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  • Lot# : 1247 Italy

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    Trentino - Alto Adige 1918: Postage Due Bolzano 3, compl. set nine values 5 on 5 h. yellow-green to 1 on 1 k. rose on yellow, unused with full og, cert. Colla (2016) Sassone = € 5'150.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1248 Italy

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    Trentino - Alto Adige 1918: Postage Due Bolzano 3, compl. set nine values 5 on 5 h. yellow-green to 1 on 1 k. rose on yellow, unused with full og, cert. Colla (2016) Sassone = € 4'140.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1249 Italy

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    Local Issue for Merano 1918 (Nov 20): 10 h. black on ultramarine, imperforate, variety "Modified Cliché", a fine used example with exceptional margins and rich colour. Very few examples recorded (see footnote in Sassone), especially so fine. A rarity. Cert. Colla (2015) Mi 3 = €400++/Sassone 3A = Unpriced.rn 
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1250 Italy

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    Merano 1918: Chamber of Commerce provisional issue on coloured paper 2 H. rose, 5 H. green and 10 H. blue, all with large margins allround, together with 'Trentino 1918' overprinted 5 H. green, cancelled "ALGUND 28.XI.18" on envelope to Mals. 5 H. and 10 H. slightly creased and envelope with vertical fold away from stamps, but nevertheless an attractive and scarce usage on cover. Certificate Avi (2016) Sassone = € 10'000+.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1252 Italy

    Fiume 1918/24: Collection on leaves with fine used set of 18 overprinted on Hungary, Jan 1919 optd. Postage Dues, Sept 1920 set of four used,  later sets seemingly complete incl. 1920 'Carnaro' optd. set unused or used with 10 lire used signed A. Diena and a further set on page cancelled on 2nd Day of Issue, February 1921 Provisional Government set unused or used (rare 1 lire signed A., Diena), March 1923 5 lire olive-bistre error of Colour used (Sassone 201A = € 3'200) with cert., a few covers and a range of Venzia Giulia,
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 500 CHF

    Lot# : 1253 Italy

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    Base Atlantica Posta Militare 1943 (Oct. 11): Complete set of five values to 50 c. unused with original gum, overprinted 'Italia / Repubblicana / Fascista / Base Atlantica', a fine and scarce set, certificate Raybaudi (2002) Sassone = Euro 7'000.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 800 CHF

    Lot# : 1254 Italy

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    Base Atlantica 1943 (Oct 11): Compl. set five values 10 c. brown to 50 c. violet, all ovpt. "Italia Repubblicana Fascista/Base Atlantica" and cancelled by part strikes of "FORZE SUBACQUEE ITALIANE IN ATLANTICO 17.12.44 XX". Cert. Sorani (2010) Sassone = € 14'000.
    Starting bid : 700 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF

    Lot# : 1255 Italy

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    Base Atlantica 1943 (Oct 11): Compl. set six values 10 c. brown to 50 c. violet, all with modified ovpt. "Italia Repubblicana Fascista/Base Atlantica", unused og. Cert. Raybaudi (1990) for Sassone no. 7 Sassone = € 32'250.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 3,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1256 Italy

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    Base Atlantica 1943 (Oct 11): Compl. set six values 10 c. brown to 50 c. violet, all with modified ovpt. "Italia Repubblicana Fascista/Base Atlantica" and cancelled by part strikes of "FORZE SUBACQUEE ITALIANE IN ATLANTICO 2.3.44", the 15 c. green-grey on piece. Cert. E. Diena (1984) for Sassone no. 7 Sassone = € 32'850.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1257 Italy

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    Base Atlantica 1943: Propaganda issue, six values incl. two values 15 c. green, one 30 c. brown and three values 50 c. violet, all ovpt. "Italia Repubblicana Fascista/Base Atlantica" and cancelled by part strikes of FORZE SUBACQUEE ITALIANE IN ATLANTICO, four on pieces. Seven certs. E. Diena and Sorani Sassone = € 31'000.
    Starting bid : 1,500 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1258 Italy

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    Base Atlantica 1943: Propaganda issue, five values incl. three values 30 c. brown and two values 50 c. violet, all ovpt. "Italia Repubblicana Fascista/Base Atlantica", unmounted og. Five certs. Sorani, Raybaudi and Asinelli Sassone = € 40'000.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1259 Italy

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    Base Atlantica 1944 (Jan): Compl. set six values 5 c. brown to 50 c. violet, 5 c. with ovpt. flaw 'Repub lica' instead of 'Repubblica', all tied by "FORZE SUBACQUEE ITALIANE IN ATLANTICO 16.2.44 XXI" to pieces. Cert. Raybaudi (1989) Sassone = € 8'250.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 950 CHF

