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1859 80c bister brown, position 34 (in the setting of 60), unused with full original gum, h.r., margins all around, good color, v.f., signed Sorani, with his 1997 certificate (Sass.18a, Euro 20,000) cat. $9100 (Cat No. 16b)
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1857 1 soldo ocher, mute cancel (diamonds), margins all around, great color, fresh and v.f., signed Sorani, with his 2008 certificate (Sass.11, Euro 11,000) cat. $6250 (Cat No. 11)
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1860 Provisional Coat of Arms, 1c-80c complete, six different used, margins all around to just in at places, excellent colors and light pmks, fresh and fine group (Sass. Euro 5,170) cat. $3312 (Cat No. 11-22)
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1862 2c unissued, six imperforate trial color essays, various colors, printed in Genova by Brother Pellas Company, unused without gum, occasional minor sulphurization, mostly fine, signed Diena, with 1992 certificate
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1862 unissued "Amministrazione Della Poste Italiane / Transporto Dispacci", five imperforate trial color essays, various colors, fine-v.f., signed Diena
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1879 10c claret, diagonal half used on locally addressed, Milano (16.II.94), fine and rare fractional usage (Sass.Euro 7,500) (Cat No. 46var)
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1890 Parcel Post surcharges, complete set of six, used on locally addressed Rome (2 Feb 91), fine-v.f. and attractive item (Sass.50-56, Euro 1,500) (Cat No. 58-63)
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1890 Parcel Post surcharges, complete set of six, used with additional franking (33 stamps) on large cover (opened for display) registered from Rome to Modena, some wrinkles, mostly fine-v.f. A spectacular item (Cat No. 58-63)
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1891 5c green, diagonal half used on 7 1/2c postal stationery card, paying 10c from Rapallo to Switzerland, fine and rare fractional usage, with 2000 Sorani certificate (Sass.Euro 2,200) (Cat No. 67var)
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1924 (25 Nov) registered, insured cover to Innsbruck, franked with 5L blue & rose (7), also 25c, 50c and 1L, all tied by Merano departure pmks, with mostly intact wax seals and arrival markings, few stamps defective, extraordinary franking (36,75 Lire) (Cat No. 91)
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1927 (22 Mar) picture postcard (Lake Como), franked with 75c red brown and used in combination with Switzerland 20c Wilhelm Tell, canceled Lugano and sent to Madras, India, with arrival pmk, fine and unusual combination to uncommon destination
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1937 Centenary of Famous Italians, set of ten, each handstamped "Specimen", affixed on pieces of the presentation sheet (presented by the Portuguese Post Office on the receipt from the U.P.U. in Berne, before forwarding to one of its Colonial Post Offices), minor toning, otherwise fine, rare (Cat No
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1945 5c-50L and Special Delivery, 29 stamps tied on large piece by special "Settimana Filatelica Roma 7.1.1945" cds, fine-v.f., signed Diena, with his 1985 certificate`
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1961 205L "Gronchi Rosa", l.h., v.f. (Cat No. 834a)
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1924 Holy Year, set of six, used 14.8.1925 on registered, charge cover from Rome to Zurich, some backflap tears, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk, cat. $350 (Cat No. B20-25)
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1933 Balbo Issue, 5,25-19,75L "I-BORG" top sheet corner margin triptych, middle stamp with pointed hair ("Ciuffo"), n.h., tiny natural inclusion, v.f., pencil signed in margin (Sass.51Da) cat. €2800 (Cat No. C48var)
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1934 Medal of Valor, set of corner margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) cat. $480 (Cat No. C66-72)
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1942 50c, 1L and 2L with publicity labels, unissued set of three, n.h., v.f. (see note in Scott's following C19) cat. $1400 (Cat No. C13/19var)
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1934 Servizio di Stato ("Coronchina"), n.h., v.f., signed Roig, etc., cat. $1750 (Cat No. CO2)
