Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
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| Lot | Italian Area Italy | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | Tuscany (12) 1857 1cr carmine, used, margins all around, v.f., with 2023 Avi opinion (Sass.12) €1,500 |  | $120 |
| 702 | Tuscany (17) 1860 1c brown lilac, full to clear margins all around, h.r., fresh and fine, with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.17b) €8,000 |  | $700 |
| 703 | Tuscany (22) 1860 80c pale red brown, circular cancel, full to clear margins all around, fine, with 2023 Avi opinion (Sass.22) €2,500 |  | $140 |
| 704 | Tuscany (22) 1860 80c "bistro carnicio", "Per (Consega)" cancel, margins all around, v.f., with 2023 Avi opinion (Sass.22a) €2,500 |  | $180 |
| 705 | TWO SICILIES - Naples (1var) 1858 1/2g "rosa chiaro", First Printing, margins all around, h.r., fresh and v.f., with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.1) €9,000 |  | $750 |
| 706 | TWO SICILIES - Naples (2var) 1858 1g "rosa carmino", Second Printing, vertical pair, margins all around, h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Diena, with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.4) €4,400 |  | $450 |
| 707 | TWO SICILIES - Naples (4var) 1858 5g "rosa brunastro", First Printing, full to large margins all around, small h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Diena, with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.8) €12,000 |  | $950 |
| 708 | TWO SICILIES - Naples (6var) 1858 20g "rosa chiaro", large margins all around, small h.r., fresh and v.f., with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.13) €32,000 |  | $2,200 |
| 709 | Sicily (14c) 1859 5g dark carmine, Napoli Printing, Plate I, pos.31, margins all around, h.r., fine, with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.9b) €7,500 |  | $550 |
| 710 | Sicily (15) 1859 5g vermilion, Plate II, Horseshoe cancel, margins all around, v.f., signed Diena, with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.11) €5,500 |  | $375 |
| 711 | ITALY (142A-D) 1922 Ninth Philatelic Congress in Trieste, 10c rose, 15c gray, 25c blue and 40c brown, complete set of four, n.h., exceptionally well centered for issue, various penciled signatures ITALYv.f., with 2023 Dr.Avi certificate (Sass.123-126, €4,000) cat. value $3,125 |  | $450 |
| 712 | ITALY (203a) 1928 Emmanuelle Filiberto 30c lake-brown and deep bluish green, center inverted, used, fine and very rare, with 1999 Sorani and 2011 G. Colla certificates Sass.228a, €16,000) cat. value $9,200 |  | $2,600 |
| 713 | ITALY 1961 Rome to Lima, Peru, flight of the President of the Republic, 205L gray covering the 205L rose on registered and flown cover from Venezia 6 April 1951, via Rome to Lima with arrival April 7, 1961 pmk on back, v.f., signed Raybaudi, with his 1997 certificate (Sass.920,921) |  | $900 |
| 714 | ITALY (1743var) 1988 650L National Soccer Championship, yellow omitted, resulting in light blue instead of green background, n.h., v.f. and rare, listed but unpriced in Sassone with 2005 Dr.Avi certificate |  | $700 |
| 715 | ITALY Air Post 1926 Transpolar Flight "Nobile", sheet of 25, lower left stamp inverted, n.h., v.f. |  | $450 |
| 716 | ITALY Air Post 1926 Transpolar Flight "Nobile", sheet of 25, lower left stamp inverted, n.h., v.f. |  | $450 |
| 717 | ITALY Air Post (C48-49) 1933 Balbo Trans-Atlantic Flight Issue, nine different Triptych sets, two l.h., others n.h., occasional minor toning as often Also included (not counted in the catalogue value) are five single triptychs, fine-v.f., cat. value $4,595 |  2 | $900 |
| 718 | ITALY Air Post Officials (CO2) 1934 Servizio di Stato, 10L blue black, n.h., faint overall gum toning, fine, signed Diena, etc., cat. value $1,750 |  | $230 |
