1932 8th SAF to Brazil, attractively franked with cachet and arrival pmks on back, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1933 Roma flight to Brazil, large cover franked with the complete set of six Zeppelin adhesives, tied by Rhodes 23.5.33 departure pmks, with appropriate Romulus cachet, additional franking on reverse, with Rome, Torino transits and Pernambuco arrival pmks, v.f., signed Diena (Image)

Est.US$1,500

1852 50c black, green, 10c black, rose, each with margins all around, used in 1855 on FL from Massa Carrara to Pontemoli, with 31 July departure pmk alongside, disinfection slits, arrival 1 August on back, fine letter, signed Diena (Sass.1+2, Euro 2,200) (Cat No. 1,2) (Image)

Est.US$250

1852 10c black, rose, plus 2x15c black, yellow, one slightly in at bottom, otherwise margins all around, paying 40c in 1855 on outer FL from Carrara to Genova, with "Via di Sarzana" routing, transit and arrival pmks on back, usual filing fold away from the stamps, fresh and fine cover, scarce combination (Cat No. 2,3) (Image)

Est.US$500

1852 15c black, yellow, 25c black, buff, both with margins all around, used in 1858 on FL from Reggio to Jesi, Province of Ancona (Roman States), with two-line departure datestamp and arrival pmk on back, fine and attractive letter, signed Sismondo, with his 2006 certificate (Sass.3,4) (Cat No. 3,4) (Image)

Est.US$150

1852 15c black on yellow and 25c black on pale buff, each with margins all around, the latter with natural pre-print paper fold, both tied by blue strikes of six parallel bars on FL used in 1855 to Jesi, with dispatch and boxed "Disinfettata Per Contato" handstamps alongside, Ancona transit, fresh and attractive letter, with 2006 Sismondo certificate (Cat No. 3,4) (Image)

Est.US$250

1852 25c black on pale buff, large margins all around, tied by blue strikes of six parallel bars on FL used in 1856 to Cesena, with oval "Comissione Sanitaria di Cesena" and corresponding fumigation slits, fine (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Est.US$250

1852 10c black, rose, lower right sheet corner margin block of four, h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., natural gum creases, fresh and v.f. multiple, signed Sismondo, with his 2006 certificate (Sass.9, Euro 3,750) (Cat No. 7) (Image)

Est.US$300

1859 10c black, left sheet margin single, h.r., excellent color, v.f., signed Diena, etc., with 1980 Landmans certificate, cat. $1000 (Cat No. PR5) (Image)

Cat. $1000, Est.US$200

1858 10c carmine rose, Plate II, margins all around, tied by framed "Annullato" on outer FL from Napoli to Civitavecchia, with "Col Vapore" endorsement and corresponding "Civitavecchia Dalla Via Di Mare" semi-circular handstamp alongside, red 5 June, 1860 departure and arrival pmks on back, fine maritime usage from Naples to Papal States, signed Sismondo with his 2010 certificate (Sass.11, Euro 2,100+) (Cat No. 5) (Image)

Est.US$250

1860 1/2 tornese blue, the legendary "Trinacria", unused, with margins all around, beautiful color and appearance, expertly repaired, with 2012 Raybaudi certificate (catalogued as unused without gum) cat. $82500 (Cat No. 8) (Image)

Cat. $82500, Est.US$10,000

1852 5c black, yellow, horizontal strip of three, margins all around, close to just touching at right, tied by "Borgotaro 5 Ottob 1855" cds on piece, fine, signed Diena, also Sismondo, with his 2006 certificate (Sass.1, Euro 1,000) cat. $550 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $550, Est.US$150

1852 5c black, yellow, two horizontal strips of three, margins all around to just touching in places, each used on a separate outer FL, one in 1855 to Mirandola, the other to Piacenza, minor creases, fine pair of Number One covers from Parma, with Sismondo certificates (Sass.Euro 6,000) cat. $3200 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $3200, Est.US$300

1852 5c black, yellow, horizontal strip of three, margins all around, close to just touching at left, tied by Parma departure pmks on outer FL used in 1857 to Piacenza, with arrival pmk on back, fresh and fine letter (Sass.1, Euro 3,000) cat. $1600 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1600, Est.US$250

1852 10c black, horizontal strip of three, ample margins to just touching frame-line at top and right, canceled straight-line "Parma 7 Gen 56 / 1S" on complete FL to Genova, with arrival pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine cover, with 2006 Sismondo certificate (Sass. Euro 5,000) cat. $2750 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $2750, Est.US$300

1852 10c black, horizontal strip of three, large margins all around, tied by Parma Grill cancels on cover used in 1859 to Torino, with arrival pmk on back, some cover tears and hinge reinforcements, fine cover, signed Sismondo (Sass. Euro 5,000) cat. $2750 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $2750, Est.US$300

1859 (9 July) outer FL from Governo di Castel Maggiore to Castel S.Giorgio (Province of Bologna), franked on back with diagonal half of Roman States 2 bajocchi black on olive green (Scott's 3c,Sass.3), tied by grill cancel, with Bologna cds alongside, fine and interesting, provisional usage of Roman States franking on letter from Romagna (which gained independence on 9th June, 1859, but issued its own stamps only in September of that year), signed Emilio Diena, also Sismondo, with his 2006 certificate (Image)

Est.US$250

1869 small FL with 10c and 40c Arms, sent from Rome to France, with Lyon transit and Anonay arrival pmks (Image)

Est.US$100

1941 (15 Sep) cover from Trieste to Brazil franked with 2x10L and 50c Hitler-Mussolini adhesive, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (Image)

Est.US$150

1942 two lettersheets from Italian Prisoner of War in the Middle East, addressed to Pesaro, one with boxed "No.308 P.O.W. Camp M.E.F.", the other "P/W Middle East 098" handstamped, censor label and arrival markings (Image)

Est.US$250

1926 Transpolar "Norge" vignette (Volo Transpolare), sheet of 20, bottom left with inverted frame, n.h., v.f. (Image)

Est.US$500

1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Expedition, special vignette, lower left sheet corner margin strip of three, one stamp with black inverted, other imperf. between, special oval cachets on back, v.f. (Image)

Est.US$250

1932 Garibaldi, set of five used on registered and flown cover from Genova to the Hague, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (Cat No. C35-39) (Image)

Est.US$150

1933 Balbo Triptychs, seven different sets, three sets l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $3155 (Cat No. C48-49) (Image)

Cat. $3155, Est.US$750

1933 Balbo Triptychs, overprinted I-PELL, LONG, blocks with two different, n.h., v.f., cat. $1150 (Cat No. C48-49) (Image)

Cat. $1150, Est.US$300