384. Auction

1861/1940 (ca), large group of over 300 covers, many interesting usages with Mi.-Nr. 3 and 5 on 1862 folded entire, 9b on 1862 lettersheet (cert. Bolaffi), some printed matters, registered mail, travelling post offices, dotted rectangular numerals, "Paquebot", perfins, French cancellation applied on arrival, also some scarce destinations with Mi.-Nr. 17 and 20 on 1866 envelope to Madras, etc., together with a fine group of 1921 Busta Lettera Postale (x 14); an interesting assembly in mixed condition

1872/1933 (ca.), over 550 covers and cards with censored, registered and soldier´s mail, printed matters and money letters, perfins, postage dues, many multiple and combination frankings, together with some incoming mail, an interesting specialist holding, some occasional faults otherwise in good condition

1878/1980 (ca.), over 700 unused and used postal stationery cards, incl. official stationeries and reply cards, strength in the period 1880 to 1930s, many duplicates, some with additional frankings, together with some postcards, mostly fine to very fine

1898/1980 (ca.), over 700 covers and cards, incl. postage dues, express and airmails, together with some meter stamps, field post and printed matters, strength in the 1930s to 1940s with many Republica Sociale issues, mixed condition

1914/18 (ca.), Italian Fieldpost and Soldier´s Mail, group of over 190 cards and some covers, ecclectic selection of postmarks and censor marks, some neatly mounted on album leaves, many franked with adhesives, overall fine condition 

1916/44 (ca), Prisoners of War´s Mail, over 100 soldier´s cards, mostly sent from Italy and Russia, strength in WWI, many censor marks, fine group

1939/52 (ca.), Postal rates collection with over 340 covers and cards, covering Italian Kingdom, allied Occupation, Republica Sociale and post-war, many multiple and multicolour frankings, registered and airmail, together with some foreign destinations with censors; overall in fine condition, neatly described in four albums

1871/1923 (ca), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some covers, incl. forerunners, many cpl. sets with some duplicates, good part with "PIROSCAFI" cancellations, "A25" and cds. Malta, etc., together with some Italian post offices in China; some occasional faults otherwise mostly in good condition

1899/1980 (ca), Somalia, Erithrea and Ethiopia, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, incl. some British Somaliland, together with a selection of covers and postal stationery cards, mostly in fine condition

1926/34, small group with East Africa Mi.-No. 62, Eritrea Mi.-No. 115-17 and Somalia Mi.-No. 208-18, mostly mint never hinged, partly with toned or tinted gum

1929/37, "SAGGIO" overprints in blue, black or red, unused group with a few mint never hinged, incl. Tripoli, Eritrea, Cirenaica, Agean islands, Somalia, Ethiopia and Lybia, some tropical gum stains on a few value, otherwise mostly in very fine condition; a scarce assembly of those specimen

1853/1980 (ca), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, incl. postage dues, postal stationeries and parcel cards, starting with two 1853 folded entires with scarce blue cds. "TUNISI * POSTE SARDE", followed by some shipmail, French forerunners, British field post offices, some interesting material like Fezzan French occupation Mi.-Nr. 32 large die sunken proof signed by the artist, Lybia 1-23 mint never hinged, etc., together with some covers; a few values signed Diena or A. Brun, mostly fine to very fine, in four albums

1852/2013 (ca), mint never hinged/unused and used collection, starting with the early Papal Sates issues, strength in modern area with many cpl. sets, souvenir and miniature sheets, together with some duplicates and a few covers; some occasional faults as well as possible reprints in the early issues, in six albums

1899/1927 (ca), large group of circa 600 illustrated postcards, classified by regions, cities or themes, with good representation of Triest, Piemont, Genoa, Torino, etc., as well as some military cards, overall in fine condition, in four albums