368. Auction

1859, Provisional government 15 c. brown, large margins and nice colour, unused with original gum, very fine, sign. Colla with certificate (2006) (Sassone 13)

20 c. blue-violet (ardesia violaceo), good to large margins, unused with original gum, very fine, sign. Enzo Diena with certificate (1989) (Sassone 15)

1852, 50 baj. light blue, fine printing, ample to large margins and lightly cancelled, leaving most of the design free, very fine, sign. A. Diena with certificate (1971) and certificate Vaccari (2009) (Sassone 10)

1852, 1 sc. fresh color with full to large margins, unused, fine, signed Pfenninger, Bolaffi and A. Diena with certificate (1961) (Mi. 3.000,-)

1851/55, Blued paper, 2 so. brownish-red with ample to large margins with part of neighbour stamp at left, nice fresh colour and lightly cancelled by square of rhomboids, very fine, certificate Matl (1977) (Sassone 3)

1921, Dante Alighieri 15-40c. imperforated, complete set in sheets of 50, fresh colours and mint never hinged, the top margin cut ireegulary affecting two 40c. stamps, unusaul natural gumwrinkles and bends, light vertical fold each, otherwise fine and attractive, signed Raybudi in the sheet margin with certificate (Sassone 7500,- für gestempelt)

1923, Propaganda fide 20 c.-1l., imperforated, unmounted mint (Sassone 131-34b)

20 c. blue and 10 c. grey-green tied by cds. "MILANO PACCHI FERROVIA 22.GEN.89" to postal stationery parcel card 1,25 l. via Chiasso to Basel, card vertical and horizontal folded and 10 c. with slight creases, rare usage (Sassone Pacchi Postali 1+2, 5.500,-)

1954, Cavallini 1000 l., unmounted mint, very fine, sign. Sorani in pencil with certificate (1994)

1870/74, 10 l. blue/brown, unused with large part o.g., fresh colour, one short perf otherwise fine (Mi. 8.000,-)  

MILITARY POST: 1943 cpl. miniature sheet of 6 stamps (in ultramarine) "franchigia militare", unused without gum as issues, certificate Enzo Diena (1991)

SPLIT: 3,50 on 5c.-60c., complete set of 17, mint never hinged, fine and scarce, signed Colla with certificate

1870, folded letter from "BUENOS AIRES 17 AUG 70" (adhesives missing) endorsed "Per vapore City of Bruxelles" to Genoa, with "FALMOUTH SHIP LETTER SP 17 70" and accountancy marking "G.B. 1F60C" alongside, upon arrival first charged with "14" this cancelled and charged "12" thus postage due 60c. as pair applied and tied by cds., adhesives and letter with some imperfections, but a very rare cover being one of the few letters carried by this ship in very difficult times. When the letter arrived in Calais the French-Prussian war was in progress and the postal routes were interrupted. The letter took 10 days from Calais to Genoa instead of 3-4 days The Tait Company acted for the Belgian Crown and had a British contract to collect mail at Falmouth. The GPO cancelled the contract at the ship departure of the ship in Buenos Aires causing the bankruptcy of the company.

1870, folded letter dated "Buenos Ayres April 14 de 1870" and endorsed "Per vapore City of Bruxelles" to Genoa, reverse with cds. "CONF ON ARG NE PAQ. BELGE 24 MAY 70", upon arrival charged with "12" thus postage due 60c. as pair applied and tied by cds.,  a very rare and attractive entire being one of the few letters carried by this ship in very difficult times

1855, folded letter dated "Buones Ayres Febbrajo 16 1855" endorsed "Per Vapore inglese via Liverpool" addressed to Como, with nice strike of boxed "COLONIES/&c ART. 13" alongside, charged 42krCM (39krCM debited to Austria and 3krCM to Sardinia for internal postage), a fine and attractive cover  

1870, three weights unpaid envelope sent from "BUENOS AYRES JY 15 1870" initially to Torino where it was charged with "30" decimes, thus horizontal strip of postage due 1l. applied and tied by cds. "TORINO 19 AGO 70", then re-addressed to Gassino, the Torino P.O. cancelled the fees with four strikes of italic straight-line "Annullato" and sent the letter to Gassino where the P.O. charged again the letter and applied a vertical strip of five 40c. and a pair of 50c. postage due, the strip of five tied by clear cds. "GASSINO 20 AGO 70", minor ageing and few imperfections, a very attractive and rare cover with less than half a dozen strips of 5 known

1867, Victoria 1sh. green and 4d. brick-red tied by barred "B32" to folded letter to Penne, fe-folded and 4d. small wrinkles, otherwise a very fine and attractive entire  

1888, Rivadavia 5c. red paying the local rate tied square "D" used in combination with Victoria 1sh. green and 4d. brick-red tied upon arrival by barred numeral to folded letter from Buenos Aires to Napoli, a fine and scarce entire

1867, Rivadavia 5c. brick-red tied by cds. "BUONOS AIRES 14 AGO 1874" to folded lettersheet with blue merchant handstamp at left to Genoa, by ship "Douro" via Magellano Straits up to Lisbon, upon arrival charged "18" thus vertical strip of three postage due 60c. applied and tied by cd., horizontal fold through Argentinian stamp, otherwise fine, attractive and quite scarce via Magellano Straits

