Tradition und Erfahrung in klassischer Philatelie seit 1919

Losnr. 7080 - 250.-256. Auktion

  • Losnr. : 7080 Lombardo-Veneto

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    Croce di S. Andrea 1852 (Apr. 17): Carta a mano 5 c. yellow ochre type I in a horizontal strip of three with complete St. Andrew's Cross at right of the stamp with fresh colour and large margins all round, cancelled by two strikes of two line "PADOVA / 17 APRe" datestamp on small entire letter to Venice, reverse with Venezia (18 APR.) arrival datestamp. The two left stamps show a thin on reverse just mentioned for accuracy, without any importance for this item presenting the only 5 c. with St. Andrew's Crosses on cover.rnOnly four combinations of 5 c. definitives with complete St. Andrew's Crosses had been known in the past including two single stamps with one Cross attached at base and at right, respectively from the collection of Alphonse de Rothschild, a strip of three with two Crosses attached at right ex Ferrari and Caspary and the item offered here ex Rivolta and Mondolfo being the only 5 c. with complete St. Andrew's Crosses on cover. A unique and extremely desirable cover for a connoisseur's collection of Lombardo-Veneto or the Old Italian States.rnDescribed in the census of Dr. Jerger in 'Allgemeine und besondere Frankaturen' (1983) and the one of Greg Todd (2004), illustrated in 'Il Risorgimento Italiano ...' by Unione Filatelica Lombardia (1992) on page 99.rnSigned Enzo Diena, Renato Mondolfo and Giorgio Colla; group cert. Matl & Ferchenbauer (2004) Sassone = € 525'000 / Ferchenbauer = LP.rnProvenance: Collection Wührer, Brescia; Collection Dr. Achille Rivolta (1970); Collection Renato Mondolfo (1980), shown at WIPA 1981; Collection Dr. Anton & Elisabeth Jerger.
    Ausruf : 100.000 CHF
    Zuschlag : 150.000 CHF