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Europe and Colonies Country Collections continued...

Italian Area continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1581 /o   imageItalian States & Early Italy, Classics Collection. A magnífico mélange, neatly arranged (and identified by Scott number) in a 7 x 10-inch Lighthouse stockbook, with eye-popping catalogue value; includes (used, unless noted) Italy includes #17 mint, 20 and Victor Emmanuel III with advertising labels mint and used, as well as Offices Abroad #4; mouth-watering Modena #1-5 (#1-4 with duplicates), 14a mint and PR2 (2); Parma #2 (four-margined) and 14; a run of Romagna #1-2 (2 each), 3-4 & 6 (3 each); Roman States #2-4, 6, 8 (2), 9 (pair), 11 (2, 1 on piece), etc.; sunny Tuscany #4, 4a, 5 (4, 1 with very rare seal cancel), 6 (8, showing shades), 7-8, 10, 13, 15, 19b (3), 20, 21 (2), 22; Two Sicilies' Neapolitan Provinces, Naples and Sicily; and a tin of Sardinia #13 (strip of 5), 14 (1 used plus 2 partial pairs), 15, Fine to Very Fine, a must-see, in person or online.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

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Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $1,900.00
Will close during Public Auction
1582 /o   imageItalian States, Lucky Stock Selection. On 13 four- or five-row stockcards, with items identified and catalogued by Michel number; all States appear to be present, though coverage varies; mostly used, but some mint included, as well as several items used on piece; the cards are well-traveled, with items jostled, but you'll only need a short time to put it all back in order to add to your stock, Fine to Very Fine with better, well worth a look.
Scott $20,000+ Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction
1583 //o   imageItalian States, Mint & Used Collection, 1851-60. Mounted on pages, includes Modena used #1-6, 8; Parma used #1-5, 7, 10, 14, and mint #9, 11, 15; Sardinia used #1-2, 4, 8-9, 10-13, P1-P2, and mint #14-15; Tuscany used #4-7, 8, 18-21; Two Sicilies used #1-2, 4-7, 9, 10, 12-13, 17, Fine to Very Fine, quality throughout; a collection not soon duplicated.
Scott $21,000 Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction
1584 /o/   imageItalian States, Unusual Holding of Better Stamps & Covers, 1852-79. About 45 items on black cards, the large majority with recent certificates, most from Dr. Helmuth Avi; comprises Scott numbers ("*" = mint, o.g., "(*)" = unused without gum, "°" = used, "©" = cover) Modena 1©, 3*, 6©, 8*, 12b° (3), 12b©, 13*, PR2°; Parma 12(*), 13(*), 14(*) (2), 14° (2); Roman States (all covers) 1a (two singles on one cover), 1a & 8 on one cover, 2b, diagonal bisect on full newspaper, 3a & 4c on one cover (certificate), 4 & 6 on one cover (certificate), 5c & 7a on one cover, 6 single franking (certificate), 7a single franking (rough), 7b (2) & 9 on one cover, 9 (three single frankings, one with a certificate:, Sardinia (all covers) 10 pair & single on one cover (certificate), 10 & 11 on one cover (three, all with certificates), 10 & 12 on one cover, 10 & 2x 12 on one cover, 11 & Italy 34a on one cover, 12 & 13 on one cover (two, both with certificates), Tuscany 7 single franking on partial cover, 19 single franking; Two Sicilies - Naples 2 & 3 on one cover, 2 & 4a on one cover (certificate), 2 (two singles on one cover, a pair on another & a pair & single on another; Lombardy-Venetia 15c Fiscal stamp used for postage, four covers, all with certificates; also five early Italy, all with certificates: 20a*, 22*, 30(*) & 47*; condition is generally clean and Fine or F-VF with some better and some worse, but, overall, much nicer than usual.
Scott $11,000 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
1585   Italian States: Papal / Roman States, High Value Holding, 1852-68. About 50 mint stamps still on original auction pages (20+) and dealer cards or in glassines; lots of good stamps and plenty with original gum and/or authentication; includes Scott numbers (o.g. unless noted) 1a, 1b (signed A. Diena), 1d (no gum), 2, 4b (toned, Sismondo certificate), 5a, 6, 7, 7c (no gum, Sismondo certificate), 9 (Sismondo certificate), 10 (no gum, thin, Sismondo certificate), 20a (badly toned since Sismondo certificate). All-in-all, a very worthwhile lot if you're looking for better-than-usual Roman States.
Scott $15,000 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. 		Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
1586   imageItalian States: Papal / Roman States, Valuable Mint Collection, 1852-68. 27 mostly different mint, original gum, stamps on Lighthouse hingeless pages; comprises Scott #1, 2 (2), 3 (block of 4, one missing period), 4d, 5, 5a, 6a, 7a, 7b, 8, 9, 11 (signed Raybaudi), 12, 12a, 13, 14, and 16-25; several are signed or have certificates; a few have small faults (the 1s only has 2 margins); but generally F-VF and, certainly, well above the norm. Also includes Romagna #1-9 unused - not counted or guaranteed.
Scott $15,000 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1587   imageItalian States: Papal / Roman States, Wide-Ranging Postal History Collection, 1853-73. On homemade pages in a Scott Specialty binder over-filled with covers but also including stamps on- and off-piece; each page fully annotated, often featuring the original auction listing when acquired; a wide array of cancels present, including diamond grids, c.d.s.'s, a great Registered marking on an 1866 cover to Viterbo, straightline city and straightline date, boxed "PD", etc.; local and international usages represented, plus incoming Italian mail to Rome as well; signed items noted, with several Sismondo certificates (including one for a scarce corner pair of #2 tied by grill cancel), Fine to Very Fine with much better throughout, a beautiful collection that is a must-See.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Suggested Bid $4,000-6,000
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1588 /o/   imageItalian States: Parma, Specialist's Delight, 1805-62. Gracefully presented, hinged or mounted, on Scott album pages; stamps include multiple copies of most, with types, printings, etc., noted; note a Fournier forgery of #5, plate varieties of #12-14 (some unlisted), better items either signed Diena or with Sismondo certificates, Sardinia and Italy used in Parma, even a Newspaper Stamp (Sassone #B1, signed Diena); postal history encompasses 58 covers—13 of them stampless—with a wealth of straightline, c.d.s., "PD" (black and red), grill and town cancels, plus an "Affrancata" straightline applied by Roman States on a cover intended for Bologna, mixed frankings, etc.; strong Parma and Piacenza covers, Fine to Very Fine or better, a wealth of material not often encountered; inspect.
Estimate $5,000 - 7,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50)