| 719 | ITALY Flight Covers 1925 (27 Sep) Como to Bellagio flight card (creases), franked with 2x10c, with departure and arrival pmks, ex-Joffe |  | $140 |
| 720 | ITALY Flight Covers 1926 (7 Apr) trial flight Palermo to Genova (SANA), cover (pre-printed "Primo Volo Inaugurale Genova - Roma - Napoli - Palermo"), franked with 1L and 60c, carried by pilot and canceled on arrival in Genova, fine and scarce item, with penciled explanation on back |  | $140 |
| Lot | Italian Area Italian Colonies | Estimate | |
| 721 | ITALY Flight Covers 1927 (29 Mar) special S.I.S.A. (Societa Italiana Servizi Aerei) postal card flown from Trieste to Vienna, faint toning, with arrival pmk |  | $140 |
| 722 | ITALY Flight Covers 1928 (20 Apr) first flight cover from Rome to Brindisi (21 Apr) to Valona, Albania, with 21 April arrival and carried on the return flight from Valona to Brindisi and Rome 80c on 1L with minor perf. flaws, otherwise fine and scarce flight |  | $230 |
| 723 | ITALY Flight Covers 1928 (22 Apr) first flight cover from Cagliari-Terranova Pausania-Rome-Ostia Mare, franked with 80c on 1L (C11 $875 on cover), "Posta Aerea" handstamp used as cancel with departure cds alongside, v.f. Sam Bayer cover, signed Boris Joffe |  | $230 |
| 724 | ITALY Flight Covers 1929 (10 July) cover with special cachet commemorating the arrival of "Pathfinder" (Williams and Yancey) Rome, v.f., scarce, ex-Joffe |  | $230 |
| 725 | ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (23 July) two first flight covers Venezia-Firenze, one with additional "Venezia-Correpondenze E Pacchi - Posta Aerea" cachet, each with arrival pmk, v.f., signed Boris Joffe |  | $230 |
| 726 | ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (23 July) two first flight covers Rome-Firenze, one canceled Roma Centro 22.7.30 and 23.7.30, each with arrival pmk, fine-v.f., signed Boris Joffe only 6 pieces of mail carried |  | $280 |
| 727 | ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (9 Aug) three first flight covers Venezia-Firenze, Firenze-Venezia and Firenze-Roma, one with "Venezia-Correpondenze E Pacchi - Posta Aerea" cachet, signed Boris Joffe v.f., with arrival pmks |  | $350 |
| 728 | ITALY Postage Dues (J14b) 1890-91 1L carmine & blue, Numeral Inverted, exceptionally well centered, canceled on piece, v.f., signed Colla, with his 1999 certificate ("perfetto e di notevole centratura e freschezza") (Sass.27a, €4,500 for average centering) cat. value $4,500 |  | $900 |
| 729 | ITALY Postage Dues (J26a) 1890 20c on 1c ocher & carmine, overprint inverted, used, fine and rare stamp, with 1990 Enzo Diena certificate (Sass.18a, €15,000) cat. value $10,000 |  | $1,400 |
| 730 | ITALY Parcel Post (Q76) 1954 1,000L ultramarine, l.h. (if at all), well centered, v.f. |  | $230 |
| 731 | ITALY Military Mail (Sass.1) 1943 prepared in Tunisia and not issued, El Djem amphitheater "Franchigia Militare" perf. 11 1/2, sheetlet of six in blue, n.h., v.f., with 1991 Diena certificate This is also considered to be the first souvenir sheet from Italy (after the Italian forces surrendered in Tunisia, the prepared stamps were destroyed and only a small quantity survived) &euro:1,600 |  | $450 |
| 732 | ITALY Occupation Issues (Sass.1-9) 1943 Anglo-American Issue for Sicily, Allied Military Postage 15c-10L set of nine sheets of 100, n.h., fine-v.f., &euro:5,000 |  | $450 |
| 733 | ITALY Italian Social Republic - Basa Atlantica (Sass.17,19) 1943 30c brown, two different War Propaganda stamps overprinted "Basa Atlantica", h.r., minor gum stains, otherwise v.f., signed Brun also Raybaudi, with his 1996 certificate, &euro:13,000 |  | $900 |
| 734 | ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A (69var) 1948 1,000L carmine, upper right sheet corner margin single, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., signed Diena (only 30 recorded) | $230 | |