    Lot# : 1260 Italy

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    Seconda Guerra Mondiale Liubiana 1941: Airmail 20 d. dark green in rare perf. 12½ x 12¾, unused with gum, signed Dr. Dub, cert. Colla (2016).
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 170 CHF

    Lot# : 1261 Italy

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    Italian Occupation of Zante 1941: Greece Airmail 50 lepta brown, overprinted in violet 'Occupazione Militare de Zante / 1-5-XIX' in violet, a fresh and fine example with full unmounted og. Signed Sorani (2014) with photocopy of certificate of the original block of four.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 250 CHF

    Lot# : 1262 Italy

    Zona Fiumano Kupa 1941 (May 16): The overprinted set of 12 values used (Sassone = € 1'800) with 12 d. and 16 d. values with cert. Colla, June 1941 with original set with further overprints, 1942 overprinted set of three mint (Sassone 36/38, 15 sets), also 'Lubiana' Postage Due set optd. 'Co. Ci.' (five mint sets) or 'Lubiana' (five mint sets). A good lot. Sassone = € 6'500.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1263 Italy

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    Occupation of Sibenik, Croatia 1943/44: Italy Postage definitive values from 5 c. to 1 l. 75 c., (10), Airmail values from 50 c. to 2 l. (4), Express 1 l. 25 c. green and Postage Dues 10 c. to 30 c. (4) all nineteen stamps overprinted "N. D. / H." (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska) in black. Fresh and very fine unused set with large part or unmounted og., in exceptional condition for this rare local issue. Some signed Marjanovic. Cert. Berislav Pervan (2016).
    Starting bid : 1,700 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1264 Italy

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    Yugoslavia Occupation of Trieste 1945: 1 lira on watermarked 30 c. brown, a fine mint example of this rare stamp, unmounted og. Signed A. Diena, R. Mondolfo. Cert. Colla (2016) Sassone = € 2'000.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 360 CHF

    Lot# : 1265 Italy

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    Occupation of Pola, Istria, Yugoslavia 1945 (June): Set of 12 values unused, including the rare 1 l. on 50 c. violet, Bandiera 5 l. on 2 l. 50 c. carmine and Airmail 50 c. on 25 c. green, all fresh and fine, unmounted og. Cert. Colla (2015) Sassone = € 700.
    Starting bid : 200 CHF
    Hammer price : 200 CHF

    Lot# : 1266 Italy

    1852/1990. Lot several hundred stamps used/unused, mainly small values, starting with some values issued for the Papal State, plenty of duplicats, small section of San Marino, a few cards and covers etc, good to mixed condition and housed in four stockbooks.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1267 Italy

    1860/1960: Lot several hundred stamps used/unused or in mint condition from Italy incl. some better single values, full sets as Zeppelin issue, Football championship 1934 and others, duplicats as well as plenty of modern Vatican mint incl. blocs of four, good condition and housed in one album and in three stockbooks.
    Starting bid : 150 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1268 Italy

    1861/1961c.: Collection, rather messily arranged but with some rare items noted, including 1932 Dante Airmail 100 l. unused (3), 1934 Football airmail set of four, Italian Levant Constantinople set of eight to 40 piastres unused and further useful Levant Offices and Colonial material, San Marino with 1954 1000 l. Airmail unused, Trieste 1950 100 lire brown (Granoturco) optd AMG-FTT in an imperforate vertical pair unused (with Friedl cert., 1956); Vatican with 1933 pictorial set unused, 1935 Congress set of six unm. og. and used, 1939 Archeology set of six unused and used, 1951 Airmail 300 l. and 500 l. fine used, etc. Viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 750 CHF

    Lot# : 1269 Italy

    1861/1971c.: Large accumulation on leaves and on cards with much of interest noted incl. some attractive Italian States with Sardinia and Tuscany particularly noted, Italy with 1891 5 c. green unused (4 examples, Sassone 59 = € 1'200+), Vatican 1949 UPU set of two unused, further Vatican with commemoratives showing 'double perforation' varieties, covers / cards, Parcel Post labels on registered receipt forms, album of San Marino etc.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,200 CHF

    Lot# : 1270 Italy

    1960/2014: Nearly compl. collection several thousand stamps in mint condition, incl. single values, blocs of four, full sets, souvenir sheets, miniature sheets, booklets, plenty of face values since currency change in 2001 as well a some other product of the new issues department of Italy, very high investment figure, housed in eleven MARINI albums.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 1271 Italy

