382nd Auction
18. – 23. September 2023 in Wiesbaden
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Pages
1839, military letter of the 92nd Highlanders, countersigned by the commanding officer, with red paid marking of Dublin, to Scotland
1843, small entire letter from Parma to Stuttgart in Wurttemberg, from the famous Neipperg correspondance
1855/63, Victor Emanuel II 5c. green in combination with Italy Viktor Emanuel II 15c. horizontal strip of three, fresh colors and mostly good margins, tied by Neaples-type cds. "TRICARICO 20 OTT 1863" to folded lettersheet to Matera with arrival mark
1855/63, Victor Emmanuel II. 80c. yellow, 5c. green and 40c. red, in combination with Kingdom Victor Emmanuel II. 15c. blue, overlapping each other, fresh colors and mostly good margins, tied by two neat strikes of cds. "TORINO 18 GIUG 63" to folded letter via "LONDON JU22 63" and "PANAMA JY 22 1863" to Santiago de Chile, 80c. small tear, some transportation wear, nevertheless an attractive and rare color franking to South America, certificates Bolaffi (1981) and Enzo Diena (1981)
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0Catalogue no.1
½ gr. orange, plate I, Palermo paper, upper right sheet corner with large margins, beautiful fresh colour, for fresh original gum with hinge remainders in the upper margin only. Extremely fine and choice. (Sassone 1)
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3Catalogue no.1
1859, ½ gr. orange, plate I, Palermo paper, beautiful fresh colour and even large margins, lightly cancelled, superb. Certificate Sorani (2007) (Sassone 1)
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3Catalogue no.1
½ gr. brownish orange, plate I, Naples paper, fresh colour and even large margins, neatly cancelled, very fine. A rare stamp. Certificates A. Diena (1967) and Colla (2016) (Sassone 1c)
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3Catalogue no.1
½ gr. bright yellow, plate I, Naples paper, fresh colour and even large margins, lightly cancelled, very fine. Certificate Enzo Diena (1987) (Sassone 1d)
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3Catalogue no.1
½ gr. dark orange, plate I, Naples paper, fresh colour and large margins, lightly cancelled, extremely fine. Certificate Sorani (1990) (Sassone 1e)
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5Catalogue no.1
½ gr. dark orange, plate I, Naples paper, horizontal pair, fresh colour and large margins with full dividing lines, neatly cancelled on piece, very fine. Certificate Enzo Diena (1987) (Sassone 1e)
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5Catalogue no.1a
½ gr. orange, plate I, Naples paper, first printing (tiratura antica), nice fresh colour and large even margins, lightly cancelled on small piece, extremely fine. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1977) and certificate Giulio Bolaffi (1977) (Sassone 1a)
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6Catalogue no.1
½ gr. orange, plate I, Naples paper, marginal strip of 4, beautiful fresh vivid colour and good to mostly large margins including ca. 5 mm sheet margin at right, neatly cancelled on entire letter with faint (as usual) rare oval "VILLAFRATI" to Palermo with adjacent "PALERMO ARRIVO 14 DIC 59". The third stamp from left with tiny scissors cut at bottom left, tiny touching the design, otherwise extremely fine and fresh condition. A beautiful and rare entire. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1979), Raybaudi Masilia with certificate (1979) and Raybaudi with certificate (2019) (Sassone 1a)
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3Catalogue no.2
1 gr. olive green, plate III, Naples paper, horizontal strip of 5, fresh nice colour and good to large margins, neatly cancelled. A very fine and rare strip. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1983) and Colla with certificate (2007) (Sassone 5b)
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3Catalogue no.2
1 gr. olive brown, plate , 1st state, good to large margins and neatly cancelled, very fine. Certificate Colla (2016) (Sassone 3b)
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5Catalogue no.2-5