1862, Escuditos 5c. red, fresh colour and good margins all around tied by oval "FRANCA" with adjacent cds. "CORREOS DEL PARANA 5 OCT 62" to enevelope to Alna, transferred to Buenos Aires with corresponding cds., upon arrival charged with "10", a rare and attractive cover

1862, Napoleon 40c. orange and 80c. rose tied by boxed "P.D." to mourning cover with adjacent octogonal "BUENOS AYRES 12 NOV 67" to Genoa, red "P.D". struck again upon arrival in France, cover with small tear and top and adhesives small imperfections not destracting from pleasing appearance of this rare cover, signed Bottachi with certifcate (2017)

1862, Napoléon lauré 80c. rose, horizontal pair and single tied by "dotted ancre" to double-weight folded lettersheet with adjacent octogonal "BUENOS AYRES 68" to Savona,  red "P.D". struck again upon arrival in France, attractive cover

1876, unpaid envelope from "BUENOS AIRES 10 AGO 1876" to Carunchio, several transit marks on reverse, charged "14" upon arrival, thus 10c. as vertical pair and 30c. as strip of four applied, some ageing/creasing and adhesives with imperfections, the strip of 30c. is uncommon

Moreno 4c. brown as horizontal pair tied by cds. "BUENOS AYRES ENO 20 1877" to small envelope to Uggiate, charged "14" upon arrival thus postage due 30 and 50-60c. applied and tied by cds. "UGGIATE 10 FEB 77", cover opened out for display and some ageing/imperfections, a rare and attractive combination, certificate Diena (1984)

1877, Rivadavia 8c. lilac-red paying the local postage, tied by boxed "BUENOS AIRES 8 NOV 77" to cover to Genoa with France Ceres 40c. as horizontal pair and Sage 20c. tied by red octogonal "BUENOS-AYRES PAQ. FR. J No. 2", opened out for dispay, otherwise a fine and attractiver cover, signed Calves

1843, entire folded letter dated "B. Ayres  8. Marzo 1843", addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Teseo", charged 4 soldi upon arrival and red three-line "VIA DI MARE (A)" applied, fine

1844, entire folded letter dated "B. Ayres  31. Gennajo 1844", addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Sempre lo Stesso", charged 4 soldi upon arrival and red three-line "VIA DI MARE (A)" applied, fine

1844, entire folded letter dated "B. Ayres  7...1844", addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Maria Teresa", charged 4 soldi upon arrival and red three-line "VIA DI MARE (A)" applied, fine

1849, entire folded letter dated "Buenos Ayes Dicbre 21 de 1849", addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Idra", charged 5 soldi upon arrival and red three-line "VIA DI MARE (A)" applied, fine

At the beginning of 1851 the mail carried by merchant ships was charged in tenths of lira, the red handstamp became VIA DE MARE (E)

1851, entire folded letter dated "Buenos Aires  Diciembre 10 1851", addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Graziosa Fanny", charged 3 decimal of Lira upon arrival and red three-line "VIA DI MARE (E)" applied, fine

1851, entire folded letter dated "Buenos Ayres  24. Decem. 1851", addressed to Genoa and endorsed "per Cap-Villa", charged 3 decimal of Lira upon arrival and red three-line "VIA DI MARE (E)" applied, fine

1851, entire folded letter dated "B. Ayres  Abril 18. 1851", addressed to Genoa and transported by ship "Antonietta", charged 3 decimal of Lira upon arrival and red three-line "VIA DI MARE (E)" applied, fine

Postal service performed by the transatlantic company subsidized by the Sardinian government. Only 11 trips were made, from August 20th 1856 to November 12th 1857. The ships called at the ports of Genoa, Marseille, Malaga, Lisboa, Sta. Cruz de Tenerife, Madeira, Pernambuco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro and arrived in Buenos Aires. When they arrived in Genoa the boxed "Vapori transatl." was applied. 1856, folded lettersheet with rare blue cds. "BUENOS AYRES 15 DIC 56" of the sardian agency addressed to Bordeaux, first transported by ship "Sardegna" to Rio and then transshipped onto the "Torino", superb strike of boxed "Vapori transatl." applied upon arrival in Genoa, minor faults on reverse, a rare and fine entire, certificate E. Diena (1992)  

1857, folded letter dated "Rio grande do sul  17 Decmbre 1850" and endorsed "pr. Steamer via Rio de Janeiro" addressed to Reims, transported by ship "Torino", good strike of boxed "Vapori transatl." applied upon arrival in Genoa, a rare and fine entire, signed Sorano with certificate (2005) This cover was on the same jouney as the letter of the previous lot

1857, pre-paid folded letter sheet from Buenos Aires ​addressed to Montevideo, with blue cds. "BUENOS AYRES 20 APR 57" of the sardian agency and blue "P.P." and manuscript rating "1" alongside, transported by the "SS ITALIA", minor imperfections, a very attractive cover and one of only two known with "P.P", certificate Moorhouse (2013) Provenance: Afinsa Auction (2000)

1857, folded letter from Buenos Aires ​addressed to Genoa, with blue cds. "BUENOS AYRES 20 APR 57" of the sardian agency and small blue "P.P." alongside, transported by the "SS ITALIA" to Genoa there good strike of boxed "Vapori transatl." applied, with disinfection slits, a very rare  and appealing pre-paid letter carried by the Transatlantica, signed Sorani with certificate