ITALIA REGNO / ITALIAN KINGDOM continued...

1877 - 20c blue Bigola new, with the usual razor cuts, on cover "talking" envelope. Light fold on the cover, away from the stamp. Very rare and very fresh. Cert. A.Diena, olive and E.Diena "…the nicest of the exhisting four" (Sassone BP2 - € 75.000)
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1877 - 20c blue Bigola with usual razor cuts, on "talking" envelope from "NAPOLI 4 MAGGIO 1877" to Avellino. Rare. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone BP2 - € 65.000)
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1889 - Umberto 20c orange perforated "CC" on unused advertising postcard, extremely rare and superb. Sign. A.Diena, Cert. E.Diena (Sassone CP1 - € 120.000)
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1889 - Umberto 20c orange perforated "CC" on advertising postcard from "BOLOGNA 19-4-90" to Modena. Sign. Giulio Bolaffi, Cert. A.Diena (Sassone CP1 - € 11.000)
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1914 - 5c green (Leoni) perforated "RDM" on advertising ticket. Very few recorded, superb. Sign. Enzo Diena, Cert. Manzoni (Sassone B1 - € -)
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1924 - Enti Parastatali: the complete set of unused stamps, mainly MNH, with only a few copies with light hinge traces. The rare ones have Certs by E.Diena, Raybaudi and Manzoni. Very fine ensemble, very high catalog value (Sassone above € 114.000)
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1926 - Express 2L blue and red with three regular mail stamps from "BRINDISI 9.8.26 * Air Mail" to Istanbul. Postmarks "ESPRESSO", "PER POSTA AEREA" and "Primo Viaggio" on the front (Sassone E13 - € 1.300)
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1901 - Floreal, 40c brown Catania forgery 1st type, used in good conditions. Cert. E.Diena "…the rare copy is without defects" (Sassone F74 - € 17.500++ - the value of Sassone for these stamps refers to defective copies)
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1887 - The complete set of four new francaletters, composed by new perforated stamps 1c on 2c red brick DLR Turin printing, Umberto 4c on 5c green, 8-8 on 10c carmine and 18c on 20c orange, on four different advertising envelopes. Rare and extremely fine
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1887 - 2c red brick perforated "C1" on francaletters from "TORINO 21 AGOSTO 1888" to Novara. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone FR1 - € 75.000)
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1887 - Umberto 5c green perforated "C4" with 5c green and 10c red of ordinary mail, on francalettera from "LIVORNO 18-11-88" to Pomarance. Cert. A.Diena (Sassone FR2+PO37+38 - € 7.000)
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1887 - Umberto 10c red perforated "C8" and 10c red on francalettera from "LIVORNO 10-8-89" to Viareggio. Cert. A.Diena (Sassone FR3 + PO38 - € 28.000+)
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1887 - Umberto 10c carmine perforated "8-8", inverted perforation, on unused francalettera. V shaped cut on the stamp to avoid reutilization of the 10c. Extremely fine and rare. Cert. A. and E.Diena (Sassone FR3a - € 85.000)
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1887 - Umberto 10c carmine perforated "18-81", inverted perforation, on unused francalettera. Unique. Sign. Giulio Bolaffi, Cert. E.Diena (Sassone FR3e - € -)
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1887 - Umberto 20c orange perforated "C18" on francalettera from "AREZZO 22-8-87" to Castiglione Fiorentino. Initials A.Diena, Cert. Raybaudi (Sassone FR4 - € 5.500)
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1887 - Umberto 20c orange perforated "C18" on francalettera from "CHIETI-STAZIONE 23 GIU 01" to Roma. Ex Seregni. Cert. Manzoni and E.Diena: "..it is the latest use I am aware of for the "Francalettera" (Sassone FR4 - € 5.500++)
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1943 - Military franchise, ultramarine blue, miniature sheet of six copies unperforated on the margins.The sheet, slightly open at the bottom, has been considered as loose stamps. Initials A.Diena (Sassone FM1c - € 3.200)
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1862 - 10c bistre olive canceled "VERBANO 7 GEN 63" to Magadino. Reduced rate for close-by town in neighboring Countries to Switzerland. Cert. Manzoni (Sassone 1e+pt.11 - € 7.000++)
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1863/64 - ITALIAN KINGDOM: four letters, three from Chiavenna and one from Milano, franked for 10c in reduced rate for neighboring towns in different Countries, with Switzerland. One is franked with Sardinia 4th issue 10c bistre, the other three with Italian Kingdom 10c bistre DLR London printing. Extremely fine and interesting (Sassone Sard14E + Regno L17 - € -)
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1869/74 - ITALIAN KINGDOM: lot of five letters franked for 10c in reduced rate for neighboring towns in different Countries, with 10c bistre DLR London printing. Letters posted from Chiavenna, Cantù, Lecco and Milano to Switzerland. Very fine quality in general
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