1 gr. light green olive, 2 gr. blue, 5 gr. vermillion and 10 gr. dark blue, all in fresh deep colour and with clear to large margins, tied to piece with adjacent "MESSINA 28 GENNo.". Very fine and most attractive. Certificate Enzo Diena (1991) (Sassone 5,6,11,12)
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6Catalogue no.2,3
1 gr. olive green, plate III, horizontal strip of three, with 2 gr. bright blue, plate III, horizontal pair, all in fresh colour and with good to mostly large margins, 2 gr. with small sheet margin at top, tied to insured letter sheet with adjacent oval "LICATA" to Catania with frontside "PALERMO ARRIVO 14 NOV. 59". A very fine and rare letter with most unusual franking. Signed Raybaudi and Enzo Diena, each with certificate (1985) (Sassone 5d,8)
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6Catalogue no.2b,c,4
1 gr. dark olive-green, plate III, horizontal pair and single, with single 1 gr. greyish olive-green, plate II and 5 gr. carmine, plate I, all in fresh colour, one 1 gr. just clear on one side, otherwise full to mostly large margins, tied to lettersheet with partly tying cds. "PALERMO PARTENZA 1 MAR 59" to Messina. A fine and rare entire with most unusual combination franking. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1982). (Sassone 5c,4,9a)
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1Catalogue no.3
2 gr. cobalt, plate I, horizontal pair, fresh colour and good to large margins, unused with original gum. A fine and rare pair. Signed Emilio Diena and Colla with certificate (2002) (Sassone 6b)
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1Catalogue no.3
2 gr. light blue, plate II, Palermo paper, horizontal corner strip of four with good to large margins including aprox. 2/5 mm sheet margins, unused with fresh original gum. Light fold between the first and second stamp from the left, still very fine and fresh. A rare multiple of the 2nd plate. Certificate Colla (2002)
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3Catalogue no.3
2 gr. blue, plate II, horizontal marginal strip of 3, fresh colour and large margins including ca. 5 mm sheet margin at left, lightly used. Pre-fold between second and third stamp, otherwise very fine. A most attractive strip. Certificate Colla (2002) (Sassone 7a)
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5Catalogue no.3
2 gr. blue, plate III, horizontal strip of 5, fresh colour and good to large margins, showing almost complete dividing lines on all sites, lightly used on piece. A rare and very fine strip. Certificates Colla (1990) and Vacari (1998) (Sassone 8)
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6Catalogue no.3
2 gr. ultramarine blue (azzurro oltremare), plate I, Naples paper, horizontal pair, pos. 77 and 78 with retouch, nice vivid colour and large even margins, tied to letter sheet from Messina, 20.4.1859, to Girgenti. Very fine and fresh. A rare letter. Signed Alberto Diena and Giulio Bolaffi with certificate (1969) (Sassone 6d)
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0 4Catalogue no.3a
2 gr. blue, plate III, Palermo paper, corner block of 4, fresh nice colour and good to large margins including ca. 5 mm sheet margins at left and base, unused with fresh original gum, unmounted mint. Very fine and fresh. Signed G. Bolaffi, A. Diena and Raybaudi with certificate 2003 (Sassone 8d)
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1 4Catalogue no.3a
2 gr. blue, plate I, Naples paper, corner block of four, fresh colour and good to large margins, unused with original gum. Very fine, signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1990) (Sassone 6g)
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6Catalogue no.3b
2 gr. ultramarine (azzuro oltramare), Naples paper, fresh colour and large margins, tied by light 'ferro di cavallo' handstamp to letter sheet with adjacent "MESA. 1859 15 GENNO" to Catania. Very fine. Several signatures, certificate Sorani (2022) (Sassone 7d)
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3Catalogue no.4
5 gr. vermilion rose, plate I, beautiful fresh shade and nice large margins, lightly cancelled. A beautiful copy of this rare stamp. Certificate Sorani (2008) (Sassone 9e)
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3Catalogue no.4
