1866 - 5s pink and 10s blue, vertical pair and single copy, all 5th issue, from "MANTOVA 19/6" to Milano, routed via Switzerland due to the ongoing war. Rare 35 soldi rate, free to destination, particularly interesting as it was posted the day the postal agreements between Italy and Austria were interrupted. Important and rare postal history object. Cert. E.Diena
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1866 - Austria 5kr pink and 10kr blue, three copies, all 5th issue, from "GRADISCA 25/6" to Modena, routed via Switzerland due to the war. Rare, posted in the first three days of the war. Cert. E.Diena
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1866 - 5s pink, five copies, and 10s blue, all 5th issue, from "FELTRE 27/6" to Milano, routed via Switzerland due to the ongoing war. Rare franking of 35 soldi free to destiny. The 10s is defective, benig re-used from a previous franking. Cert. E.Diena and Manzoni
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1866 - Italian Kingdom 10c ochre orange, DLR London printing, with 20 on 15c "horseshoe" overprint, one copy 1st type and one 3rd type, canceled numeral "11" from "FERRARA 13 LUG 66" to Padova, routed via Switzerland. Rare combination. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone L17+23+25 - € -)
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1852/1939 - LUXEMBOURG: very advanced collection of unused stamps, in large part hinged, including services and with many rare items, mounted on Leuchtturm sheets. Excellent quality in general, nine certificates (Yvert - €50.000+)
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1945 - C.L.N. ISSUES - MANTOVA: 1,90 on 10c brown and 1,85 on 15c greyish green; lot of blocks MNH with several unpublished varieties. Very fun lot, extremely interesting for a specialized collector (Sassone beyond € 1.455)
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1859 - 5c green and 15c brown, on complete front of letter from "MODENA 11 NOV 59" to Reggio. Sign. Giulio Bolaffi and Vaccari, Cert. Bottacchi (Sassone 12+13 - € 50.500:2 = € 25.250)
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1859 - 5c green and 40c carmine pink canceled "REGGIO" on piece. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone 12+17 - € 4.350)
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1859 - 20c slate violet. Minimal oxhidation at the back, rare. Initials A.Diena, G.Olive, Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 15 - € 5.500)
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1855 - 2nd Independance War: 20c blue canceled "COMANDO MILITARE DI NOVI" (oval with Savoy cross at the center). Extremely rare cancel on a perfect stamp. It is the nicest of the two known copies. Sign. G.Bolaffi, Cert. A. and E.Diena (Sassone 15+pt.R3 - € 7.000++)
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1859 - Sardinia 4th issue, 20c dark blue 1st plate, from "CARRARA 3 SET 1859" to Firenze. Rare letter of Oltreappennino modenese in great conditions. Cert. Sorani and Bottacchi (Sassone C3 - € 20.000)
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1859 - Sardinia 4th issue 20c dark blue from "FIVIZZANO 26 LUG 1859" to Pontremoli. Rare use of the stamps of Sardinia in the Oltreappennino modenese. Sign. Gaggero, A.Diena and Cert. E.Diena (Sassone C3 - € 20.000)
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1852 - 5c green without dot after the figures, MNH and large margins. Sign. Giulio Bolaffi, Cert. Bottacchi (Sassone 1 - € 14.000)
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1852 - 40c dark blue without dot, horizontal pair with interpane gutter and sheet margin above. Cert. Sorani (Sassone 6 - € 5.250)
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1852 - 40c dark blue without dot after the figures, strip of six lower sheet margin. Cert. Studio Peritale Romano (Sassone 6 - € 10.800+)
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1852 - 5c olive green, block di 9 sheet corner, with error "CEN1.5." (nr.220 of the composition) on the sixth copy. Sign. Em.Diena, Cert. E.Diena (Sassone 8+8g - € 31.300++)
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1852 - 10c vivid pink with dot after the figures, block of four group corner, with variety "with and without dot" on the two upper copies, hinged. Cert. Emilio Diena in german and Cert. Raybaudi (Sassone 9a+9ak - € 6.600++)
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1859 - 10c pink, horizontal pair "with and without dot after the figures" canceled "POSTA letters REGGIO" with Savoy coat of arms in the center from "REGGIO 22 SET" (1859) to Milano. Extremely rare variety used in the period of the Provisional Government.
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1852 - 40c blue with dot after the figures and error "4C" instead of "40", from "MODENA 19 SETT. 56" to Milano. Extremely fine, large margins. Sign. Em.Diena, Cert. E.Diena (Sassone 10g - € 16.250)
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1852 - 1L white, canceled with dumb diamond cancel and part of French red circle. Initials Em.Diena, Fiecchi, Mezzadri, Cert. Raybaudi and Manzoni (Sassone 11 - € 4.500)
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