Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad continued...
| Lot |
Symbol |
Catalog No. |
Descrip |
Opening |
| 20768 |
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 Belgium. 1920 (Sept-Oct) Two postcards from the Italian Boundary Commission between Germany and Belgium at Liege to Savona, bearing very fine "Confini Germano-Belgi/Commissione di Delimitazione-Delegazione
Italiana/Trattato di Versailles 1919" double circle in violet, "Franchise Postale" free-postage marking and dispatch machine cancel. Scarce.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 200.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20769 |
, |
Sassone Sassone |
 Bulgaria. 1919 (April-Dec) Three covers/card from Sofia to Italy bearing different frankings tied by the P.M. 15 cds in Constantinople, all carried through the Orient Express from Sofia to Constantinople. A scarce and
interesting trio.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 300.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20770 |
, |
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 1922 (May 4) Cover from the Greek-Bulgarian Boundary Commission with letter of the President sent from Paris to Carlo Levi, Lieutenant Colonel in the General Staff of the Royal Army in Rome, in the letter stating that the
Conference of Ambassadors decided that "our documents will be signed in Paris (tomorrow), the missing Commissioners were replaced for officers through ambassadors".(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 80
SOLD for € 80.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20771 |
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Sassone Sassone |
 Czechoslovakia. 1919 (Dec 9) Cover (some faults) from Ceske Budejovice to Bolonia, with very fine "Commissione Militare Italiana di Controllo/C./Budejovice" and adjacent lieutenant cachet, posted in Innsbruck after
courier carriage with "Leoni" 5c & 10c tied by P.M. 115 military cds. Very rare.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 100
SOLD for € 200.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20772 |
, |
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 1919 Group of 13 items, mainly from the Italian Military Mission in Czechoslovakia, including registered mail and a very rare section of four receipt for registered mail posted at the P.M. 52 office,, military handstamps in
Italian and Czech, military Czech mail from the military P.O. 75.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 420.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20773 |
 ,, |
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 Greece » Balkan Wars. 1913 Three postcards to Italy bearing "Hellenic Administration" overprinted values, of which two being 5L stationery cards with additional 5L, sent by an Italian soldier in Filippias, in both
expressing his anxiety to see Janina falling out of the hands of the Turkish, the third sent by a seaman of the R.N. "Pisa" or "San Marco" (mentioned in the text) with 5L pair (one defective) tied by blue "Tenedos/Sozoja-Ada" cds (Tenedos was the
first island of the north Aegean to come under the control of the Greeks).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 150
SOLD for € 200.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20774 |
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Sassone Sassone |
 Hungary. 1919 (July 7) Postcard from Budapest to Genoa, with "Comando Supremo/Regio Esercito Italiano/Missione Italiana per l'Armistizio/Delegazione di Budapest" four-line handstamp in violet from the Armistice
Commission, using the courier to Vienna, there tying the "Leoni" 5c with military P.M. 124 cds, underfranked for the 10c rate of a postcard containing up to five words, collecting with postage due 5c the tax imposed. Extremely rare.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 200
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20775 |
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 1919 (July 11) Cover from Budapest to Milan, with senders's indicating Italian Mission of Armistice, Vienna as the address to forward the correspondence, showing on reverse "Missione Militare Italiana/Budapest" two-line
handstamp in violet, bearing on obverse Trento & Trieste 20c on 20c, which was no longer valid then, consequently uncancelled, with military P.M. 124 cds alongside from Trento and and taxed with "2" collected with 5c and 20c postage dues on reverse;
some faults to cover. Extremely rare.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 200
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20776 |
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Sassone Sassone |
 1919 (sept-Nov) Two postcards from a telegraphist in the Italian Military Mission in Budapest (manuscript), the earlier carried by courier to Trieste, where the Hungary 10h applied on departure was not considered as valid, so
it remained uncancelled with Trieste cds at left, but without applying a tax; the later item was correctly franked with "Leoni" 5c & 10c and tied in and censored in Trieste after courier's carriage. A very rare duo.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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(Image 5)
(Image 6)
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Estimate. € 200
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20777 |
, |
Sassone Sassone |
 Montenegro. 1920, double weight registered express envelope from Antivari to Zara, sent by a lieutenant at the "Capitaneria di Porto", franked by "Michetti" 50c and express 25c pair, tied by military P.M. 110 cds in
Antivari assigned to the Brigate "Udine". A very rare franking.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 120
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20778 |
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Sassone Sassone |
 Poland. 1919 (April 5) Cover from Cracow to Ferrara, sent by a member of the Italian Mission in Poland and forwarded by military courier to Vienna, where the "Comando Supremo/Regio Esercito Italiano" and the "Verificato
per Censura" straight line were struck, franked by the sender with "Michetti" 25c, tied in transit in Italy by military P.M. cds. An extremely rare mail from Poland using this courier.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 250
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20779 |
