345 / September 2011

1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics, unissued 1k. with inscriptions at top "Hry XXIII Olympiady Los Angeles 1984", regummed, usually all examples are without gum, left upper corner added otherwise fine, only a few examples of this single value survived

1918, 10 k. blue, unused, tiny gum wrinkles, fine, sign.Mrnak

1920, 20 h. carmine from the upper left sheet corner, unused, very fine, sign. Gilbert

20 h. carmine with overprint inverted, unused, fine, a very scarce stamp, several signatures incl. Gilbert with certificate

1851, FIRE R.B.S. brown, plate 2, horizontal strip of five, positions 96-100, good to wide margins and fresh colour, tied by numeral "1" to folded cover to Vordingborg, right stamp of strip few faults at right, a very scarce and remarkable cover, certificate Gronlund

1855, 2 s. blue with 2 singles and strip of 3 1858, 4 s. orange-brown, tied by "181" to letter sheet from Copenhagen via Hamburg to Lauenburg with adjacent boxed "aus Dänemark"; a scarce and attractive franking, sign. E. Diena with certificate (1988)

Cancellations: "1 1/2 a. P.", blue straight line on reverse of entire folded cover from "KOPENHAVN 23.7." with boxed "P.39." and tax mark "9" via Paris to Bordeaux with arrival mark

INCOMING MAIL: 1829, "SALZUNGEN" straight line on cover via Hamburg to Copenhagen, adressed to Prince Wilhelm of Hessen-Kassel Rumpenheim, General á la suite (later Gouverneur of Copenhagen),  small part of letter inside

1832, "PAID IN LEITH", double line on entire folded cover via London with red shipp letter cancel and Hamburg to Stege

1859, "H.Kleinschmidt/Hamburg", blue forwarder cancel on entire folded cover from Newcastel (dated 8.7.) with "K.D.O.PA. HAMBURG" and tax "6" to Helsingor

1905, Pakke-Porto: 1-10 Ø., fresh colours, good perforation and centering, unhinged mint, very fine

1923, airmail 45 m. in type II, used on piece "TALLINN 15.7.24", fine, certificate Löbbering BPP

1940, 1 s. grey on white paper, block of four, unhinged mint, fine (Mi. 1.040,-)

1860, 10 k. rose, horizontal pair with full rouletting, tied by cds. "HELSINGBORG 10 1 1860" with additional pen strokes and full red "Aus Rußland" with additional strike alongside to large part of letter to Dresden, fine and unusual

 1923, 15000 on 5 r. on 15 k. bown-lilac/blue, tied by cds. to small piece, fine

1886, Belgium print 50 l. greyish-green with 1889/92, Athens print 1 l. brown, 2 l. yellow-brown perforated in horizontal pair and 40 l. lilac, tied to registered double rate envelope to Germany with arrival mark, fine, a scarce commercial usage, sign. Holcombe

 1900, 5 l. on 1 d. blue, complete sheet of 10, unused, fresh and very fine

 2 d. on 10 d. brown, complete sheet of 10, nine stamps unhinged mint, one lightly hinged, fresh, very fine and rare

 1871, 3 k. green with part of Budapest cds., very fine and fresh

1939, World Exhibition 20 a. - 2 kr., cpl. in blocks of four, unhinged mint, fine

1852, 3 baj. on brown, 2/3 of a stamp used as 2 baj. and tied by date stamp "9 GENNARO" to not quite complete letter from "TOLENTINO"; an extremely rare franking, sign. Enzo Diena with certificate and certificate Colla

5 baj. on rose, tied by cds. "ROMA 4 DEC. 52" to large part of cover to Dublin, part paid, 1 sh. 4d. collected from the receiver for French transit and British postage, with transit marks on front and reverse

5 baj. on rose and 8 baj. black, tied by grid to entire letter 1856 from Rome to Regensburg, fine

1852, 1 sc., unused with part original gum, very fine, signed Pfenninger and Grobe

1852, Eagle issue with dot behind numeral: 5 c. on green, horizontal block of 8, showing in the third row double separation lines (due filetti divisori orizzontali), unused with original gum, only one hinge mark between the central two stamps at top, otherwise unhinged mint, very fine, sign. Giulio Bolaffi and Vaccari, also Dr. Avi with certificate (Sassone-no. 7i; € 12.000,-)

5 c. on green with variety " ENT.5.", good to very wide margins, lightly cancelled by 6 barres on cover from Sassuolo 1853; name and city in the address cancelled, still very attractive, a great rarity in very fine condition, sign. A. Bolaffi, Giulio Bolaffi, Emilio Diena, Enzo Diena and Dr. Avi with certificate (Saasone-no. 7b; € 22.500,-)

5 c. on green, horizontal pair, the left stamp with spaced "N T", good to wide margins and neatly cancelled, very fine, sign. Enzo Diena and Vaccari and Dr. Avi with certificate (Sassone-no. 7e; € 15.000,-)

Without dot: 10 c. on rose, block of 8 from the centre of printing sheet with 2 horizontal and 4 vertical gutter pairs, fresh colour and large even margins, unused with original gum, usual folds in the gutters; a fine and extremely rare multiple and great exhibition piece; only one similar block known; certificate Dr. Avi SBPV (Sassone-no. 2; € 60.000,-)

1860, 'Croce di Savoia' ½ t. blue, wide margins all around, tied by clear boxed "ANNULATO" to newsletter "IL RINNOVAMENTO" with red date stamp of 27.12.1860; the stamp has been lifted for inspection and replaced by hinge; very fine and attractive, certificate Enzo Diena (1995) (Sassone 19.250,-)

PROVINCIE NAPOLETANE: 1861, 1 gr. black with central embossing inverted and double, good to wide margins, used with cds. of Bari on small piece; the bottom left corner little defective, otherwise very fine; the only known copy of this variety, certificates Alberto Diena and G. Oliva (Sassone 19eb)

1853, Newspaper stamps: 9 c. on blue, tied by small grid to newspaper "SUPLIMENTO NUM. 3. ALLA GAZZETTA UFFIZIALE DI MILANO" of 21.1.1855; a rare and attractive franking in very fine condition, sign. Sorani with certificate and certificate Calves

1859, 4 baj. on orange brown, bisected, upper left half, tied by clear straight line "CENTO" to reverse of not quite complete cover with frontside cds. "CENTO 2 DEC 1859" to Bologna with adjacent date stamp; the bisect was used as 10 centesimi as marked on front; a rare and attractive franking, sign. Emilio Diena, Raybaudi with certificate and Colla with certificate

1853, 2nd issue 5 cmi. green, large even margins and clear embossing, unused with original gum, very fine and fresh, a rare stamp, sign. and certificate Raybaudi

20 cmi. blue, full to wide margins, fine fresh colour and clear embossing, unused with original gum, very fine, a rare stamp, sign. and certificate Raybaudi

1855/63, 5 cmi yellow-green (giallo brillante), horizontal strip of four, slightly touched at left, otherwise good to wide margins, tied by cds. "PAVIA 7 AGO 60" to folded letter to Brescia, very fine, signed A. Bolaffi, G. Bolaffi and certificate E. Diena (Sassone 13B; 9.000,-)

5 cmi bluish green (verde smeraldo), horizontal strip of four, 1 stamp cut into at top, otherwise good margins, tied by cds. "AIGUEBELLE 14 DEC 56" to lettersheet to Les Echelles; horizontal cover crease effected the franking partly at base, very scarce, certificate E. Diena (Sassone 13d; 16.000,-)