1861 - 2gr blue with complete framing line on top and partial on the left. Cert. Chiavarello, Raybaudi and Manzoni (Sassone 20k/l - € 5.000+)
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1861 - 5gr vermilion good margins, boxed "ANNULLATO" to Livorno, with red oval "UFFICIO DEL PORTO DI NAPOLI 8 MAR 1861" at the back. Rare. Sign. Bolaffi and Manzoni, Cert. Raybaudi (Sassone 21a+pt.12 - € 6.475)
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1862 - 10gr yellow orange, postal forgery 2nd type, effigy C, from "NAPOLI AL PORTO 24 MAG 62" to Lione. Manuscript "Postale Francese" on the front. Cert. E.Diena and Bottacchi (Sassone F8a - € 14.000)
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1858 - The complete issue, used, including all the different plates and with also some color variations, sometimes rare. Everything of very fine quality. N.1 is upper left sheet corner. 11 certs, five of which by Giulio Bolaffi (Sassone 1/14+variations - € 22.170)
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1858 - The complete issue with all plates (except 20gr 1st plate n.12), thirteen values in great quality conditions, all signed Diena or Sorani. Cert. Manzoni for the two 1/2gr and for the 20gr 2nd plate, Raybaudi for the 50gr (Sassone 1/11+13/14 - € 11.460)
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1861 - 1gr bright carmine, 2nd plate, "Annullato" with svolazzo from "MESAGNE 1/3/1861" to Napoli. Single use franking below rate, with large tax "1" on the front. Rare use in the first dai of the Italian Postal Service. A.Diena (Sassone 4b+pt.12 - € 5.50
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1858 - 2gr carmine 3rd and 2nd plate from "ISERNIA 19 AGO 1859" to Napoli. Extremely interesting mixed franking with two different plates of the 2 grana: Sassone catalogues 1st+3rd, while this with 2nd+3rd is far rarer. Cert. Diena (Sassone 6+7b+pt.6 - € 4.050+)
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1858 - 20gr carmine pink 2nd plate, large margins. Sign. A. and E.Diena, Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 13a - € 3.250)
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1858 - 20gr light pink 2nd plate on insured cover from "NAPOLI 7 GEN 1860" to Lecce. Rare single use. Perfect stamps with large margins. Cert. E.Diena and Initials A.Diena (Sassone 13 - € 22.000)
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1858 - 50gr pink lilac without watermark. Stamp thinned at the back but of very nice aspect anyways. Cert. Raybaudi and Manzoni (Sassone 14a/e - € 7.500)
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1858 - 50gr pink lilac with watermark "BT", 10gr and 20gr both lilac pink 1st plate, perfect and with large margins, to compose an 80gr franking on piece "ANNULLATO". Extremely rare watermark on the 50 grana, possibile only on a single copy out of 200. Sign. Olive, Cert. Bottacchi, A. and E.Diena (Sassone 10a+12a+14a/f - € -)
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1860 - 5gr carmine pink 2nd plate and 10 grana, postal forgery 5th type, "ANNULLATO" on letter in "PARTENZA from NAPOLI 14 GEN. 1861" to Malta. Very rare mixed franking. Cert. Bottacchi (Sassone 9+F7a - € 21.000+)
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1898 - The six reprints on hand paper without watermark, with uncut margins (Sassone R1/R6 - € 2.000)
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1898 - The six reprints on hand paper without watermark, composed by three horizontal uncut pairs. 200 copies printed (Sassone R1/R6 - € 4.200)
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1855/1984 - NORWAY: very advanced collection of unused stamps (many MNH), some used ones and one document, including all the first number, in one album. Very fine lot, three certificates. Very good deal (Yvert € 25.000+)
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1939/43 - ALBANIA - ITALIAN, GREEK AND GERMAN OCCUPATiONS: complete collection of MNH stamps (except Airmail n.1/3 and German Adinistration n.1/4 that have traces of hinge) mounted on Marini sheets in one album. It includes several varieties in the set of German Administration n.1/14 (Sassone beyond € 15.000)
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1841 - Cefalonia and Itaca, Argostoli issue, hand overprint, Air Mail, 50d violet used. Rare, Sign. Renato Mondolfo, Cert. A. and E.Diena (Sassone PA22 - € 20.000)
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1841 - Cefalonia and Itaca, Argostoli issue, hand overprint, Air Mail, 28d ultramarine, horizontal pair canceled on piece. Rare. Sign. Renato Mondolfo and A.Diena (Sassone PA28 - € 1.600+)
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1841 - Cefalonia and Itaca, Argostoli issue, machine overprint, Mithological set of 1935/39 2+2d ultramarine, red oveprint, unused. Few tiny rust dots, extremely rare, unrecorded on the Sassone as new. Sign. Renato Mondolfo, Cert. A.Diena (Sassone 3 pos.3-II - 1° stato - € -)
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1841 - Cefalonia and Itaca, Argostoli issue, machine overprint, Previdenza Sociale of 1939 50+50L green, vertical pair oveprinted "ITALIA Occupazione Militare Italiana Isole Cefalonia and Itaca" on 4 lines, canceled on piece. The lower copy has three shorter teeth, nonetheles extremely rare and pleasant. Recorded by the Sassone only as new. Initials Colla and Cert. A.Diena (Sassone 7 pos.3-II - 2°stato - € -)
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