very fresh colours overall and most with dealers' or experts' signatures or handstamps, like Emilio or Alberto Diena (116). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 11] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 4,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30164 , 11 1859 5 Gr. plate II, vermilio (vermiglio), mint with original white gum on right-hand sheet marginal block of six, positions 28-30/38-40, fresh, very fine and a rare mint multiple.Expertise: Signed "AD" Alberto Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 11] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 800 Currently (SAN)...CHF 800.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30165 O 11 The Unique Double Print Error1859 5 Gr. plate II, vermilion (vermiglio), used with four close to good margins, showing clear double impression, thin, very fine and the only known example from plate II, unlisted.Expertise: Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 11] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 3,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 3,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30166 ,, 11a Outstanding Corner Sheet Marginal Block of Twenty Five1859 5 Gr. plate II, bright vermilion (vermiglio vivo), mint top right corner sheet marginal block of 25 with original white gum, positions 6-10 to 50-56, close to large margins, fresh, and an extremely fine exhibition showpiece.Expertise: Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 11a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 4,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30167 , 11a 1859 5 Gr. plate II, bright vermilion (vermiglio vivo), mint bottom sheet margin block of four, positions 86-86/96-97, fresh, very fine and a rare mint multiple.Expertise: Signed "AD" Alberto Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 11a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 900 Currently (SAN)...CHF 900.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30168 O 11a 1859 5 Gr. plate II, bright vermilion (vermiglio vivo), used horizontal strip of three, showing clear framed cancels and close to good margins, very fine and an extremely rare used multiple, unpiced in Sassone.Expertise: Signed E.Diena, A.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 11a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 3,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 3,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 5 Grana, Plate II » Covers Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30169 11 1860 (18.6) Folded entire to Torino, franked four single 5 Gr. plate II and a 2 Gr, the first 5 Gr. which is actually plate I, appears to have been added. Still, a very rare usage during the Messina siege, paying the 1 sheet letter rate by French packet to Sardinia.Expertise: Signed E.Diena, A.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 11] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 300 Currently (SAN)...CHF 300.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 10 Grana » Stamps Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30170 ,,DE,O 12 Partial Unused and Used Reconstruction of the 10 Grana1859 10 Gr. unused and used reconstruction. 6 positions missing and 8 positions present in duplicate or triplicate copies. 105 stamps in total of which the majority are unused mint, most with original gum, a few without gum, also a few used stamps on piece. With most of the better retouches catalogued in Sassone. Generally full-margined examples, with a few cut close or into in places; a few stamps noted with minor thin spots. Attractive stamps with very intense and fresh colours overall and most with experts' signatures or handstamps (105). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 3,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 3,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30171 ,, 12 1859 10 Gr. dark blue (azzurro cupo), mint with original brownish gum, bottom left-hand corner sheet marginal block of twenty-five (5 x 5), position 51/95, showing retouches 53, 61 and 91, pre-printing paper fold through four stamps in second row, right to left, hinged at top and base only, small natural paper surface imperfection on 62, very fine.An outstanding exhibition showpiece.Expertise: Signed "AD" Alberto Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 6,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 6,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30172 O, 12, 4c 1859 10Gr. dark blue (azzurro cupo), two singles and two horizontal strips of three, plus 1 Gr. light olive brown (bruno oliva chiaro), plate II, in two pairs, one of these pairs with touched margins, all tied on fragment.Note: Illustrated on page 234 of AquilaAn outstanding combination usage, which was paying the very high 88 Grana rate, a known franking, but not in this combination. A striking exhibition showpiece.Expertise: Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12, 4c] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 4,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30173 O 12c The Unique Full and Complete Double Impression1859 10Gr. dark blue (azzurro cupo), used with close to clear margins all round, showing a full double print variety, small thin spot.Exhibition ShowpieceNote: Sassone states that only partial doubling is recorded, hence possibly unique. small thin spot in paper on back at top of head where Diena has pen initialed, Alberto Diena Cert (1952).Expertise: Signed "AD" Alberto Diena, Cert. Alberto Diena (1952), Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12c] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 8,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 8,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 10 Grana » Covers Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30174 12, 5b 1859 (15.8) Folded entire Messina to Genova by French packet, franked 10 Gr. in two horizontal pairs, top right corner of top pair with margin fault plus two pairs of 1 Gr., each with framed cancels, red three-line PIRSOCAFI / POSTALI / FRANCESI, an unrecorded combination paying the two sheet letter rate to Sardinia by French Steamer.A striking entire paying the stunning 84 Grana rate.Expertise: Signed A.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12, 5b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 6,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 6,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30175 12b, 9, 6a 1859 (4.4) Folded entire to Trieste, carried by commercial steamship, charged "8" Austrian soldi to the addressee, endorsed "col Vapore di commercio" and franked 1859 10 Gr. pair close to just touched margin at top, 5 Gr. and pair 2 Gr. plate I positions 71-72, with position 71 showing a retouch, all making up the fine 29 grana rate, cancelled with framed handstamps, oval-framed Marsala despatch, Palermo transit and various manuscript rate markings, arrival backstamp, fine and and attractive appearance Expertise: Signed "AD" Alberto Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12b, 9, 6a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 4,000 Currently (SAN)...CHF 4,000.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30176 12b 1859 (1.10) Registered 'Assicurata' cover from Messina to Girgenti, franked 10 Gr. showing position 67 retouch ('R' of 'GR') plus 2 Gr. and two 1 Gr. good close to large margins, fine appearance, an unlisted combination paying the 3/4 ounce registered domestic letter rate.Expertise: Signed "AD" Alberto Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 3,600 Currently (SAN)...CHF 3,600.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Sicily » 10 Grana » Retouches Lot Symbol Catalog No. Descrip Opening 30177 , 12b 1859 10 Gr. indigo (indaco), mint with usual original brownish gun, top left corner sheet marginal block of four, positions 1-2/11-12, positions 1 and 11 with retouches, good to large margins, very fine and a rare marginal multiple.Expertise: Cert. Alberto Diena (1967), Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 700 Currently (SAN)...CHF 700.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30178 12a 1859 10 Gr. black indigo (indaco nero), mint with usual original brownish gum, showing position 8 retouch (top line above 'POSTA' completely re-cut), good to large margins, extremely rare and possibly unique with the retouch in this shade.Expertise: Signed A. Diena and Giulio Bolaffi, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP. (2026). (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12a] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 400 Currently (SAN)...CHF 400.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM 30179 12b 1859 10 Gr. indigo (indaco), mint with original brownish gum, position 9 retouch (top right frame line), four good margins, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Italian States 12b] Visual Pricing Guide Sample Census Estimate. CHF 180 Currently (SAN)...CHF 180.00 Closing..Mar-26, 02:00 AM Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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