1922/23 - BLP lithographic overprint 2nd type, 50c violet and 60c carmine in block of four, mediocre centering, MNH. 2 Cert. Diena and Cert. Bolaffi 50% and 60% (photocopy) (Sassone BLP10/11 with mediocre centering - Euro 24.100+)
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1923 - BLP 3rd issue, the complete set of six denominations in blocks of four MNH. Several well centered items, the 25c shows the set-off of the overprint. Three cert. E.Diena and Cert. Bolaffi from 60% to 100% (Sassone BLP13/18 - Euro 28.100+2.900)
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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 - Euro 11.000)
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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 Euro 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 - Euro 1.300)
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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 - 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 - Euro 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 - Euro 28.000+)
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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 - Euro 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 - Euro 3.200)
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1860/74 - ITALIAN KINGDOM - PROOFS AND ESSAYS FOR STAMPS AND REVENUES: very interesting collection of the field, mounted on Bolaffi sheets, including proofs Sparre (3), Pellas (10), Ronchi (8), Coucourde (3c), Wentch (4), Ronchi etichette (8), Re (7), other unrecorded ones (34); die proofs on cardboard Bigola (3 large), 2L DLR, further die proofs on carboard (31) and proofs of stamps for passport (36). One-time opportunity, very good quality
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1862/1930 - ITALIAN KINGDOM: lot of over 100 postal history items (letters, postcards, front of letters, pieces, etc.) mostly with cancellations from the Marche region. Includes several interesting and uncommon frankings. Very fine quality in general
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1836/85 - ITALIAN STATES / ITALIAN KINGDOM: lot of 27 letters and 3 front of covers of the period, with also some pre-philatelic items. Mixed quality
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1850/1945 - ITALY: nice beginning of collection of Italian States, Italian Kingdom and Vatican, composed mainly of used stamps, with also some unused ones with traces of hinge, all monuted on album sheets G.L.M Landmans. Some good presences of the advertising stamps, very interesting lots
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1887 – Parcel post 50c carmine and 75c green on parcel post card from “SORA 21 DIC 87” to Sent (Switzerland). Rare, one of three parcel post cards known with this combination (Sassone PP3+4 - Euro 6.000)
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1914/22 - Parcel post with Savoy knots at the center, the complete set of thirteen denominations in block of four, MNH and fair/excellent centering. Several angular copies (Sassone PP7/19 - Euro 11.000++)
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1932 - Zeppelin flight cover (Sudamerika Fahart) to Asuncion (Paraguay) posted from "MILANO CORRISPONDENZA PACCHI * RACCOMANDATE * 16.4.32" via Friedrichhshafen, franked with Dante Alighieri and Cinquantenario Garibaldino stamps (Sassone PO312+PA32/38 - Euro 2.510)
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1933 - North Atlantic Cruise, the two complete triptych sheets including the 5,25L+19,75L I-BORG with "tuft" variety. Extremely fine, Cert. Manzoni (Sassone PA51Da - Euro 22.075)
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1934 - Roma-Buenos Aires, the complete set with pair of Marcia on Roma 1,25L blue, on flight cover from "ROMA 23.1.34" to San Paulo. Postmark "PRIMO VOLO POSTALE ROMA*BUENOS-AIRES 1934 XII" on the front (Sassone PO336+PA56/59 - Euro 2.300)
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1862 - 10c bistre orange, good/very good centering and OG with small hinge trace. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone 1g - Euro 16.000++)
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1862 - 10c dark brown, two copies on piece from "PALERMO 29 NOV 62". Initials A. and E.Diena, Cert. Colla (Sassone 1d - Euro 6.000)
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1862 - 10c yellowish bistre strip of four upper sheet margin from "LUCCA 25 OTT 62" to Ferrara. Cert. Friedl and E.Diena (Sassone 1 - Euro 95.000)
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1862 - 10c bistre orange and Sardinia 5c green dark from "PIACENZA 8 GEN 63" to Ferrara. Sign. Sorani (Sassone 1g+Sardinia 13D - Euro 2.450+)
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1862 - 40c dark carmine red block of four MNH, well centered. Cert. E.Diena and Fiecchi (Sassone 3a - Euro 6.000+ as loose stamps)
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1862 - 40c red carmine with Sardinia 20c indigo and 80c yellow orange from "MILANO 21 OTT." (62) to San Pietroburgo. Letter written by the musical editor Ricordi to Giuseppe Verdi, extremely interesting. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone Italian Kingdom 3 + Sardinia
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1862 - 80c yellow orange, single use from "NAPOLI (PORTO) 22 AGO. 63" to Paris. Sign. Fiecchi, Cert. E.Diena (Sassone 4 - Euro 20.000)
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1862 - 80c orange and Sardinia 40c pink vermilion (just touched on the left) from "MESSINA 12 OTT 63" to London. Cert. Fiecchi and E.Diena (Sassone 4+Sard16F - Euro 16.240+)
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1862 - 2c bistre with two embossed figures, large spacing between them (6mm). Cert. Sorani (Sassone 10e - Euro -)
