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1867 20c light blue on envelope sent to Giuseppe Verdi to the composer, missing backflap, unusual; signed A. Bolaffi.
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1889 5l. red and green, used, slightly shortish perfs., otherwise fine.
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1922, Trieste Philatelic Congress complete set used on a registered cover, congressional postmarks, very fine.
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1923, Manzoni mint complete set * Sassone n° 151-156, fine stamps.
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1937, Lettera raccomandata aerea da Milano per Praga, affr. con "Colonie Estive ed Assistenza all'Infanzia" 1,25 l. ed 1, 75 l. " 75 c., e posta aerea 25 c., 50 c., ed 1 l., con annullo di arrivo sul fronte. Rara destinazione, Sass. € 1500
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1947, "Democratic" series, 10 lire orange imperforate in horizontal pair, cancelled with Viterbo postmark, very fine and rare variety; cert. Avi (2022) (Sass €10'500).
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1980 450L mis-perforated and with colour shift with Oliva Cert (1993) and 700L with smaller shift with missing and shifted colours, Raybaudi Cert (1993), mint n.h.
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1991 Postage Due 500L. blue and rose-lilac imperf horizontal pair fine mint n.h., B Oliva Cert (1998)
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1930 (Dec 15) First Transatlantic Flight printed envelope sent from Rome to Brazil with 7l60 Transatlantic issue and 1l25 definitive, Rio de Janeiro arrival, light cover crease at left, very fine and scarce.
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1933 North Atlantic Cruise air service stamp in triptych 5.25 + 44.75 lire green, red and lilac, overprinted "State Service" with watermark letters showing on the right a complete letter "A" of the writing "POSTE ITALIANE" which is normally found on the margin (Sassone n. 1a), mint o.g. lower right
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1933 (Jul 1) "supplementary flight" airmail cover sent from Rome to Ireland (and then forwarded to London), franked with an 1933 North Atlantic triptych "I RECA", arrival bs, fine, a rare flight and destination with only 15 covers recorded; cert. A. Diena (1965) (Longhi no.2918).
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1934 Airmail 90c black and yellow imperf. proof with "SAGGIO" overprint, in mint n.h. upper marginal single (hinged in the margin only), very fine; signed Avi (Sass. €15'000).
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1921-1923, splendid and very unusual collection of several hundred BLP covers mounted in four albums, two albums with mint covers, two others with used issues often with additional postage, many are signed with certificates, the collector has listed them all and announces an additional CV about €75'
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1922-23 "B.L.P." (Busta Lettera Postale = Postal Publicity Stamp) overprint on 40c stamp (13½mm opt. in litho, dark blue) unused on complete lettercard. Generally good condition, but just very slight ageing/touches of toning. Stamp itself is SG B133, cat.£225 (Michel B91IIa, €200). Scarce as stamp,
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1917 Express 25 cent red with local hand-overprint "PECHINO" (without the new indication of the value), used with "R.R. POSTE ITALIANE/PECHINO-CINA" cancellation, fine and rare, this being one of only two recorded examples, which were at the time overprinted with the same characters used to overprin
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1918 (May 6) envelope sent from Beijing franked with five stamps of 1901-08 Savoy eagle 1 cent brown (3) and 2 cent red brown, with overprint "PECHINO" (Sass. n. 8, 9) and one King Vittorio Emanuele III 25 cent blue with double local overprint "PECHINO/4 CENTS" at the top and "PECHINO/6 CENTS" at th
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1918, Peking/Pechino Michel n° 34-35 mint *, very fine.
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1919, Italy China PECHINO postage due stamp 20c with double overprint "PECHINO 8 CENTS" mint never hinged in block of 4 (Sassone 12'000€). Very rare and extremely fresh ! Signed Diena and certificate (1960).
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1917 2c on 5c, 4c on 10c and 6c on 15c used, two used on piece, very fine and scarce, each with cert. Avi (2022) (Sass. €6'800).
