SARDEGNA / SARDINIA continued...

1861 - 1c greenish black and 5c yellow green on green printed matter dated in Bucharest (Valachia), forwarded from "MILANO 3 FEB 61" to France. Rare and extremely fine. Cert. Bottacchi and Colla (Sassone 13Ba+19ba - € -)
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1861 - 5c olive green. Sign. E.Diena, Cert. Raybaudi and Studio Peritale Romano (Sassone 13c - € 1.500)
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1861 - 5c olive green 4th plate, printing of 1861, block of four from “CINGOLI 16 DIC 61” to Roma. Extremely rare block, good margins, piece exhibited in Montecarloas one of the most important worldwide philatelic rarities. Initials Bottacchi, Emilio, Alberto and E.Diena, Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 13C - circa € 400.000+)
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1861 - 5c olive green, 4th plate printing of 1861, strip of five with good margins from "LICATA 20 GEN 62" to Palermo. Rare inner Sicilian rate for a two and a half sheets letter, with an extremely rare strip of the 13C. Sign. Alberto and E.Diena, Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 13C - € 128.000)
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1855 - 5c dull light green, vertical strip of three, from "GENOVA 7 DIC 63" to Milano. Valuable franking of December '63. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone 13Eb)
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1858 - 10c shadow ground, vertical pair with large margins, canceled "PONTBEAUVOISIN 25 JAN. 60". Sign. A. and E.Diena (Sassone 14+pt.8 - € 2.500)
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1859 - 10c violet brown, 1st plate printing of '59, 20c ultramarine cobalt 1st plate printing of '59 and 40c scarlet red printing of '57; tri-color franking from "GENOVA 15 LUG 59" to Catania. Stamps all perfect with white margins. Cert. E.Diena and Sorani (Sassone 14Ab+15Ba+16Aa - € 2.865+++)
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1861 - 5c olive green 4th plate and 10c dark brownish olive 1st plate, strip of five, all printing of '61, on "Assicurata" from "LICATA 30 NOV 61" to Palermo. Triple port registered letter rate (25c for the registration) headed inside Sicily. Surname of the recipient re-written and part of the back missing, letter nonetheless extremely fine and rare. Sign. Sorani, A. and E.Diena, Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 13C+14Cbb - circa € 670.000)
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1855 - 20c sky blue light, 1st plate printing of '55, from "VERCELLI 27 SET 55" to Torino. Rare use of the sky blue 20cin September of '55. Initials E.Diena and Cert. Bottacchi (Sassone 15g - unrecorded in September)
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1855 - 20c indigo 1st plate printing of '57, block of four with the two lower copies MNH. Very fresh and very fine. Initials A.Diena, Oliva and Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 15Ab - € 6.600+)
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1855 - 20c blue, 1st plate printing of 1860, five copies all with good margins from "RECANATI MARCHE 7 MAR. 62" to S. Angelo in Vado. Rare letter with crease made before the franking. All stamps are perfect. Cert. Raybaudi (Sassone 15Ca - € 45.000:2 = € 22.500)
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1855 - 20c sky blue, 2nd plate printing of 1861, irregular block of 12, of which 10 without effigy, with untrimmed margin on the right and at the bottom, all MNH. Six perfect stamps including two with effigy. Very rare. Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 15Da - € 14.000++ per i six perfect)
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1855 - 20c greyish sky blue with inverted effigy on piece from "CAMERINO 27 APR 61". Sign. Bolaffi, Colla, Em.Diena and Cert. Raybaudi (Sassone 15Db - € 4.500+)
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1861 - 20c ultramarine blue 1st plate printing of 1861, block of ten on piece canceled “MILANO 30 OTT 61”. Perfect block, great rarity. Sign. Giulio Bolaffi, Cert. Bottacchi and Sorani (Sassone 15Dc - € 45.000++)
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1855 - 20c cobalt, 2nd plate printing of 1861, from "BERGAMO BASSA 21 FEB 62" to Milano. Cert. E.Diena and Manzoni (Sassone 15De - € 16.500)
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1855 - 20c light cobalt printing of 1861, from "LODI 3 APR 61" to Bergamo. Sign. Fiecchi and Cert. Bottacchi (Sassone 15Dh - € 27.000)
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1860 - 20c indigo printing of 1862, from "LIVORNO 7 SET 62" to Patrasso, taxed upon arrival with Greece stamps 2L bistre (partially overlaid to the 20c), 10L orange, 20L sky blue and 80L carmine, all partially overlaid "treppen francaturen". Rare franking, highly fascinating. Initials A.Diena and Fiecchi, Cert. E.Diena and Manzoni (Sassone 15E - € -)
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1855 - 40c light vermilion, block of six on piece from "GENOVA 6 GIU 57". Highest multiple known for this shade of color and, very likely, of all the stamps of '55 printing. Light fold among the two strips of three, that doesn't touch the stamps: perfect.
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1855 - 40c vermilion dark, 1st plate printing of '55, from "TORINO 18 APR 57" to Milano. Initials Raybaudi and Cert. E.Diena (Sassone 16b - € 4.000)
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1855 - 20c sky blue, 1st plate and 40c dark vermilion, two copies, printing of '55, from "SPEZIA 3 APR. 57" to Newark (USA). Rare rate, only valid for four months Initials A.Diena and Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 15f+16b - € 9.000++)
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