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Suggested Bid $5,000-7,500
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
1589 /o   imageItalian States: Sardinia, Specialized Color Study, 1855-63. In two leather-bound stockbooks; arranged by denomination and identified by Rattone's Manual-Catalogue of the Stamps of Sardinia number, with color photocopy from Bolaffi catalogue denoting shades, with mint or used actual examples mounted below (most items used with some on piece); highly complete, offering a fascinating reference for the specialist—and an object lesson in differences between catalogue color reproduction and the actual printed stamps; condition throughout is sound, with many wonderfully centered examples, Fine to Very Fine+, a must-see, for dealer and collector alike, valuable stamps and an invaluable reference.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1590 /o   imageItaly and Vatican City, Mint and Used Collection, 1931-49. Mint sets and souvenir sheets on black stock cards, with the following better: Italy 265-67, 268-79, 280-89, 324-8, 345-48b 349-54, 367-76, 495-506, 510-13 corner margin block of four set, Vatican City 55-60, 155a, 242a (2), 242a used, C28-33 and C95-99. Condition is much better than usual and is generally sound and fresh, o.g., never hinged, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1591   imageItaly, Mount Vesuvius Naples Picture Post Card Collection, 1903-60. Over 100 postcards of Mount Vesuvius & Naples in a cover album, showing various stages of eruption, a premium collection, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1592   imageItaly, Special Services Cover Collection, 1759-1928. Not just your ordinary letter in the mail; 36 items, all annotated, showing special services, postal markings, etc.; most are stampless folded letters, but we see four 1920s Private Post covers (three from Florence, one from Rome), an 1849 "Too Late" (Dopo la Partenza) marking, a Roman States "Too Late" folded letter with 2bai adhesive tied, border handstamps, "TS" marks, ship markings, and more; most items domestically used, with good coverage of material from Tuscany and Sardinia in particular, but we also found mail to England and France, Very Fine, a postal historian's delight; inspect.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
1593   imageItaly, La Senza Bollo Collezione. Just a mind-bending quantity of material in 18 volumes of stampless Italy; arranged by region and then alphabetically, with towns represented by varying numbers of covers; most are domestic usages, but we noted covers to England, and from France and Greece; a nice array of cover/usage types, including Official letters from Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and Apostolic Legations, fumigated letters, Lower Austria covers, etc.; an absolute wealth of origin markings, as plain or as fancy and colorful as you please, with even more joy to be found in the transit, route and receiving markings; each cover solidly annotated; lot includes Alfredo Banci's Catalogo Prefilatelico (copy) with several yet-unmounted covers within, along with a large glassine containing even more covers, Very Fine throughout, give yourself plenty of time to review—it will be worth it.
Estimate $4,000 - 6,000. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $4,000-6,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1594   imageItaly, Collection of Military Covers, 1803-1962. 50 items housed in a Scott Specialty binder, each noted for town, year, originating body, plus additional notes on markings, inscriptions and backstamps and seals; various groups, commands, regiments represented, with a wealth of auxiliary markings; military handstamps in black, red, green or blue, etc., etc.; nearly all are folded letters running through the 1870s, though we also find a 1903 illustrated postcard and two 1962 Canadian Forces in Sardinia "Forces Air Letters", Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1595 o   imageItaly, Interesting Stock, 1852-1981. Neatly arranged in a red stockbook beginning with a handful of Roman States issues, and proceeding from the first embossed Italian issues through the large-format commemoratives of 1981; regular issues, Airs, Pneumatic Post, Parcel Post, Socialist Republic, AMG and AMG-VG issues are all included; no mind-bending rarities spotted, but many of the highly popular sets of the 1920s-'40s are here (at least the Front-of-Book issues), with quality generally sound and clean; an excellent source for the bourse or eBay dealer, and a great way to fill in those empty holes in your album, Fine to Very Fine with much better.
Scott $7,500 Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1596   imageItaly, Immaculate Collection, 1855-1928. All mounted on Scott album pages; earliest issues spotty, but virtually complete from 1891; includes Victory issues (normal and overprinted), Mazzini, Volta, all the Kings, Semi-Postals with Death Masks, Airs, Special Delivery, Dues, Officials, Parcel Post, Pneumatic and 1918 Occupation issues; vibrant color and generally better-than-average centering throughout, o.g., Fine to Very Fine with better, see it all on the web site.
Scott $7,998 Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
1597 /o/   imageItaly, The BOB's Your Uncle Collection, 1862-1944. A remarkable collection of all things Back-of-the-Book, from Newspaper stamps to Dues, Revenues to Parcel Posts to Courier stamps; a mix of mint, used and used on cover or piece, this is an exhibit waiting to be finalized, as each homemade Scott Specialty page is fully annotated; includes Sardinia Newspaper stamps used in Roman States and Lombardy (on newspaper corner and cover), a lovely array of #J1 (one showing faint traces of Roman States grill), pairs used on several pieces, a phenomenal copy used on the second day of issue in Tuscany (the stamp was rarely used outside the Roman States), inverted #J5a, J6a, J8a and J19a (variously mint singles or blocks, used or used on cover); Revenues and Parcel Posts as singles (mint or used) and used as postage, Postal Accounting stamps, Agency stamps, Corrieri Alta Italia stamps mint or used on cover, and much, much more, Fine to Very Fine with much better, there are just far too many items to describe in full here; be sure to view, many items noted as signed various.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