, |
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 1919 (July and Aug) Two postcards from Warsaw to Italy struck with "Missione Militare Italiana in Polonia" double circle in violet with coat of arms without banderole, with involvement of the courier to Vienna, where these
mails were trusted to another courier to Trento, there being struck with cds of the civil P.O.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
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Estimate. € 300
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20780 |
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 1919 (Sept 12) Postcard from Poznan (formerly Posen in Eastern Prussia, Germany, assigned to Poland by the Treaty of Versailles) to Como, with "Missione Militare Italiana in Polonia" double circle in violet with coat of arms
without banderole, unnecessarily franked with "Germania" 20pf by the sender, French "F.M." slightly tying the franking, carried by French diplomatic bag to Paris with cds. An extremely rare combination with the Italian cachet, the French mail and the
German stamp.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 220.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20781 |
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 1920 (July 26) Laissez-passer signed by the Major head of the Military Staff of the Italian Military Mission in Polonia, with corresponding cachet in violet, indicating that the lawyer Emilio Pincherle was travelling with
diplomatic courier and was in charge of the delivery of two bags from that Mission to the Ministry of War. A unique document proving the existence of the courier service with diplomatic status which served in various countries in the Inter-Wars
period to forward the correspondence of the Italian missions, delivered to either local Italian military offices, Rome or civil/military P.O.'s in Veneto (in this case the courier travelled to Rome).(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 200
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20782 |
|
Sassone Sassone |
 1921 (Jan) Cover from Warsaw to Induno Olona (Italy) redirected to Milan, with "Missione Militare Italiana-Polonia" double circle in violet with Savoyard coat of arms (also applied on reverse. but with complete strike),
following transmission by courier to Rome, where the "Michetti" 25c was tied by civil cds, additionally tied by Milan arrival cds. An extremely rare mail franked and forwarded via Rome. Signed Sorani.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 250
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20783 |
, |
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 Romania. 1922-27 Group of three covers from members of the Italian Delegation of the International Commission of the Danube including cover headed "Service de la commission Européenne du Danube" from Tulcea
with Romanian franking, Italian heading from the Commission sent from Merano (Italy) to Sulina, the third one originating from the same commission but in Hungary, as well as a very interesting "Le Danube International" journal of the Danube
International Commission including the clauses for the free navigation on the Danube.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
(Image 4)
(Image 5)
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Estimate. € 400
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20784 |
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 1923 (Aug 18) Registered cover from Bucharest to Fiume sent to the Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy in Fiume through the Italian Legation, with endorsement on reverse of the Military Traveling Commission in Romania of the
Italian Royal Army for the research of those reported missing at war (some soiling); and 1922 (Feb 16) illustrated double postcard printed in Costanza displaying the "Nibbio" and "Sparviero" battleships during the period in which Italy dealt with
Romania to sell them, send from Costanza to Venice by an Italian seaman. Very scarce.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 250
CLOSED
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20785 |
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Sassone Yvert 1 |
 1923 (Nov 29) Registered cover from Brno to the Ministry of War in Rome, exhibiting "Commissione Delimitazione Frontiera/Romena-Cecoslovacca/Delegazione Italiana*Il Presidente" cachet in blue (also struck on reverse) from the
President of the Italian Delegation in the Boundary Commission between Romania and Czechoslovakia, with Czech franking made up of 5h, 20h, 50h, 200h and 300h, backstamped on arrival. Probably unique.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 300
SOLD for € 320.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20786 |
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 Vilnius. 1921 (Feb 15) Poland 1m stationery postcard to Turin from an Italian member of the Military Commission of Control in Vilnius to delimitate the boundaries between Poland and Lithuania and control a planned
plebiscite, datelined in Vilnius and carried by diplomatic bag to the Italian Legation in Warsaw to be posted in thsi city, uprated with 3m on 40 f. tied by "Warszawa" cds, with very fine "Société des Nations/Commission de contrôle/League of Nations"
double circle at left; the sender indicates his address to be through the Italian Legation in Warsaw, and writes: "I am always very satisfied with my mission here: now I have been for four months and a half". (Also a later regular cover from Vilnius
when it was Polish). Extremely rare.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
(Image 3)
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Estimate. € 200
SOLD for € 850.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
| 20787 |
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Sassone Yvert 1 |
 Yugoslavia. 1920 (Aug 22) Postcard from Maribor to Milan from an Italian member of the International Boundary Commission for Austria-Yugoslavia, with three-line "Commissione Internazionale/Delimitazione Frontiera
Austro-Jugoslava/Delegazione Italiana" cachet in violet, franked by Yugoslavia 1920 5pa and 15pa. Probably unique.(Image 1)
(Image 2)
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Estimate. € 250
SOLD for € 250.00
Closing..Jun-13, 11:59 AM |
