384. Auction

1819/99, extensive unused and used collection with covers, incl. Sardinia and postage dues, specialized with many shades, multiples, better items starting with two Cavalini 15 c.(2) used early in 1819 and 1820, strong section  of the early issues with Sardinia Mi.-Nr. 2(10) used, 4 used, 5(9) used, 8(6) used, 13(90) used, the collection then follows the Kingdom issues with Mi.-Nr. 6PFä scarce postal forgery (Opinion Newiger BPP), many cpl. sets and duplicates, together with a selection of entires with some combination frankings, some forgeries and reprints noted. Some occasional faults, mostly in fresh condition,  some signed Richter, Köhler, Bühler. A fine assembly, neatly housed in one album.

1850/1953 (ca), mint never hinged/unused and used assembly with some covers, incl. postage dues, parcel and fiscal stamps, good part of Triest and Italian occupied territories, better items like Triest Mi.-Nr. Bl. 1A-1B, GNR18I used (signed Richter), many interesting covers from the occupied regions, together with one album of CNL with many cpl. sets mostly mint never hinged (many questionable overprints), together with some duplicates ; an interesting group

1861/1945, mostly unused and used collection including service and postage due stamps with some better and complete issues, including Michel No. 188-93 unused and Michel No. 479-87 used, neatly in the album with preprinted pages

1862/1945, mostly used collection with many better items like 1922 Congresso Filatelico, Zeppelin 1933, Soccer WCS 1934, Posta Pneumativa, Officals Mi.-Nr. 1-8, Postage Due, Parcel stamp. stamps with advertising label, Military mail, Nationalgard Mi.-Nr. 44-56, some signed Diena etc., mostly good quality

1862/2007, mint never hinged/unused and used collection, incl. parcel, pneumatic and postage due stamps, from 1945 cpl. in the main Michel numbers, some better values like Mi.-Nr. 682-704 unused, Parcel Mi.-Nr. 79 and 81 (1000 L. small fault, both signed with certificate BPA), some duplicates, miniature sheets, together with a selection of Venezia Julian and Triest Zone A; some occasional faults, mostly very fine, in seven albums and stockbooks

1863/1980 (ca.), large balance of a collection mint never hinged/unused and used, incl. postage dues, parcel and official stamps, Levant and colonies, great number of duplicates, cpl. sets, some better values like Mi.-Nr. 702A MNH, together with a few covers, some forgeries and reprints noted in the early issues, mixed condition in the classics, otherwise mostly fine to very fine, an interesting holding in 26 albums and two boxes 

1863 /1981 (ca.), mint never hinged/unused and used collection with some covers, incl. Express, Officials, Military and Postage Due stamps, strength before the 1950s, some cpl. sets and better items like Mi.-Nr. 188-193, 479-487, 494-513 unused, a few multiples, mostly fine to very fine, an interesting lot

1874/1944(ca.), unused and used accumulation of Occupation area and Foreign Post Offices with some better items like Merane Mi.-Nr. 4-6 and some Proofs with “SAGGIO” overprint, a little mixed condition

1893/1924 (ca.), interesting unused and used collection of Sperati proofs, trials and forgeries, including 1863 15c. blue proof pair with A and B type frames, dated "6/4/51" in manuscript by Sperati, Mi. B83, used, B83K with inverted overprint, used, B91K with inverted overprint, used, B131II, used, B.L.P. overprint proof in block format, 5l. brown and red-brown without inscription in bottom tablet, each as a working color proof with additional printed notes on bottom, further Naples with three trial exposures, Levant 20c. with forged "ESTERO" overprint, San Marino 1892 62c. Sperati II, Plate D (2), unused, etc., on four pages

1911/2010, extensive unused and predominantly mint never hinged collection with many full sets and virtually complete from 1930 onwards including key issues of these years such as 1930, “General Balbo” (Mi. 361), 1933 “Crociera Rom-Chicago” (Mi. 445-6), 1934, “Football World Championship”(Mi. 479-87), 1934 “Medaglie al valore militare” (Mi. 494-513), 1945 “Democrazia” (Mi. 682-704) or 1949 "Republica Romana (Mi. 773) as well as a large amout of valid postage in €. Also a somewhat more sparse used collection 1867-2010 and some duplicates. Generally fine to very fine.

1944, Destroyed monuments 75c. with inverted watermark, 274 values, mostly in multiples, mint never hinged (Mi.-Nr. 658 var)

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