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Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1598 //o   imageItaly, The Immaculate Collection, 1862-2006. In two slipcased Scott country albums, Kingdom and Republic complete, less maybe 20 stamps! the collection commences with a mint set of unused embossed 1862 issues and just doesn't stop until 2006; full runs of Victor Emmanuel II and Humbert I mint or used, most of the premium sets of the 1920s and '30s (often a mix of mint and used, but complete), Airs, Dues, Pneumatics, Officials, Parcel Posts…they're all here; some of the too-many-to-list-them-all highlights include #49 used, 57 used, 72 used, 117-118 mint (toned), 165-170 mint (plus 165-168 used), 209 & 210 used, 246 used, Dante & Garibaldi mint, 310-314 used, a range of BLP overprints (some with perfins), B17-B19 never hinged, etc., etc., etc., Fine to Very Fine with much better, definitely one to add to your must-see list.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15)

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Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
1599 /   imageItaly: A.M.G.-F.T.T., Mint Collection, 1947-54. A wonderful selection of scarce material, including paper & perforation varieties on #164, Worker Issue shades, varieties of #439-440, and 26 different inscription blocks, Fine to Very Fine, a primo collection; please visit.
Scott $4,700 Estimate $600 - 800. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
1600   imageItaly - Austrian Occupation, Comprehensive Cover Collection, 1916-18. Over 150 covers and cards in all, presented on annotated pages in a Scott Specialty binder; collection comprises 50 Italian covers and cards arranged alphabetically by town, from Aiello to Villa Vicentina; 93 Austrian Feldpost and Italian Front items arranged by FPO number with 1918 items arranged by town cancel; plus a selection of 13 WWII German covers from the Italian area (including what became Yugoslavia) with cancels including Bruneck, Mals, Rovierto, Fiume, Pola, Ljubljana, etc., Very Fine on the whole, not often found this well organized.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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