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1861/62 - Sardinia, printed matter stamps 1c and 2c grey black, with Italian Kingdom 2c bistre, all with effigy instead of the figures, block of four MNH. Cert. Bolaffi 100% (Sassone Sardinia speriment. 19S/20S + Italia Regno 10S - Euro 68.000+)
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1863 - 15c blue grey type Sardinia, OG with small hinge trace. Sign. Em.Diena, Cert. Colla (Sassone 11e - Euro 3.500)
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1863 - 15c blue light, two copies, and Sardinia 5c dull green, two copies, disposed in "flag" shape from "MILANO 3 MAR 63" to Lyon. Rare use to abroad (non taxed) in the three days in which the 15c type Sardinia was not valid. Sign. Raybaudi and Cert. E.D
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1863 - 15c blue lithographic 1st type, strip of four upper sheet margin, from "BURGIO 9 APR 63" to Palermo. Sign. Russo and A.Diena, Cert. E.Diena and Manzoni (Sassone 12+pt.9 - Euro 6.900+)
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1863 - 1c light greysh green, DLR London printing, MNH and well centered. Cert. Bottacchi (Sassone L14 - Euro 1.600)
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1863 - 1c green grey and Sardinia 1c grey black on piece from "MILANO 31 DIC 63". Rare mixed ""twin values" franking in the last day of validity of the Sardinian stamps. Sign. Emilio Diena and Cert. E.Diena (Sassone L14+Sard19 - Zanaria Serra (2004) Euro 3.5
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1866 - 2c brown red, strip of four and single copy, with 10c ochre orange, all DLR London printing canceled dotted numeral "1805" from "PORTO SAN GIORGIO MARCHE 21 AGO 66" to Macerata. Sign. E.Diena (Sassone L15+L17 - Euro 4.230)
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1863 - 5c grey green, DLR London printing, well centered and very fresh, OG with small hinge trace. Cert. E.Diena and Giulio Bolaffi (Sassone L16 - Euro 8.500)
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1863 - 10c ochre orange DLR London printing, block of four with two copies MNH. Fair centering, very fine. Cert. G.Bolaffi and A.Diena (Sassone L17 - Euro 32.500+ as loose stamps)
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1863 - 15c blue sky blue DLR London printing, block of four left sheet margin, MNH, Fair centering. Cert. A.Diena and G.Bolaffi (Sassone L18 - Euro 38.000+ as loose stamps)
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1863 - 15c blue sky blue block of three from "TORINO 15 NOV 64" to Bologna. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone L18b - Euro -)
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1863 - 1c grey black (with a meaningless and very light archival crease), 2c grey black, two copies, 5c grey green and 30c brown (both DLR London printing) from "MESSINA 25 DIC 63" to Lyon. Mixed four values franking to compose a 40c rate, published at pa
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1863 - 30c dark brown, DLR London printing, unperforated, and 20c on 15c blue, "horseshoe" overprint 2nd type, canceled dotted numeral "134" on "RACCOMANDATO" from "RIMINI 2 NOV 66" to Bologna. The 30c is perfect, the 20 on 15c has a cut, probably due to
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1863 - 10c bistre, 30c brown and 40c pink, all DLR London printing, in tri-color franking from "PEROSA 9 APR 64" to The Netherlands. Letter with excess franking as it was probably considered it would have been routed via Switzerland. Very interesting combination, unrecorded in the update of the Zanaria-Serra catalog of 1997. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone L17+L19+L20 - Euro -)
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1863 - 30c brown two copies and 40c carmine pink, all DLR London printing, on "ASSICURATO" for L400, from "CREMA 4 DIC 63" to Genova. Rare, first know date of DLR stamps for insured letters. Perfect stamps, the 30c has been cut with scissors, as normal. S
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1863 - 30c dark brown, pair and single copy, 60c light lilac and 15c blue sky blue, vertical pair and four copies, all DLR London printing, to compose a multiple three color franking on "RACCOMANDATO" doppio porto from "NAPOLI PORTO 6 DIC" (63) to Offenba
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1863 - 5c grey green, two copies, and 30c brown strip of five, all DLR London printing, disposed on a "flag" shape from "GENOVA 24 AGO" (64) to Paris. Rare and extremely fine (all stamps are with good perforation), the trip of five is the highest known of
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1863 - 40c carmine pink DLR London printing, block of four left sheet margin, fair centering. A copy MNH, the others with OG with small hinge trace. Cert. Bolaffi (Sassone L20 - Euro 45.000+ as loose stamps)
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1863 - 40c carmine pink, DLR London printing, strip of five from "CAPRAJA 17 GEN. 66" to Buenos Aires. Cert. E.Diena (Sassone L20 - Euro 12.700+)
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1864 - 5c grey green and 60c light lilac, both DLR London printing, from "ANCONA 14 GEN 64" to Nyustya (Hungary, Austrian Empire). Sign. Daniele Zanaria (Sassone L16+L21 - Euro -)
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1863 - 2L scarlet light, DLR London printing, and Bigola 20c sky blue light (Londra) with rounded corner, canceled dotted numeral "13" from "GENOVA 12 GIU 71" to Callao (via Sauthampton and Panama). Extremely interesting. Sign. E.Diena (Sassone L22+L26 -
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1863 - 30c brown, DLR London printing, 60c lilac, DLR Turin printing, and 2L scarlet light, DLR London printing, canceled dotted numeral "139" on "ASSICURATO" from "S.REMO 18 LUG. 71" to Genova. Sign. A.Diena, Cert. E.Diena (Sassone L19+TO21+L22 - Euro 8.330
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