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Lot# 6378 - Auction 298-307

  • Lot# : 6378 Sardinia

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    1857 (Dec 1): Cover from Genova to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Camillo di Cavour in Torino, bearing 20 c. 'azzuro grigiastro', a fine and fresh adhesive with fair to large margins, just shaved at to left, well embossed, tied by fair GENOVA cds, reverse with arrival cds of the same day. Signed Bottacchi.rnNote: Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, conte di Cavour, di Cellarengo e di Isolabella, (1810 - 1861) was an Italian politician and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towards Italian unification. He was prime minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont–Sardinia, a position he maintained (except for a six-month resignation) throughout the Second Italian War of Independence and Giuseppe Garibaldi's campaigns to unite Italy. In 1855 and from May 1856 until the foundation of the Kingdom of Italy Cavour was also Minister of Foreign affairs. After the declaration of a united Kingdom of Italy, Cavour took office as the first prime minister of Italy.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold