385th Auction

1852, Coat of arms, without period after value, 5 c. green, fresh color and good perforation all around, tied by black bars to registered folded letter with adjacent fancy “CARPI” and straight-line “RACOMM” to Modena with arrival mark, fine

1852, Coat of arms, without period after value, 5 c. green, 10c. rose and 25c. brownish all fresh color and mostly good margins, tied by black bards to folded lettersheet to Milan with arrival mark, 10c. touched at lower right, otherwise a fine and attractive 3-color franking

40 c. “celeste”, fresh color and good margins, used with “grigletta”, scarce, natural inclusion at top, fine

40 c. “celeste”, fresh color and good margins, used with blue bars and small ink stroke, fine, signed Diena

1852, 25 c. on green, the error of color, fresh color and good margins, with greenish administrative cancellation, fine

1859, Coat of arms 5 c. green, horizontal pair, fresh color and good margins all around, unused, very fine, signed Senf

1859, Coat of arms 5 c. blueish-green, fresh color and good margins all around, unused, fine, signed Bühler

1859, Coat of arms 5 c. green and two singles 20 c. violett, fresh color and good margins all around, tied by boxed “PAVULLO *" to small piece, with one 20 c. showing additional straight-line “RAC”, very fine, an attractive piece with rare cancellation, signed E. Diena and certificate Cardillo

1859, Coat of arms 5 c. dark-green, fresh color and good margins all around, unused, very fine, a.o. signed Schlesinger

1859, Coat of arms 20 c. dark-violez, fresh color and good margins all around, unused, very fine, signed Sorani with certificate (2007)

“Doppio ovale con aquila”, good and complete strike on two singles 1852 10c. rose, fresh color and good margins, on small piece with adjacent cds. “MODENA 9 OCT”, fine and attractive, signed G. Bolaffi and Raybaudi with certificate (1993)

1859, 10c. black, fresh color and wide margins all around, unused, very fine, signed and certificate Chiavarello (2002)

1859, 10c. black, fresh color nd wide margins all around, used, fine, signed E. Diena and Bolaffi with certificate (1973)

1858, 1 gr. red, horizontal pair, good to wide margins, unused, fine, signed A. Brun

1860, Croce di Savoia ½ t. light blue, fresh color and wide margins, used with black boxed “ANNULATO”, very fine and most attractive. Signed Starauschek and Colla with certificate (2024)

1860, Croce di Savoia ½ t. blue, fresh color, wide margins all around, tied by boxed “ANNULLATO” to small piece, very fine, signed Zumstein and certificate Colla (2012; described a small thin spot in the upper margin, but the thin spot is only in the letter piece)

1852, Coat of arms 5 c. on yellow, block of four, fresh color and good to wide margins all around, unused, lower pair tiny gum creases, fine and attractive

1852, Coat of arms 5 c. on yellow, horizontal strip of three from the lower sheet margin, fresh color and mostly good margins all around, just touched at lower left, tied by straight-line “PARMA 25 SETTEMBRE.” to small piece, fine and attractive, signed

1852, Coat of arms 5 c. on yellow, three singles, fresh color and good two wide margins, two singles with right sheet margin, tied by cds. “PARMA 6 JUIL 58” to small folded lettersheet to Piacenza, fine and attractive

1852, Coat of arms 10 c. black, horizontal strip of three, fresh color and good to wide margins all around, tied by three-line “PARMA 4 MERZO” to small piece, center stamp with interesting variety “lower left corner broken”, fine and attractive

1852, Coat of arms 15 c. on violet, vertical pair with good to wide margin, tied by cds. “PIANCENZA” to blue envelope endorsed “Urgente” to Torino with adjacent red boxed “P.D.” and arrival mark on reverse, lower stamp tiny paper split resulting from pre-cut, otherwise fine and attractive, signed Sorani etc.

1852, 25 c. black on violet, unused without gum, at left with small thin paper, otherwise fine, signed J. Schl. and Colla with opion (2024)

1852, Coat of arms 40 c. on blue, fresh color, good to wide margins with right sheet margin, unused, very fine, scarce, signed Thier

1859, Provisional Government 5c. yellow-green, good color and wide margins all around, unused, fine, a.o. signed Köhler

1859, Provisional Government 5c. blue-green, good color and wide margins all around, unused, fine, signed Decker

1859, Provisional Government 5c. blue-green, good color and wide margins all around, tied by cds. “PARMA 10 DIC 59” to small piece, very fine and attractive, a.o.  signed Bolaffi and certificates Colla (1989) and Cardillo (2015)

1859, Provisional Government 10c. brown, horizontal pair, fresh color and good margins all around, used with clear cds. “PIACENZA 26 OTT”, fine

1859, Provisional Government 40c. brown-red, shade of the first printing, good color, good margins all around, unused with large part original gum, partly soaked into the paper, otherwise fine, an attractive example of this rarity, signed Calves with certificate and opinion Scheller (2013)

1853, Newspaperstamp 9c. on blue, fresh color and mostly wide margins, just close at bottom, used with boxed grid in combination with Modena 5c. green on newspaper “MESSAGERE DI MODENA” (small cut out at upper left; as usual), a fine and very rare combination franking, signed Sorani and Raybaudi with certificates (2002,2003)

1859, Numerals ½ baj. on straw-yellow, 2 baj. on brownish-yellow, 3 baj. on dark-green and 5 baj. on violett, each as vertical gutter pair, fresh colors and good margins, 5 baj. with  left sheet margin, mint never hinged, folded in the gutter, very fine and attractive, signed Bolaffi with certificate (1973; for 2 baj)

1859, Numerals 2 baj. on brownish-yellow, horizontal pair, fresh color, mostly wide margins, close at lower left, with grill on folded letter with adjacent cds. and boxed “P Stato Pontificio” to Vicenza, fine and scarce entire, signed Thier

1859, Numerals 3 baj. on dark-green, horizontal pair, fresh color and good margins all around, used with grill, right stamp tiny shallow thin, otherwise fine, a.o. signed Köhler

Provenance: 95. Heinrich Köhler-Auction (1937)

1859, Numerals 4 baj. on reddish-brown, horizontal pair, fresh color and good margins all around, used with grill, a very rare stamp in multiples, fine, a.o. signed Rohr and certificate Raybaudi (2014)

1859, Numerals 8 baj. on rose, fresh color, mostly good to wide margins all around, close at upper right, used with grill, fine, a scarce stamp, signed E. Diena and A. Diena with certificate (1960)

1859, Numerals 8 baj. on rose, fresh color and good margins all around, used with grill, tiny thin, otherwise fine, a scarce stamp, certificate Dr. Avi (2013)

1859, Numerals 8 baj. on rose, nice and fresh, intense color, mostly good wide margins, showing dividing lines at left and bottom, just close at upper right, tied by cds. “BOLOGNA 30 DIC 59” to double-weight folded letter to Codogno. Upon arrival, charged with “8” (Soldi) for a single weight cover. A true rarity, the majority of the few registered covers are canceled with mute grill cancellation, like this a very exceptional and attractive Italian States and European rarity, a.o. signed E. Diena and A. Diena and certificates Bottachi (2001) and Cardillo (2015)