| 735 | ITALY TRIESTE - ZONE A Parcel Post 1953-54 1L-1,000L, 14 different, used on 11 "AMG-FTT Bollettino di Spedizione" parcel cards, unaddressed, top value folded in the middle away from the stamp with 2014 Carraro certificate, fine-v.f., scarce |  4 | $900 |
| 736 | ITALY LOCAL ISSUES (Sass. 1c) 1918 Udina, 5c black on green, horizontal tete-beche pair, l.h., v.f., with 2023 Avi certificate, €3,200 |  | $240 |
| 737 | ITALIAN OFFICES ABROAD - GENERAL ISSUE (Estero) (4) 1874 10c buff, small h.r., very well centered, v.f., seldom seen this nice, with 2023 Avi certificate which states "esemplari con questa... centratura sono molto rari" (Sass.4) €3,750 |  | $450 |
| 738 | ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE (9) 1908 1pi on 25c blue, h.r., fine, signed Kosack, with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.4) €2,250 |  | $180 |
| 739 | ITALIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE (98) 1908 30pa on 15c slate, small h.r., v.f., with 2023 Avi certificate (Sass.3) €2,250 |  | $180 |
| 740 | Italian Intervention forces in North Russia 1921 (Jan) military free-frank with "Corpo di Spedizione Rissua Settentrionale/Comando" cachet and straight-line "Verificato per Censure" further endorsed "OAS" (On Active Service) and sent to Arona, with 15.1.1921 arrival pmk on back, fine usage via the British military in Murmansk which often forwarded Italian Contingent's mail |  | $450 |
| 741 | ITALIAN COLONIES General Issues for all Colonies (25-28,C19) 1933 (26 June) registered cover from Tripolitania to USA, franked on both sides with five stamps, including 50L, redirected on arrival various transits, Nyack NY arrival, fine |  | $140 |
| 742 | ITALIAN COLONIES General Issues for all Colonies (32-40) 1934 Tenth Year of Fascism Celebration, nine different, used 25.10.34 on registered cover from Tripoli to the Bolaffi firm in Torino fine-v.f., with arrival pmk |  | $140 |
| 743 | ITALIAN COLONIES Aegean Islands (35var) 1930 Hydrological Congress, 1.25L dark blue, right margin horizontal strip of four, imperf. vertically and at right, n.h., v.f. and extremely rare showpiece as only one sheet was likely printed (Sass.18f), €,500 |  | $3,750 |
| 744 | ITALIAN COLONIES Aegean Islands Air Post (C26-27) 1933 Triptychs, set of two, used on individual registered covers from Rhodes to New York, various transit markings, including Amsterdam and Rome minor toning, mostly fine-v.f., cat. value $7,500 |  | $1,400 |
| 745 | ITALIAN COLONIES Cyrenaica (19a) 1925-26 Victor Emmanuel, 1.25L dark blue, perf. 13 1/2, corner sheet margin block of ten, n.h., well centered for this difficult issue, fresh and fine-v.f. a rare multiple (Sass.26) €22,500 |  | $1,900 |
| 746 | ITALIAN COLONIES Cyrenaica 1950 1m-500m, 13 different, used on four registered covers from Benghazi, Cyrenaica to USA, various transit and arrival pmks, fine-v.f. (Sass. €23,500+) |  | $900 |
| 747 | ITALIAN COLONIES Cyrenaica Semi-Postals (B25-28) 1930 National Defense, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. value $1,752 |  | $475 |
| 748 | ITALIAN COLONIES Cyrenaica Money Order Stamps 1924 Vaglia, complete set in bottom margin blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.1-6) &euro:2,800 |  | $290 |
| 749 | ITALIAN COLONIES Eritrea Zeppelin Flights 1936 7th SAF to Brazil, franked with eight Eritrea/Ethiopia Colonial adhesives, tied by Addis Abeba departure cds, with Registry label Frankfurt and Rome transits, Recife arrival pmk on back, fine Zeppelin dispatch from Ethiopia, signed Diena, James Graue |  | $230 |
| 750 | ITALIAN COLONIES Libya (27b) 1921 50c black & olive green, Center Inverted and shifted to bottom, used, light, face-free cancel, well centered, fresh and v.f., signed Colla with his 2014 certificate (Sass.28ca, €12,000) cat. value $4,750 |  | $900 |