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1918, Tientsin postage dues Michel n° 13-15 mint *, signed Raybaudi, very fine.
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1874 Estero 1 cent mint n.h. block of four, heavily off-centre overprint and slightly shifted print, very fine; cert. E. Diena (1995) (Sass €18'000).
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1878 10 cent bright blue mint n.h. block of four, remarkably excellent condition and well centred for this issue; cert. Colla (2013) (Sass. €19'200+).
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1933 (Sep 11) envelope sent registered airmail from Rhodes to Switzerland with 1929 5c (3, on reverse), 30c, 5l and 10l tied by Posta Aerea cds, fine.
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1934 Medals 2l55+2l mint n.h. lower left corner marginal showing variety imperf. at foot, very fine; cert. Avi (2013) (Sass €7'200).
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1942, Registered triple censored cover to Vienna franked airs 'Ala stilizzata' 50c to 5L bearing each RODI (EGEO) 4.11.42 cds
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Collection: 1912-1938, in an album mint and used collection with good values and complete sets (General issues 1935 military medal post and air mail complete sets **/*), nice Lipso, Nisiro, Piscopi and Rodi parts, CV about €4'000, very fine condition.
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Italian Colonies; useful stock priced up on stockleaves. Priced retail at c.£650.
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1874-1945, In five albums, fantastic mint collection **/* dedicated to the various Italian Possessions and Colonies, very comprehensive and consistent collection with complete sets, good values, uncommon issues, very beautiful part of the Aegean Islands, Italian Levant, Eritrea, Somalia and so on, C
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1933, Italy Colonies General Emission Imperforate at the bottom, beautiful piece with left corner, mint hinged with large part of original gum, very fine (Sassone €4000).
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1941 British Occupation of Eastern Africa complete mint n.h. set of 11, very fine and fresh, a rare set; cert. Colla (2012) )Sass. €120'500).
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Servizio Aereo: 1934 25l + 2l air post official stamp for the Rome-Mogadiscio flight with overprint "SAGGIO" (specimen) in mint never hinged lower right corner marginal, and as only 750 were printed, this corner piece is most likely unique. Sassone €7'000 for the normal stamp and specimens are rare
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1924 Postage due for money orders, complete set + one example of the 1 lira value in brown and red, used on four money order slips from Cyrenaica; cert. Raybaudi (1989).
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1931 San Antonio 1l25 mint n.h. with "ERITREA" double overprint, very fine; cert. Avi (2015) (Sass. €4'800).
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1952 Independent Libya top four values each with shaved top of "CS" of "FRANCS" , the 480F on 500m in plate corner marginal single, very fine.
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1934, Italian Somali airmail unissued 75c and 2l with 11 NOV 1934 XIII SERVIZIO AEREO SPECIALE overprint mint **, signed Bessler and BRAVA 1934. Very fine stamps.
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Servizio Aereo: 1934 25l + 2l Air post official stamp for the Rome-Mogadiscio flight with overprint "SAGGIO" (specimen) in mint never hinged left margin single, very fine and very rare with only 750 printed, Sassone €7'000 for the normal stamp and specimens are rarer; cert. Avi (2023).
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1934 (May 15) pair of airmail envelopes sent registered to Genova with the Oasis Round-Flight set of 7, tied by "CIRCUITO DELLE OASI" cds, some minor foxing, scarce; cert. Longhi (2009).
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1935 Holy Year set of 8 mint.n.h., Sassone cat 1,625 euro
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1943 Express set of two with charity overprint in matching corner marginal blocks of four mint n.h.
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1944, Teramo local issue 50c 'Imperiale' in horizontal pair with and without overprint, MNH, cert. Cardillo, Sassone 6c €4000
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1918-19, 50 filler lilac, Hungarian stamp hand-overprinted "Fiume" type IV, unissued, mint n.h., very fine and scarce; cert. Sorani (1997) and Oliva (1961) (Sass. €52'500).
