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Lot# : 2565 Italy
1863/72c: Selection 70 covers/entires with De La Rue frankings showing postmark and shade interest, rarely seen destinations incl. single and multiple frankings with 1 c. green (2), 2 c. brown, 5 c. grey-green (5), 10 c. ochre (12), 15 c. celeste (20), 30 c. brown (4), 40 c. carmine (8) & 60 c. lilac (3). Also frankings with different face values (15), one a first day usage of the new 20 c. rate of January 1865. An interesting lot ex collection Provera, four certificates.Starting bid : 600 CHFHammer price : 1,200 CHFLot# : 2566 Italy
1863/72c: Selection 15 covers/entires with De La Rue frankings showing postmark and shade interest, rare destinations incl. single and multiple frankings with 5 c. grey-green, 10 c. ochre (2), 15 c. celeste (3), 30 c. brown (2), 40 c. carmine & 60 c. lilac, also five frankings with different face values or combination usages. The interesting lot includes the British experimental TORINO cds manuscript cancellations, two covers with 55 c. rate to Veneto, one with strongly shifted perforation, 10 c. in block of four to France, quintuple rate inland cover, two covers to Switzerland, 1864 cover from Napoli to Nizza, the 40 c. adhesive tied in transit by "LIVORNO / VIA DI MARE" handstamp, and 60 c. franking tied by "VIA / DI MARE" handstamp in red to cover directed to London, six certificates.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,400 CHFLot# : 2567 Italy
1865/70c: Selection 59 covers/entires with rate and cancellation interest incl. 15 covers with 1865 type I, five covers with 1865 type II, nine covers with 1865 type III, and 22 covers with 1867 Effigie 20 c. blue. Also eight covers with mixed frankings of these issues with 1863/66 DLR & Torino printings. A diverse lot ex collection Provera, seven certificates.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 800 CHFLot# : 2568 Italy
1865/70c: Selection 21 covers/entires with rate and cancellation interest incl. four covers with 1865 type I, two of them as double franking with type II; four covers with 1865 type II, one of them as double franking to France, one after the end of its validity in 1871 with 30 c. due adhesive; five covers with 1865 type III, one written in Zante and taxed as completely unpaid with '6' decimi upon arrival, one pair on cover to Rome, an uncancelled pair after the end of their validity; and seven covers with 1867 Effigie 20 c. blue, incl. mixed franking of London & Torino print, and mixed franking with the 'changed colour' 10 c. blue to pay correctly the UPU rate. A diverse and interesting lot, ex collection Provera, six certificates.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,600 CHFLot# : 2569 Italy
1868/80c: Selection 65 covers/documents with Torino printings, a large variety of usages primarily of the lower values up to 20 centesimi, also combinations with other Torino values, incl. 5 covers with 1 c. green-olive with single and double frankings on complete printed matter entires, 14 covers with 2 c. 'rosso mattone', nine single frankings, also five mixed franking with other values on printed matter to Switzerland and 20 c. franking. 5 c. green-grey 15 covers with eight single frankings, one of them with add. 'Marche de bollo' adhesives, two pairs, four strips or blocks of four, and a cover with eight examples; 10 c. yellow-ochre, 16 covers with single or multiple usages; four 30 c. brown frankings three abroad, also registered inland cover with five examples; 40 c. red-carmine four covers; 60 c. lilac three covers with single frankings, and four additional mixed frankings. Two certificates.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 460 CHFLot# : 2570 Italy
1868/80c: Selection 17 covers/documents with Torino printings, a large variety of usages incl. bisected and imperforated adhesives, inverted watermark, mass frankings, cancellation interest, combination with later issues, three-colour and 'Two Kings' frankings, better destinations such as Corfu, Mexico and Uruguay, the last one with 2 lire franking, unfortunately one adhesive missing. An interesting lot ex collection Provera, eight certificates.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 2571 Italy
1877/80c: Selection 20 covers / documents with frankings of the 1877/79 Vittorio Emanuele II definitive issue with changed colours, a group with postmark and franking interest incl. 10 c. blue, five single and two double frankings, 20 c. ochre-orange eight single frankings and a pair, also five combination frankings with each other or 20c. with Torino 5 c. on UPU cover to France. Ex collection Provera.Starting bid : 120 CHFHammer price : 260 CHFLot# : 2572 Italy
Regno di Re Umberto I, overprinted Official Stamps 1878 (Jan): Group three printed matter wrappers or entires showing single frankings with the variety "Inverted Overprint' / 'Soprastampa Capovolta', bearing either 2 c. on 20 c. lake (Sassone 31b) on two items or 2 c. on 2 l. lake (Sassone 34b). Very rare adhesives on cover, three certs. E. Diena Sassone = € 52'000.Starting bid : 1,500 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHFLot# : 2573 Italy