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1924 (July) registered, Special Delivery cover from Livorno to Dakar, franked with 60c, 30c (2) and 1.20L surcharge, used in combination with additional franking, redirected to Buenos Aires, with 27 Oct, 1924 arrival markings, mostly intact wax seals and pmks on reverse, part of backflap missing, a
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1894 1l blue and magenta, h.r., fresh and fine, signed Diena, Raybaudi, cat. $8000 (Cat No. J13)
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1948 300L brown carmine, l.h., fine, with 2009 Sismondo certificate, cat. $550 (Cat No. Q74)
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1954 1,000L ultramarine, n.h., well centered, v.f. (Sass. 81) cat. €4500 (Cat No. Q76)
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1953 set of four, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $400 (Cat No. QY1-4)
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1943 prepared in Tunisia and not issued, El Djem amphitheater "Franchigia Militare" perf. 11 1/2, sheetlet of six in blue, n.h., v.f., with 1993 Diena certificate. This is also considered to be the first souvenir sheet from Italy (after the Italian forces surrendered in Tunisia, the prepared stamps
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1944 (29 July), registered cover from Campione d'Italia to Tegna, Switzerland, franked with complete set of five perf. 11 1/2, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk on back
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1874 1c olive green, overprint displaced downwards, n.h., fine, signed Colla, cat. €4500 (Cat No. Sass.1h)
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1874 1c olive green, overprint displaced downwards, block of four, n.h., fine, with 1995 Diena certificate, cat. €18000 (Cat No. Sass.1h)
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1874 5c slate green, lower right corner not altered variety, h.r., fresh color, v.f. and rare, with 1981 Diena certificate (Sass. 3b, Euro 38,000) cat. $24000 (Cat No. 3a)
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1874 5c slate green, horizontal pair, left stamp showing the lower right corner not altered, used in combination with additional franking including additional pairs of 5c and 10c on coverfront from Tunis to Pisa, faint toning, with 1990 Dr.Enzo Diena certificate (very rare example of "francobollo co
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1874 10c buff, upper left corner not altered (position 16), unused with some gum, good color, natural inclusions and minor imperfections at bottom, signed Calves, with 2009 du Vachat and 2011 Dr.Avi certificates (one of only two (!) known unused) (Sass. Euro 50,000) cat. $30000 (Cat No. 4a
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1917-18 1c-10L overprinted Pechino, complete set n.h., fine-v.f., with Dr.Avi certificate (Sass. Euro 3,500) cat. $1989 (Cat No. 12-21)
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1917-18 50c violet, basic stamp misperforated, with Pechino at top and bottom, l.h. (if at all), fine, with Bottacchi certificate (Cat No. 18var)
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1918 1/2c on 1c brown (two), 1c on 2c orange brown and 2c on 5c green, paying 4c on picture postcard from Peking to Belgium, with Pechino-Cina Poste Italiane 20.1.21 cds on both sides, with arrival pmk, fine and rare usage, 1/2c unpriced on cover (Cat No. 22,23,24)
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1917 Tientsin 1c-10L n.h., last one with rounded upper right corner, fine (Sass. Euro 3,500) cat. $2277 (Cat No. 5-14)
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1917 10c orange brown, variety "Tientsin" overprint double, n.h., right sheet margin single, fine, signed Diena, Colla, etc., with Dr.Avi certificate (Sass. Euro 1,050) cat. $800 (Cat No. J1a)
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1918 8c-16c surcharges, three different, n.h., fine (Sass. Euro 3,000) cat. $1790 (Cat No. J6-8)
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1906 1c brown "La Canea" vertical pair, top stamp without overprint, n.h., signed Dr. Avi, with his 2014 certificate (Sass. Ed, Euro 3,750) (catalogue value for a hinged pair) cat. $1325 (Cat No. 3a)
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1908 10pa-4pi surcharges, six different, n.h., usual centering, signed Diena, etc., top value with 2018 Dr.Avi certificate (Sass. 1-6, Euro 69,200) cat. $38900 (Cat No. 6-11)
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1908 20pa on 10c claret, horizontal pair, right stamp "20" omitted, fine used, with 2013 Colla certificate. A rarity, probably unique (Sass.2caa) (Cat No. 7var)