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1953 Esperanto sheetlet of eight with margin all round showing smear lines in violet at base as a result of the shortening of the sheetlet, originally produced in sheetlets of 12 of which 1000 were printed, a second printing due to U.S. dealer demand in sheetlets of eight (4 x 2) were printed (375),
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1948-1954, Sassone n° 1-3 se-tenant and n° 101-112 mint ** MNH, very fine. (Mi. € 470).
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Zone B group with 1949 Airmail 1L and 2L marginal imperfs mint n.h., 1949 overprint set of 10 fdc from Koper, 1950 1d Chicken marginal block of eight misperforated mint n.h., 1952 Olympics set imperf toned and probably cut down, 1953 overprint 10d light green with a dark overprint inverted and a li
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1918, Austrian 10kr stamp, dark violet, silk threadless paper, with hand-printed overprint "Regno d'Italia Venezia Giulia 3. XI. 18.", lightly cancelled, very fine and rare with a total print run of only 37 examples; signed by Philipp Kosack and Sorani, cert. Sorani (2007) and Avi (2022) (Sass. €110
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1944 Occupazione Croata set of five on registered Sibenik cover to Split with arrival backstamp and an internal registered Sibenik cover franked with four values, central vertical crease without arrival.
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1941, Italy ITACA greek stamp 10d red brown overprint "OCCUPAZIONE MILITARE ITALIANA Isole Cefalonia e Itaca" with left sheet margin mint * with large part of original gum. Extremely fine. (Sassone 24'000€). Signed Diena.
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1941, Italy ITACA greek stamp 25l x 2 blue overprint "OCCUPAZIONE MILITARE ITALIANA Isole Cefalonia e Itaca" used, tied by datestamp. Extremely fine and neat strike. (Sassone 22'000€). Signed Raybaudi and certificate (1996).
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1941, Italy ITACA greek stamp 10l x 2 red overprint "OCCUPAZIONE MILITARE ITALIANA Isole Cefalonia e Itaca" with right sheet margin used, tied by datestamp. Extremely fine. (Sassone 10'000€). Signed Raybaudi and certificate (1996).
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1841 Airmail set overprinted 'Alto Commissario per la Provincia di Lubiana' set of eight fresh mint n.h., pencil signatures and Alberto Diena photo certificate (1972), Sassone cat €84,000
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1941 Airmail set of 10 fresh hinged mint with various guarantee handstamps, fresh mint l.h.
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1945 (9.8.) printed envelope to Milan franked 2L., 4L inverted, 5L, 10L inverted and 16L inverted tied Fiume Vaglia-Risfarmi date stamps, without backstamps, guarantee handstamp under each invert and Ispitivanju Cert (1978)
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1942 Airmail set of 8 with black and with red overprints, the red mint o.g. and black largely mint n.h.
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1941 Governatorato del Montenegro Valore Lire five line overprint in unissued red colour, both a little off centre fresh very lightly hinged mint, pencil signatures
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1944 3.50su on 30c and 3.50su on 1.25 double surcharges, the only two values that come this way, mint n.h., Predrag Zrinjscak Cert (2008), Sassone cat 2,400 euro each
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1945 watermarked 1L on 30c brown lightly hinged mint
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1916, Croce Rossa, 5 c. arancia e 10 c. rosa carminio, non emessi, bordo di foglio e gomma integra, raro
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1943 Anniversary of Fascism unissued mint n.h. airmail set of 8, very fine and rare as 90% of the print run was later burned and the set never issued without overprint; cert. Diena (1990) (C.V. €9'750).
