1852, 10c rose top right corner marginal example of utmost beauty, signed at front margin A. Diena, with Bolaffi selling cert. (Sassone €1'300+). (Image)

1859, Governo Provvisorio complete set, mint hinged, mostly signed, 5c green and 15c brown with certs. Raybaudi, all 4-margined, very fine (Sass. €12'500). (Image)

1861 1gr black, pair with full to very wide margins, on piece with choice strike of TERLIZZI 9.8 1861, an extremely fine pair. (Image)

1852 1/2b, horizontal pair on letter-piece, struck by line cancel MONTERUBBIANO, a very scarce strike on stamp (unrecorded in Sassone which mentions only strike on cover alongside the stamp), additionally struck by grid of Fermo in transit, very fine and with certificate Raybaudi 1971 and signed on back Gazzi and A. Diena. (Image)

1852 1 scudo rose carmine ideally cancelled by grid cds, wide margins all around; very fine, with Raybaudi certificate 1997, signed on back Emilio Diena (Sassone €7'500). (Image)

1859 5b rose-carmine, a magnificent complete sheet of 100, exhibiting the four panes of 25 and consequently the central block of four with interpanneaus, as well as the other 16 interpanneau pairs resulting from the intersections of the panes, with full original gum (only two stamps with suspicion of hinge remnants) which is faintly toned in few places and two creases through margins between panes not affecting the designs, in a outstanding state of preservation for an item of this large format (indeed those minor imperfections have not been described in any of the two certificates), a very rare and impressive exhibition item; cert. Enzo Diena (1991) and Bolaffi (2004). (Image)

1867, 10c black on vermilion, original gum with light hinge remnant, large even margins all around. Very fine. Certs. Richter (1996) and P.F. (2002). Sassone €4,500. (Image)

1867, 40c black on yellow, marginal block of four from the upper right corner of the sheet, position 36 (top right) with trace of period after the denomination and small period below the "C" of "Cent.", position 40 showing no period variety, very good margins, very fresh with full original gum Superb. Cert. G. Bolaffi (1972). Sassone €4,500. (Image)

1852-1859 Selection of five folded covers with an array of frankings, including 2 baj green four single tied "X" cancels, 1/2 baj grey strip of four, plus three cover each with 1/2 baj blue grey, mixed (Image)

1854 1b, vertical bisect with full margins, tied by scarce Lojano single line cds, on printed matter document 7.2 1854, signed Diena, Fiecchi, very fine and fresh. (Image)

1857-59, 15c to 40c complete set mint hinged, very fine & fresh examples, cert. Raybaudi. (Image)

1853 20c dull blue, possessing original gum and being very lightly hinged, excellent margins all around, clear embossing, a few natural gum bends. An extremely fine example of this very rare stamp in mint condition. Cert. RPSL ("after consulting Dr. E. Diena") and P.F. (2002), signed Em. Diena and A. Diena. Sassone €50'000. (Image)

1853, 40c rose used with HAUTE SAVOIE postmark CHAMBERY, a very fine adhesive with neat and better postmark, cert. Raybaudi (1974) (Sassone 6, €1'800+). (Image)

1859, 20gr dark slate violet, original gum, lightly hinged, large margins on all sides, extremely fresh. A very fine example of this rare shade. Sassone €14,000. Ex Hall. (Image)

1851 1s, lemon yellow, very fine copy with wide margins, with pen cancellation, with certificate Enzo Diena 1983. (Image)

1851 2s scarlet on small letter-piece, with good to large margins all around, very fine, with certificate Sorani 2000 "perfetto", (SG £16.000) (Image)

1851 1cr carmine, very fine stamp with four full margins and very wide at top, cancelled by a most unusual circle of dots which we couldn't classify, very fine. (Image)

1851 6cr "indaco su azzuro", extremely fine copy with full to wide margins, on small letter piece tied by two strikes of "LIVORNO CUORE", an outstanding gem, signed Oliva (Sassone €850). (Image)

1851 9cr lilac brown, the first stamp of the "Governo Provvisorio", showing the rare second wmk; a very fine stamp with full margins on all sides, cancelled by Firenze cds, (Sassone €11000). (Image)

1860, 1c lilac mint hinged, four margined very fine example; cert. Sorani (1993) (Sassone 17a €9'000). (Image)