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1908 Second Printing, surcharges set of seven, n.h., fine-v.f., with 2015 Dr.Avi certificates (Sass. 8-14, Euro 28,300) cat. $19000 (Cat No. 13-19)
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1908 1 Piastre (instead of "Piastra") on 25c blue, surcharge shifted to top, bottom imprint ("OO") margin single, l.h., signed Thier, etc., fine and rare (Sass.4e, Euro 4,500) cat. $2000 (Cat No. 9a)
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1908 2pi on 50c violet, bottom sheet margin block of six, position 5 with "20" but "0" scratched out, n.h., well centered, fine-v.f., rare, with 2014 Dr.Avi certificate (Sass.12,12I, Euro 7,725) cat. $3800 (Cat No. 17,17b)
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1921 Fifth Printing, complete set n.h., fine-v.f., with Dr.Avi certificate (Sass.28-32, Euro 2,500) cat. $1307 (Cat No. 21-25)
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1945 5L "Roma", AMG VG inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Mondolfo
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1945 AMG-VG double overprint, 60c green, sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f., signed Raybaudi, with his 1999 certificate (Cat No. Sass. 6e)
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1949 1,000L block of four, n.h., v.f. (Cat No. Q26)
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1934 Roma-Mogadiscio, Servizio di Stato ("Coronchina") set of four (Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania), n.h., v.f., with 2000 Raybaudi certificate (only 750 sets issued, of which 100 were used on flight covers and another 100 were overprinted "Saggio" (Specimen) (Sass. Euro 26,000) cat. $
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1934 Roma-Mogadiscio, Servizio di Stato, set of four (Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania), each l.h., one (Somalia) with gum toning (not mentioned on accompanying certificates), fine-v.f., with 1968-1983 Diena certificates (Sass. Euro 13,000) cat. $6000 (Cat No. CBO1)
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1929 Visit of the King and Queen of Italy to Rhodes, complete set, each stamp with small security punch, n.h., fine-v.f., with 1986 Ercole Gloria certificate stating that this was done by the printers for Specimen purposes (Cat No. 15-23var)
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1936 Issue, complete set of ten, each handstamped "Specimen" (probably from a Spanish Colony archive) and adhered on piece, fine and rare (Cat No. C7-16S)
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1932 Rome-Buenos Aires, set of four, each handstamped "Specimen", affixed on pieces of the presentation sheet (presented by the Portuguese Post Office on the receipt from the U.P.U. in Berne, before forwarding to one of its Colonial Post Offices), minor toning, otherwise fine, rare
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1862-1960 extensive collection in 11 Lindner albums and folder, with a huge selection of used and unused singles and sets, plus covers and postal history, with unusual cancellations, frankings, rates, postal stationery, publicities, censor markings, aerogrammes, flights, bisects, Express Mail, perfo
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1889-1960 collection in a Lighthouse hingeless album, some early sets used, then mostly unused from the 1920s onwards with the majority being n.h., with Regular Issues, Semi-Postals, Air Post, Express Mail, Parcel Post, etc., better sets include Virgil, Alighieri, Garibaldi, World Cup, Bellini, Hora
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2004 "the woman in art" definitives, 45c Venus, variety "value omitted", six sheets of 100 (600 stamps), n.h., v.f., with photocopies of 2016 Dr.Avi certificates for blocks of four (Sass. Specialized 2370Aa, Euro 270,000)
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1914-19 World War I, collection of 140+ cards and covers from the American, French and British Forces in Italy, extensive selection of APOs, censor markings, destinations, unit cachets, including French Aviation (Aviation Francaise D'Italie), numerous "Poste Aux Armees" markings from various parts o
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1917-41 collection in four Marini hingeless albums, mostly unused, with some used and n.h., with General Issues, Aegean Islands, Cyrenaica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Somalia, and Tripolitania, also Offices in Levant and China, with several better sets cataloguing up to Euro 1,000, few minor faults n
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