388th Auction

1851, King Emmanuel II 40 c. lilac rose, two fresh examples of this rare shade, margins shaved or touched to large, each tied by mute cancel to folded entire to Thann, France with alongside departure cds. “TORINO”, red “P.D.” and transit cds. “PONT DE BEAUVOISIN 6 MARS 1853”, reverse transit via Lyon and arrival “THANN 9 MARS 1853”. One 40 c. with a strong paper crease, still a fine, very rare and attractive franking, slightly overpaid at the previous 1844 postal convention, certificate Bottacchi AIEP (2024) (Sassone-Nr. 3d)

1819, letter sheet from Messina to Palermo, endorsed "con Staffettiglia" and taxed upon arrival with "8" Grana; adjacent control handstamp of the lieutenancy of Palermo. Fine and very scarce.

1840, "STAFFETTA GIONNALIERA", clear oval handstamp with adjacent straight line "MESSINA", on entire letter, dated inside "5 Mai 1840", via Naples to Lyon, France, with arrival mark. "40" Grana payment noted on reverse. A rare letter of the short lived express service.

1840, "Stafetta giornaliera", oval handstamp in red, with adjacent "FRANCA N" on letter sheet from Naples to Messina, with red dispatch mark and manuscript fee of "60" Grana on reverse. Fine and scarce. 

1840, "STAFFETTA", oval handstamp in red, with adjacent "FRANCA" on letter sheet from Palermo to Naples, with red dispatch- and arrival marks on reverse. Fee of "20" Grana noted on reverse. Fine and scarce. 

1930, Vergil 50 c.-9 l. cpl. on registered airmail cover with cds. BOLZANO FERROVIA 9.12.30" to Brussels with receiving cds., fine, scarce

1941, German-Italian Axis unissued 10 c.-25 c., complete in blocks of four with right sheet margin, mint never hinged, the 25 c. tiny tear in the selvedge and one adhesive with disturbed gum, otherwise very fine (Sassone-Nr. 457A-C)

1961, Gronchi Flight 205 l. rose lilac, fresh colours, unmounted mint, very fine and scarce, signed Calves

1875, official double card 15l., used back and forth with cds. “POZZOULI 10 … 76” with text, toned and transportation wear, the card was intended for postal correspondence with mayors

1943, 5 c. -1 l., 1,75-50 l. and airmail 25 c.-5 l. with overprint “G.N.R.”, 26 different stamps, mint never hinged, verfy fine, a.o. sign. Colla with two certificate (2025) for Verona or Brescia prints

1946, 2 l. in vertical pair, the lower adhesive with variety “overprint on reverse” (due to a defective printing which left a large production-related tear), the adhesive above with variety “missing V.G”, mint never hinged, very fine and spectacular duo, signed and certificate SPC (2024)

1945, special presentation folder 'Corpo Polacco' with Polish Eagle and opening lines of the national anthem on front cover, with stamps and all three souvenir sheets inside adhered to ten numbered pages, with text in Polish, French, English and Italian, very fine, only 2,000 printed in Rome and presented to various diplomats and officials.

1909, Durazzo 4 pia. on 50 c. pale violet tied by cds. “DURAZZO 20.1.16” to registered cover with censor mark and labels to Podgorica, Montengro and retour with two labels in orange “..-N'A PU ÊTRE ATTEINT S.P. Bordeaux” and in green “RETOUR A L'ENVOYEUR S.P. Bordeaux”. The cover horizontal folded, otherwise fine

1912, Fürst Johann II. 5-25 H. mittelultramarin auf normalem Papier im kpl. Viererblock-Satz jeweils mit zwei klaren Stempeln “VADUZ *a* 3.X.16”, rückseitig mit Originalgummierung, in tadelloser Erhaltung. In dieser Art ein seltener Viererblocksatz mit Fotoattest Dr. Hoffner BPP (2025)

1929, Regierungsantritt 10-70 Rp. mit Ersttagsstempel "TRIESENBERG 2.XII.29" auf R-FDC nach Düsseldorf mit Ankunftsstempel, Attest Hoffner BPP (2026)

1931, Zeppelin 1-2 Fr., Randstück bzw. rechte obere Bogenecke, je auf Beleg der Lausanne-Fahrt