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Parcel Post: 1946 thin paper issue, four values in mint n.h. top or bottom marginal strips of four with the first two stamps in each strip showing the very rare no watermark variety and the third and fourth stamps with marginal wmk "FRANCOBOLLI POSTALI" only, very fine; all with Caffaz certs (2007)
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Collection: 1877-1960, exceptional complete mint **/* collection, post, airmail, souvenir sheets, postage dues and parcel post with all the good values and valuable sets, complete first issues, very strong airmail part (Sassone souvenir sheet n° 13 **), huge CV estimated around Sassone €80'000 acc
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Collection: Over 150 mainly mint n.h. varieties on pages from an old-time collection, untouched for decades, incl. imperfs and partially perforated, colour and perforation shifts etc. Of note, the very scarce variety Aerea 57b (Esemplare con unito l´intersapzio) *+**(2) , Sassone 10000 EURO. 54fb (2
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1934 Provisional set of six, mint nh, each with sheet margin, fresh, very fine and scarce in this quality, experts hs, cert. Alberto Diena (1974)
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1934 Provisional set of six, mint nh left sheet marginal horizontal pairs, fresh, very fine and scarce in this quality, plus later airmail set and 1952 miniature sheets (4)
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1934, Pius IX provisional overprinted complete set *, fine condition.
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1958 CUPOLA 500L with rare perforation 14x14 1/4 mint n.h., very fine; cert. Caffaz (2001) (Michel €4'000).
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Collection: 1929-1990, in three nice and big albums mint **/* extensive collection with first issues (1933 Pie XI ** mnh, 1934 provisionnal overprint *), many complete years and fine condition, high CV.
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Collection: 1929-1999, nice mint **/* and used accumulation with two strong collections (firt issues and good values) and many mint ** MNH modern period, nice lot to sort and study with a very important additional CV, fine condition.
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Venezia: 1730s to 1840s accumulation of postal history with 1732 and 1734 incoming entires with black ornate handstamps, other later incoming entires with ornate handstamps, 1800s outgoing entires with various styles of Venezia handstamp including italic framed handstamp; good to fine condition (13)
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1850-1875 group of 16 Decrees from the Kingdom of Vittorio Emanuele II, each with different dates and relating to matters "Postal", mounted on sheets and includes an 1866 document bearing the scarce 20c blue with overprint SAGGIO (signed Sorani). Lovely addition to any classic stamp collection.
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1862-1945, collection of Italy in two albums very high quality mint collection, very complete, post, airmail, back of the book and Italian dependencies after the first World War, many valuable stamps with several issues very difficult to find (1863 Victor Emmanuel 15cts grey L'Aquila reprint), colou
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1863-82 used range on two pages comprising 1863-65 values to 2l by both printers, 1865 20c on 15c (three types), 1878 overprints on officials set (8), and 1879-82 Umberto set (7). Generally good/fine. Cat. c.£3,500.
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1878-2006, in four albums nice personally mounted collection with some nice covers, 30's air mail post (1933 two transatlantic Balbo Stamps), 80's/2006 mint ** mnh (face value) and more, high CV and very fine condition.
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1879-82 group of Official municipality wrappers with 5c covers from Elmas and Cagnano Amiterno, 10c with Giardinello tying stamp at left and repeated at right, another example with pair 10c, single frankings from Bonarcado, Quartucciu in bluish green, Sebarin and Quartuccin in similar shade and Pign
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1902-55, Accumulation of about 100 mostly military & war propaganda cards, mostly 1930ies-1940ies, fine to v.fine.
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1908-35 Croatia and Dalmatia collection of 25 covers and cards on pages with various frankings and a useful range of postmarks from Sibenik, Fiume (a few stamps also), Opatija, Pula, Brioni, Piran etc.
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1912-42, Large accumulation of about 250+- covers & cards of Cirenaica, Eritrea, Libia, Etiopia and Somalia inc. diverse propaganda cards, registered, airmails, interesting cancels (noted 2-line POSTE IMPERIALE ITALIANE HARRAR) + finally a section of about 30 fiscal doc's all with colonial fiscals f
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1945-1973, Italian Republic collection in a Marini album complete mint ** collection with all good values and complete sets, high CV and very fine condition.
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