5 gr. dark carmine, plate I, nice deep colour and good to large margins, canceled by clear central strike of boxed "ANNULATO" of Naples, which was used on uncancelled stamps on incoming mail to Naples from May 1858 till October 1860. A beautiful and very rare stamp; just 3 further stamps of Sicily have been recorded with this cancellation. Signed Alberto Diena and Colla with certificate (2011)
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3Catalogue no.4d
5 gr. brownish red, plate I, good to large margins, lightly cancelled, very fine. Certified Enzo Diena (1984) (Sassone 9d)
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5Catalogue no.4,3
5 gr. carmine, plate I, horizontal pair, alternately stuck with two strips of three 2 gr. blue, plate II, on large piece of an ensured letter with adjacent "PALERMO 17 GIUG 59". 2 copies 2 gr. slightly touched at bottom, otherwise all with large margins. A very attractive and choice piece. Certificates Enzo Diena and Raybaudi (both 1985) (Sassone 9a,7a)
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6Catalogue no.4,3a,3c
5 gr. dark carmine with single copy 2 gr. blue, plate I, and three single copies 2 gr. deep dark blue (azzurro scurissimo), all in fresh colour and with good to mostly large margins, tied by neat 'ferro di cavallo' to letter sheet from "CATANIA 7 = 8 59" to Palermo with arrival mark on front. Very fine entire with most unusual franking. Signed a.o. Emilio Diena and Enzo Diena with certificate (1987) (Sassone 9b,6,8a)
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6Catalogue no.4a,3
5 gr. carmine-rose, plate I, two copies together with 2 gr. light blue, plate I, Palermo paper, all with large even margins, tied to entire letter with red dispatch mark "TRAPANI 25-10 59", adjacent Palermo transit mark and "VIA DI SARZANA", to Genova. A very fine and rare letter to Sardinia, paid to the harbour of landing and charged for the Sardinian rote with "7" decimes. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1985), Raybaudi with certificate (1985) and Bottacchi with certificate (2012) (Sassone 9,6g)
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6Catalogue no.4,2
5 gr. carmine rose, plate I, and 1 gr. brown olive, plate II, fresh colour and with good to mostly large margins, tied to small entire letter with adjacent oval "NOTO" to Palermo with arrival mark of 21.3.1859 on front. A very fine and scarce franking. Certificate Diena (2015) (Sassone 9,4b)
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6Catalogue no.5,4,2
10 gr. dark blue, 5 gr. carmine-rose and pair 2 gr. deep dark blue, plate III, all in fresh colours and with good to mostly large margins, tied by 'ferro di cavallo' to letter sheet with part of contents from Palermo 1859 to Florence, transported by French ship and taxed upon arrival with "6" crazie for the tuscan inland route. Very fine and rare letter to abroad. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1991) (Sassone 12,8a,9)
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6Catalogue no.5,4,3
10 gr. indigo, 5 gr. carmine-rose and pair 2 gr. vivid blue, plate III, all in fresh colours, one 2 gr. partly clear at top, otherwise and good to mostly large margins, tied by 'ferro di cavallo' to letter sheet from Messina August 29,1859 to Livorno, Tuscany, transported by French ship and taxed upon arrival with "6" crazie for the Tuscan inland route. A very fine and rare letter to abroad. Signed Emilio Diena, Alberto Diena and Raybaudi with certificate (2019) (Sassone 12b,8c,9)
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6Catalogue no.6,3
10 gr., 2 single copies in indigo resp. dark blue, and pair 2 gr. light blue, plate II, ample to mostly large margins, lightly cancelled on letter sheet from "MESSINA 11 6 1860", to Genova, with adjacent red "PIROSCAFI POSTALI FRANCESI". A most unusual franking on cover to the kingdom of Sardinia. Certificate Diena (2000) ) (Sassone 12,12b,7)
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6Catalogue no.6,3
20 gr. slate grey and 2 gr. light blue, plate I, Palermo paper, tied to entire letter with adjacent "MESSINA 18-3 60" and boxed "P.D." to Würzburg, Bavaria. The 20 gr. slightly touched at left, otherwise large margins. A very fine and attractive letter with rare destination. Certificate Raybaudi (2000)