CEPT 50 Rp., Oberrandstück, mit Abart "orange Farbe um 1 mm nach rechts verschoben", postfrisch

CEPT 50 Rp., Unterrandstück, mit Abart "violette Farbe um 1 mm nach unten verschoben", postfrisch

1932, 10 Rp. gez. 10½:10½, Viererblock vom linken Bogenrand, postfrisch, tadellos. Unsigniert, Fotoattest Hoffner BPP (2025)

1919, Second Vilnius Issue 50 skatiku, tied by violet cancel of “GRODNO” to cover addressed to Konstanz with censor marks “M.P.K.” and further boxed censor mark tying the stamp, fine and scarce

1852, "W" watermarked paper, complete sheet of 200, ungummed. Fine and very scarce.

10 c. blue, clear to large margins, showing part of neighbours stamp at right, tied by target with adjacent "WEISWAMPACH ..JUIL 64" to small lettersheet to Luxembourg. Fine and scarce. Signed Goebel.

1919, War widows and orphans 2 c. - 5 fr., 15 c. unused, otherwise mint never hinged. Very fine and fresh.

1893, Prince Nikola I. 5 nkr. rose-red tied by cds. “RUMA 6.5.” to cover with violet octagon ship mark “STEAMER DANNITZA POSTAGE 5 SOLDI SOUTARI (6)/(5)189(7)” to Triest with arrival Mark. Cover vertical folded and shortened at top, otherwise fine. A very rare ship mail cover of the Skutarisea

1902, Prince Nikola I. 1 h. ultramarine, block of 8 and horizontal pair each tied by Austria ship mark “SELENE IE LLOYD 21.2.03” to reverse on cover to Teodo with arrival mark, fine

1907, Prince Nikola I. 50 pa. violet, two single stamps tied by cds. “PODGORITZA 22.II.1900” to complete parcel card via Passau and Cologne to Liege, Belgium with arrival mark. The lower stamp with cut in at right und the parcel card are vertical folded, otherwise fine

1852, blue fiscal handstamps “TE ZEGELEN” and “NOORD HOLLAND 1 C.” on a complete printed matter and its wrapper, dated inside 7 April 1852, sent to Innsbruck, Tyrol with departure cds. “AMSTERDAM 6-4", reverse railway postmark “DEUTZ-MINDEN 7 4”, two-line “BEGRENZ 11” and arrival Innsbruck, minor peripheral ageing not detracting, very fine and very scarce

1852, King Wilhelm III. 5 c. pale blue, fresh colour and good to wide margins all around, mint never hinged, fine, unsigned with certificate Bakker (2003)

1852, King Wilhelm III. 10 c. carmine, plate VII, position 9, fresh colour and good margins all around, mint never hinged with light tone gum spot with red signature, fine. Mint never hinged Mint never hinged copies of this stamp are very rare, certificate Vleeming BPP (2013)

1864, King Wilhelm III. 15 c. orange, light decentered, mint never hinged, fine, unsigned with certificate Bakker (2013)

1926/39, Queen Wilhelmina 7½ c. violet with three-hole trial perforation (Driegaats), mint never hinged, very fine. ProFi has not registered any other copies in mint never hinged condition, extremly rare, unsigned with certificate Muis (2006)

1884, 1-10 g. complete, unused with original gum, very fine, high values stamps signed Koopman and certificate N.V.P.H. (2010) for all stamps

1923, Queen Wilhelmina Silver Jubilee 5c.-5g., each as strip of three affixed to part of archive page, with handstamps “POSTET ET TELEGRAPHES / MADAGASCAR / COLLECTION / DE BERNE” in red, unique

1941, Wilhelmina 10 c. – 10 g. as imperforated proofs, all in horizontal pairs, including 10 c. in 4 different colours

10 k. dark blue/carmine, fresh colours and nicely centered, unused and regummed, a couple of short perfs on the right due to cissor´s cut, otherwise very fine, scarce, certificate Philatelic Experts (2024)

1918, Germania 30 Pfg., “Gen.-Gouv. Warschau” with variety semi-glossy double overprint, unused, very fine. A very scarce stamp, certificate Berbeka (2012) (Fischer-Nr. 14INp)