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    1851/89: Lot ten stamps incl. Toscana 1851 Marzocco, eight used values incl. 2 s. scarlet on blueish paper, a fresh and fine example, Regno 1863 Torino print 40 c. rose-carmine and 1889 45 c. grey-green, both unused. Four certs. Sassone = € 32'000.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,700 CHF

    Lot# : 1272 Italy

    1851/1950ca.: Interesting Collection thousands used/unused stamps incl. Papal States 1852 50 baj. used and 1 sc. unused, Modena 1852 1 l. used, Two Sicilies, Parma with Arms definitives used and provisional definitives unused, Romagna, Sardinia 1851 5 c. black used and 80 c. rose unused, 1853 embossed definitives used, 1861 3 l. bronce used, Tuscany, Italy Regno 1863 Viktor Emanuele 40 c. carmine unused, 1879 30 c. used, 1889 5. green & red used, 1923 Manzoni set unused, 1930 Balbos unused, 1933 Zeppelin set used, 1934 Mondiali set unused, parcel stamps, postage due, WWI Occupation Issues Venezia Giulia, Trentino on Austrian definitives with 90 h. carmine and 4 kr. green unused, Hilfspost Meran, Fiume, WWII Occupation Issues Lubiana, Ionian Islands, Campione, Italian offices abroad Levant 1922 postage due 2 l. and 5 l. blue & carmine, Aegean Islands, Rhodes, in addition San Marino 1877/1960ca. incl. 1877 Arms definitives 30 c. brown and 40 c. violett unused, 1892, 1 l. carmine on yellow used, 1903 Monte Titano compl. set unused, 1931 Airmail set unused, 1932 Garibaldi set unused, 1933 Zeppelin set unused, 1935 Delfico set unused, 1951 Airmail unused, Trieste, Vatican 1929/60ca. incl. 1934 ovpt. definitive set unused, 1948 Airmail stamps unused, and Crete. Must be viewed to be fully appreciated.
    Starting bid : 4,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 10,000 CHF

    Lot# : 1273 Italy

    1805/55: Range of covers/entire letters (17) all related to Sanitary Departments or Disinfected, with 1806 entire from Reno with framed POSTA DI / MEDECINA in red, 1807 entires (2) from Reno showing framed SANITA handstamp in black, 1831 entire from Augsburg disinfected in transit to Florence, 1836 entires (2) from Constantinople to Trieste showing circular Arms 'Netto Di Fuori E Di Dentro' applied at Semlin (one with red wax seal where re-closed), 1854 entire letter from Forli with oval framed 'Provincia Di Forli / Disinfettata / Rimini' in black, 1855 covers (2) with circular "Ferrara / Netta Fuori / e dentro" in black on reverse. Generally fine, an interesting assembly.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 260 CHF

    Lot# : 1274 Italy

    1900/50: Lot 210 covers, cards, picture postcards and postal stationery items from Italy and related aereas as Fiume and Trieste, incl. airmails, various uses, censor mail, buisiness and daily mail etc., mainly in good condition, in a small box.
    Starting bid : 250 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1275 Italy

    Ship Cancellations 1859/1906c.: Range of off cover stamps & pieces (20) and covers (5), with Sardinia 40 c. red cancelled 'Via Di / Mare' in black, Naples 2 gr. cancelled on arrival in Sicily, range of Austria, France and Greek usages with Steamship cancels, 1866 cover with Italy 20 c. on 15 c. blue used on cover to Naples with "Piroscafi Mercantili / Estero" in red, covers to Malta with framed "Piroscafi / Postali / Italiani" markings etc. Ex collection Del Bianco.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1276 Italy

    1855/62: Lot four covers incl. Papal States 1855 cover JESI to Paris with 6 baj. and 7 baj. (2) full franking to destination cancelled by crisp grill handstamps, Lombardo-Veneto 1862 cover VENEZIA to Torino with 1858 3 so. (2) and 10 so., Regno 1863 Printed Matter entire FIRENZE to Varese with 1862 2 c. bistre brown, and 1863 cover SPOLETO to Roma with 1863 Italy 15 c. blue and Sardinia 1855/61 5 c. yellow green. An appealing selection, two certs.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1277 Italy

