Lot 1216




3 Items
Opening: 3.000 €
1858, 2 gr. lilac-rose, plate I, 2 single copies with large to enormous margins all around with boxed "ANNULATO" used on January 2nd, 1858 on letter sheet with adjacent red "Bari" to Napoli with arrival mark of January 4. Earliest known usage of Neapolitan stamps since no letters are known from the day of issue January 1st. A marvelous cover and great rarity of Italian States, certificates Enzo Diena (1986), Massilia and Raybaudi (Sassone 5a)