388th Auction

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

1860/2000(ca.,) mostly use collection with duplicates and better items on album pages in folder

1862/1945, mostly used collection, incl. e.g. Mi.-Nr. 9a, 49, 95-98, 153-156, and many issues from the 1920s/30s. Later the advertising fields are almost complete, further BLP on card, insurance stamps Sass. Nr. 12+13(2) and 14+17 on excerpt, signed Raybaudi, also postage due Mi.-Nr. P1 in used pair with good margins, etc., 24 Certificates, good condition, in four hingeless GBE albums

1945/1980, mostly mint never hinged collection with only a few unused, including Airmail and Express stamps, some better sets with 1945 Democracy Mi.-Nr. 682A-704A, 1949 Medici Mi.-Nr. 782 complete sheet, etc., overall in very good condition, neatly housed in two albums (ex Mi.-Nr. 682-1741)

1892/96, 6 used cards, including five to Germany, of those two bearing a label stating that the presence of an illustration on the address side rendered them invalid at the postcard rate, and two without the label, those four charged postage due, interesting group

1941/43 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with 21 covers, including German Occupation of Montenegro and Zara, many duplicates, some interesting usages with censorship, etc., mostly in very good condition, in one album

1945/46, three album pages 'Corpo Polacco' with three souvenir sheets (Sass.2-4) mint never hinged, plus some unused and overprinted stamps, perforation variety and air mail, mainly fine to very fine.

1900/82, interesting holding in stockbook, modern part unused, noted Italian Post Offices in Libia, Eritrea, Somalia, Benadir and Africa Orientale, overall in good condition

1851/1912, delightful exhibit collection with 37 covers and cards, covering the Ottoman, Italian and French Offices in Tripoli including the consular postal services, many better usages with 1851 entire letter from Livorno via Marseilles and Malta to Tripoli de Barberia, 1881 envelope from “TRIPOLI DI BARBERIA” to Livorno with Italian Levant 5c. and 10 c. (x2) tied by mute “annulo a rombi”, official envelope headed “R. CONSOLATO D´ITALIA”  and on reverse its large seal handstamp, 1893 envelope to Constantinople with French Sage adhesives with pearled cds “TRIPOLI BARBARIE 14 FEVR 93” in mixed franking with Turkey 1 pi. adhesive (opened for display), etc.; except for the occasional fault in overall very good condition. An alluring specialist assembly, neatly mounted and described on album pages