    1851/80 ca.: Interesting Lot 52 covers incl. Lombardo-Veneto Austrian 1850 6 kr. brown used in Venezia, "Bollo illegale" and taxed, 1858 5 so. red with partial Andreas' cross, Modena 1852 15 c. Mirandola to Bevere and 25 c. Modena to Toscolano, Papal States 1852 issue 5 baj. on part paid cover to Napoli, pair 8 baj. and 4 baj. on 1865 cover to France, 1868 issue 5 c. four examples on inland cover and 10 c. & 20 c. on inland registered cover, Sardinia 1853 20 c. blue Genova to Torino, 1863 40 c. carmine in diff. shades on covers to France (8), Sicily 1859 Ferdinand 1 gr. olive green in a pair on a local Palermo cover, Toscana 1860 provisional issue 10 c. brown & 20 c. blue Livorno per Vapore to Messina, and Regno 1862 40 c. carmine Bari to Nice France, 1863 mixed franking Italy 15 c. blue and Sardinia 1862 5 c. green to the Papal States, two covers taxed upon arrival, and Rayon limitrophe cover 1861 Tradate to Locano Switzerland.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,100 CHF

    Lot# : 1278 Italy

    1832/1960: Interesting cover lot 280 covers/cards mainly to Switzerland, including pre-stamp, military mail, registered and express mail, Trieste and many commercial usages with better frankings, viewing recommended.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : 1,300 CHF

    Lot# : 1279 Italy

    1900/1945: Album with 136 covers/cards with interesting usages and better frankings, uprated stationery items, express delivery and airmails with many censored to Switzerland from Trentino - Alto Adige, Venezia Giulia, Croatia, further Italian occupation of Albania (1939/40) and Lubiana with German occupation and issues for Montenegro as well as Repubblica Sociale. A fine offer.
    Starting bid : 1,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 2,600 CHF

    Lot# : 1280 Italy

    1900/50: Selection with 495 picture postcards used and unused showing various sites around Lago di Como, Lago di Garda, Lago di Lugano and Lago Maggiore,  incl. some lithographs, black and white photographs, Hotels etc., partly some duplication, the used ones mostly addressed to Switzerland, some used cards also show a lifted stamp, otherwise average to good condition and every card in it's own plastic sleeve, the whole arranged in a small box.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1281 Italy

    1900/50: Special selection with 375 picture postcards used and unused from a dealer's stock, all from Southern Tyrolia, showing early lithographs, street scenes, mountaineering, Hotels, alp transits, Dolomitian mountains, few street and cable cars etc., some cards show a lifted stamp, otherwise average to good condition and every card in it's own plastic sleeve, housed in a small box.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1282 Italy

    1900/50: Lot 480 picture postcards used and unused from a dealer's stock, incl. early lithographs, topographic views, destructions during WW 1, Hotels, views of San Marino, street cars, cable cars, life at the beach and others, some cards show a lifted stamp, otherwise average to good condition and every card in it's own plastic sleeve, the whole arranged in a small box.
    Starting bid : 350 CHF
    Hammer price : 300 CHF

    Lot# : 1283 Italy

    1900/60: Loth with 680 picture postcards used and unused from a dealer's stock, incl. some early lithographs, topographic views, street scenes, ships and harbour sceneries, street cars, castles and bridges, sites around Lago di Garda, life at the beach, Hotels, rural life, views of San Marino and some others, some cards show a lifted stamp, otherwise average to good condition and every card in it's own plastic sleeve, housed in a box.
    Starting bid : 500 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF

    Lot# : 1284 Italy

    1900/60: Important selection with 840 picture postcards used and unused from a dealer's stock, incl. early lithographs, topographic views, some advertising cards, ships and harbour sceneries, Leporellos, street cars, Hotels, religious topics, rural and social life, Volcanos, military life and some others, few duplication and some used cards show a lifted stamp, otherwise average to good condition and every card in it's own plastic sleeve, the whole arranged in a box.
    Starting bid : 750 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1285 Italy

    1900/60: Important selection 1500 picture postcards used and unused from a dealer's stock, sorted in alphabetical order from Albagasio up to Verona, incl. early lithographs, topographic views, street scenes. Hotels, street cars, ships and harbour sceneries, life at the beach and many others, partly some duplication, some used cards show a lifted stamps, otherwise average to good conditon and every card in it's own plastic sleeve, all neatly arranged in a box.
    Starting bid : 2,000 CHF
    Hammer price : not sold

    Lot# : 1295 Italy

    1941/45: Lot used/unused stamps incl. local C.L.N. issues, Polish corps, as well as occupation issues Liubiana and Montenegro, in addition twelve covers.
    Starting bid : 400 CHF
    Hammer price : 400 CHF
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