1867 - 20c red brown vertical pair on almost complete letter (incomplete at the bottom) from "FRASCATI 4 FEB. 68" to Perugia (Sassone 18+pt.6 - € 1.770/€ 5.850)
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1867 - 80c pink 2nd issue and 20c solferino 3rd issue, on "ASSICURATA" from "CIVITAVECCHIA 5 DEC 69" to Bastia (Corsica). Rare destination. Extremely fine. Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 20+28 - € 4.125+)
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1868 - 3c grey 3rd issue canceled with dumb lozenge postmark. Perfect. Initials G.Olive, Cert. A.Diena and Manzoni (Sassone 24 - € 5.500)
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1868 - 3c grey pink. Cert. E.Diena, Cert. Bolaffi quality 100% (copy) (Sassone 23 - € 28.000)
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1870 - Italian Kingdom, 20c blue Bigola, Turin printing, canceled dotted numeral "437" from "PADOVA 19 SET. 70" to Roma, with arrival in "ROMA 22 SET 70", the day before the seizure of the city. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone Regno T26 - € -)
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1870 - 10c orange vermilion, horizontal pair dumb cancelation of "FROSINONE 23 SET. 70" to Napoli. Perfect pair, are letter posted three days after the seizure of Rome. Initials Chiavarello and Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 26 - € -)
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1870 - 20c solferino canceled with lItalian ozenges dumb postmark on the day of its official introduction, from "ROMA 28 SET 70" to Acri. At the back "ISOLETTA NAPOLI 29 SET 70" postmark. Sign. Bargagli, Cert. Alberto and E.Diena (Sassone 28 - € -)
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1870 - 20c ruby red canceled with Italian diamond dumb postmark from "ROMA 5 OTT 70" to Livorno. Curious franking with a further stamp of equal denomination under the Papal States one. Cert. Manzoni(Sassone 28f - € -)
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1870 - Italian Kingdom 20c blue Bigola, Turin printing, canceled with Italian diamond dumb postmark, on letter franked for the old Papal States rate from "ROMA 8 OTT 70" to Genova. Last day of the of the Provisional Council (Unificato T26 - € 3000)
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1870 - Italian Kingdom 20c blue Bigola, Turin printing, canceled with diamond grid postmark from "ROMA 28 OTT 70" to Alessandria. Papal States rate, valid through the whole month of October 1870 (Sassone T26 - € 3.000)
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1870 - Italian Kingdom, 1c olive green DLR Turin printing, vertical pair canceled diamond dumb postmark and "ROMA 29 NOV 70" (Italian simple circle with time) to the same town. Printed matter rate. Unrecorded combination (Sassone Regno T17 - € -)
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1870 - Italian Kingdom, 10c yellow ochre DLR Turin printing, two copies, on letter to Capalbio from a town around Roma, that wasn't provided with a nominal postmark and was canceled with the special grid of the office of the district of Roma. "ROMA 29 NOV 70" transit postmark at the back. Rare. Sign. A.Diena, Gazzi and Cert. E.Diena (Sassone Regno T17 - € -)
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1870 - Italian Kingdom, 5c green dark grey, two copies, and 10c yellow ochre, two copies, all DLR Turin printing, on letter to Ariccia posted from a town around Roma, that wasn't provided with a nominal postmark and was canceled with the special grid of the office of the district of Roma. "ROMA 3 DIC 70" transit postmark at the back. Rare postal history item (Sassone Regno T16+T17 - € -)
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1853/1982 - PORTUGAL: very advanced collection of unused stamps hinged, MNH and used, basically complete, including PA, Postage Dues and miniature sheets. Several rare and interesting items in the first numbers, everything in two albums. Very fine quality, three certificates. Great oppoortunity (Yvert - € 62.000)
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1859 - 1baj light blue light, essay on pelure paper with gum, showing a natural paper crease. Extremely rare, one of the very few copies known, probably the finest existing. Sign. Emilio Diena, Cert. Ghiglione ("...MNH...") and Manzoni (Sassone P1 - € 32.
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1859 - The complete set of nine denominations, MNH. 4bai with sheet margin and a paper impurity. Lot generally of very good quality. Initials G.Bolaffi and Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 1/9 - € 8.000)
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1859 - The complete set of nine denominations in block of four MNH, mounted on Bolaffi sheets in a leather Zanaria album. Very rare lot of great quality. Four cert. Giulio Bolaffi and one Manzoni (Sassone 1/9 - € 40.000)
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1859 - Seven stamps of the set, used. The 3baj on piece canceled with double circle of Lugo. Very good quality. Cert. A.Diena for the 1/2 baj, Cert. A. and E.Diena for the 8baj and Cert. Manzoni for the seven stamps (Sassone 1/6+8 - € 6.950)
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1859 - 1/2baj straw yellow, single use on poster from Bologna to Bazzano. Rare and in excellent condition. Sign. Em.Diena, handstamp Bolaffi, Cert. Bottacchi, A. and E.Diena (Sassone 1 - € 45.000)
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1859 - 1baj grey, very good margins and lower sheet margin, at the back of a letter from "ARGENTA" (SD) to Ferrara, payable on delivery. Initials G.Bolaffi (Sassone 2a+pt.5 - € 2.075+)
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