BRITISH OCCUPIED ITALIAN COLONIES - 1942 - 1950 MINT COLLECTION of over 140 stamps on protective pages, incl MEF basically complete, Eritrea missing just one stamp, Somalia complete including postage dues, Tripolitania complete incl postage dues. (Image1)

Est. £120-150
Reserve £95

BRITISH OCCUPIED ITALIAN COLONIES - BALANCE OF A SPECIALISED COLLECTION of 200+ mint & used items on album pages, Eritrea 1948 sets (1 mint, 2 used), 1950 sets (2, used) and 1951 sets (2, used), Tripolitania 1948 sets (1 mint, 1 used), 1950 sets (2, used) and 1951 sets (2, used), Somalia 1943-46 'E.A.F.' set to 1s as control blocks 6 never hinged mint, Eritrea Post Due 1950 5c on ½d control block 6 mint (SG ED6), Tripolitania Post Due 1950 1L on ½d control block 6 mint (SG TD6) much else. Very fine. (Image1)

Est. £200-300
Reserve £160

BRITISH OCCUPIED ITALIAN COLONIES - ERITREA 1948 - 1950 complete collection of 43 very fine used stamps (SG E1-E32 & ED1-ED10). Cat £630. (Image1)

Est. £120-150
Reserve £95

BRITISH OCCUPIED ITALIAN COLONIES - ERITREA 1951 high value stamp frankings on 5 Telegraph forms, each with 'B.A. ERITREA' surcharged stamps including 5s on 5s reds (3) & 10s on 10s ultramarines (4) all with punch cancels tied ASMARA TELEGRAFO cds's. (Image1)

Est. £100-150
Reserve £80

BRITISH OCCUPIED ITALIAN COLONIES - TRIPOLITANIA 1948 (4 Oct) large env registered to Cairo bearing the 10m on 5d, 12m on 6p and 60m on 2s6d stamps tied Tripoli cds's with Tripol registration label, various Air Mail notations, Egyptian censor mark & arrival cds. Cat €4000+. (Image1)

Est. £100-150
Reserve £80

FIUME - VEGLIA 1920 (13 Nov) 'VEGLIA' local large overprints set, Sassone 1/4, mint. Sorani photo-certificate. Cat €2400 (4 stamps) (Image1)

Est. £120-150
Reserve £95

ITALIAN STATES - MODENA Provincial Government 1859 5c green, Sassone 12 (SG 18a), mint with 4 margins. Cat €2400. (Image1)

Est. £200-300
Reserve £160

ITALIAN STATES - NAPLES 1860 ½t blue Cross of Savoy, Sassone 16c, fine used with 4 large margins. Cat €6500. (Image1)

Est. £500-600
Reserve £400

ITALIAN STATES - PARMA Provincial Government 1859 10c deep brown with 'CFNTESIMI' variety, Sassone 14e B, very fine mint with 4 large margins, very fresh & attractive. Expertized Sorani. Cat €3250. (Image1)

Est. £250-350
Reserve £200

ITALIAN STATES - PARMA PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT 1859 20c blue with OFFSET impression on reverse, Sassone 15f, fine mint small OG with 4 margins. Cat €3,500. (Image1)

Est. £200-300
Reserve £160

ITALIAN STATES - PARMA Provisional Government 1859 5c yellow greens (5 examples), 20c blues (2) and 40c vermilions (5). All fairly attractive with 4 margins, chiefly without gum, some signed but all genuine, chiefly sound with the occasional thin. Sassone €3975 without gum. (Image1)

Est. £80-120
Reserve £65

ITALIAN STATES - STOCK OF BETTER STAMPS. 11 stamps with Parma 1852 5c unused, 15c unused & 15c used, 1857-59 15c unused, 1859 10c unused, Modena 1852 10c mint, 1859 15c grey mint & 80c unused, Romagna 1859 4b unused, Tuscany 1851-52 2c mint small part gum, 1860 10c mint. Mixed condition, cat €30,000+. (Image1)

Est. £500-700
Reserve £400

ITALIAN STATES - TUSCANY 1857 1s bright ochre, wmk vertical lines, Sassone 11a, used with clear margins (brushes outer frame at right), superb cancellation and lovely fresh appearane. Cat €11,000. (Image1)

Est. £400-600
Reserve £325

ITALY - 1862 20c indigo, vertical strip 3 from the left side of the sheet, the upper stamp perforated on 3 sides, the lower pair without perforation, Sassone 2maa, very fine mint. A major rarity, cat €35,000. (Image1)

Est. £1,500-2,000
Reserve £

ITALY - 1862 THERIG ESSAY 5c deep blue embossed 'Minerva' essay on white paper. From the Erskine Hume Jr Exhibition Collection. (Image1)

Est. £100-120
Reserve £80

ITALY - 1863 15c blue imperf, Sassone 11, block 16 never hinged mint. Rare and magnificent show piece. Raybaudi photo cert. Cat €7750 (£6800) (Image1)

Est. £450-600
Reserve £350

ITALY - 1863 15c Matraire (as Sassone 12), PROOF in sepia on card, of the central vignette & frame without inscriptions. (Image1)

Est. £120-150
Reserve £95

ITALY - 1906 10c carmine block 4, each overprinted 'SAGGIO' (as Sassone 82), fine mint. (Image1)

Est. £60-80
Reserve £50

ITALY - 1918-19 BOLZANO - BOZEN local postage due (Sassone ex BZ1/5 to BZ3/146) collection of 23 mint stamps with local postage due overprints on Italian stamps already overprinted in Austrian currency. These issues were valid for the former Austrian territory annexed by Italy at the end of WWI. Cat €1800. (Image1)

Est. £80-120
Reserve £65

ITALY - 1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC 30c brown with black Fascio overprint double, one diagonal, Sassone 492Afa, never hinged mint BLOCK 4 from th low-left corner. Each stamp pencil signed Raybaudi with Caffaz certificate for the original block 8. Cat €2,200. (Image1)

Est. £150-250
Reserve £120

ITALY - 1961 'GRONCHI ROSA' ERROR 205L lilac-rose Visit of President Gronchi, Sassone 921 (see note after SG 1055), never hinged mint. Cat €1900. (Image1)

Est. £300-400
Reserve £240

ITALY - 1978-87 2000L high value pair, each with MISSING HEAD variety, Bolaffi 1539B, never hinged mint. Chiavarello photo certificate. Cat €20,000. (Image1)

Est. £300-500
Reserve £240

ITALY - 1978-87 5000L high value with MISSING HEAD variety, Bolaffi 1542B, never hinged mint. Chiavarello photo certificate. Cat €7750 (Image1)

Est. £100-150
Reserve £80

ITALY - 1980-92 200L Cerro al Volturno - Pandone Castle (as Sassone 1516) variety 'PRINTED IN BROWN ONLY' & MIS-PERFORATED, Bolaffi 1621B, never hinged mint. Chiavarello photo certificate. Cat €8900 (Image1)

Est. £140-180
Reserve £110

ITALY - 1980-92 450L Bosa Castle (as Sassone 1521) variety 'PRINTED IN SLATE ONLY' & MIS-PERFORATED, Bolaffi 1626B, never hinged mint. Raybaudi photo certificate. Cat €4000. (Image1)

Est. £60-80
Reserve £50