1879/89c: Selection 48 covers / stationeries with usages of the first 1889 Umberto definitives with rate and cancellation interest, primarily of the lower denominations up to 20 centesimi, incl. 5 c. green (5), 10 c. carmine single or double frankings (20), 20 c. orange up to triple frankings (15), 25 c. blue (3), 50 c. violet and five bicoloured usages. Interesting group, ex collection Provera.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 600 CHFLot# : 2574 Italy
1889/1901c: Selection 15 covers / stationeries with usages of the first 1889 Umberto definitives, 1890 ovpt. parcel stamps, 1890 ovpt. definitives, 1891/96 later Umberto definitives, and 1896/97 Stemma di Savoia issue, with rate and cancellation interest, incl. bi- or tricoloured usages, mass frankings, special usages such as registration, 1898 cover to Monaco, 1894 part cover to Calcutta, 1898 'gemelli' mixed franking of Umberto 1879 20 c. orange & 1891/96 20 c. orange together with Stemma 5 c. green, 1885 heavy registered lettersheet bearing pair and strip of five, both multiples marginal of the 1879 50 c. violet adhesive, insured envelope from Firenze to Munich bearing five single examples of 1889 Umberto 1 l. brown & yellow, 1897 cover to Auckland, New Zealand, also 1901 small cover bearing a 'Two Kings' and 'gemelli' franking of 1891/96 Umberto 10 c. carmine in combination with 1901 Vittorio Emanuele III 10 c. carmine. An interesting and strong lot ex collection Provera, three certificates.rnStarting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,500 CHFLot# : 2575 Italy
1890/1950: Lot containing 127 items, including 5 items Vatican, mostly picture postcards also from the colonies, there are a few letters and stationery, e.g. a folded letter with 20 + 40 Centesimi stamps 'ESTERO' for post offices abroad from "TUNISI" to Bordeaux.Starting bid : 150 CHFHammer price : 280 CHFLot# : 2576 Italy
1901/30c: Selection 39 covers with the first 1901 Vittorio Emanuele III definitives, a group with cancellation and rate interest, incl. 1901 (July 1) First day usage of the Floreale definives, mass frankings, bi- and tricoloured frankings, 'gemelli' frankings of 1896/97 Stemma di Savoia 5 c. green and 1901 Savoy Eagle 5 c. green as well as 1905 15 / 20 c. orange and 1901 20 c. orange, special usages such as registration or on parcel card, decorative advertisement postcards, also better destinations such as Beirut or Waikumete nearby Auckland, New Zealand.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 360 CHFLot# : 2577 Italy
1905/29c: Selection 14 covers with frankings from the Vittorio Emanuele III period, with rate and franking interest, incl. 1905 (Sept 1) First Day usage of 15/20 c. orange, 1906 15 c. grey-black, a right marginal example showing variety: imperforated at right, 1919 two picture postcards from the Italian occupation of Smyrna, 1906 Falso di posta 10 c. rose in mixed franking on cover, 1910 Risorgimento 5 c. red commemorative on postcard, three 1925/29 large-scale covers with high denomination frankings, 1920 Falso di posta 15 c. grey on cover, 1925 cover with overprint 25/60 c. in a block of four, and 1926 large cover bearing 1,25 l. undigo & ultramarine in a part sheet of 20 examples with other definitives on registered envelope from Capodistria to Pola. Also 1928 Emanuele Filiberto & Anniversario della Victoria, compl. set of 13 on three perfs. used in unmounted og. condition.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 2,200 CHFLot# : 2578 Italy
1906/29c: Selection 85 covers / documents with frankings from the Vittorio Emanuele III period, with rate and franking interest, incl. mass and multicoloured frankings, registered and express mail, shifted overprints, Falso dell'epoca called of Milano mimicking 1906 10 c. rose used 1931on postcard within Venezia, also better destinations such as Sweden, Italian Levanz P.O. in Constantinople. Diverse lot ex collection Provera, three certificates.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 950 CHFLot# : 2579 Italy
Lot# : 2580 Italy
1929/45: Imperiale, selection 68 covers / documents with frankings up to the 2 lire value, a large diversity of rates incl. blind man's mail, registration, censorship, printed matter, insured and express mail, Airmail to the colonies, advertisement postcards, manuscripts, passports, and destinations such as Czechoslovakia or Egypt, also several combination frankings with earlier Vittorio Emanuele III definitives, and three usages in the Luogotenenza period. One certificate.Starting bid : 300 CHFHammer price : 440 CHFLot# : 2581 Italy
1931/41: Group 79 covers / postcards, primarily with frankings of commemorative issues, a large diversity of rates and combinations incl. registered and express mail, censored items, Zeppelin to Argentina, mail abroad to Germany, Switzerland, France, Sweden, Denmark, Malta, Yugoslavia, United Kingdom, USA, Romania, Uganda & India, mail to colonial P.O. in Tripoli, also four Airmail covers with 1928 First Flight Roma - Cagliari, 1938 two covers to Sao Paulo, one bearing Imperiale 50 l. violet, 1939 to Chile bearing Imperiale 25 l. black-blue. In addition unmounted og sets of 1932 Garibaldi & Marcia su Roma, 1934 Medaglie & Calcio (Sassone = € 2'800). A most interesting selection ex collection Provera, three certificates.Starting bid : 500 CHFHammer price : 1,800 CHFLot# : 2582 Italy
Repubblica Sociale Italiana,1944/45: Selection 48 covers with definitive and commemorative frankings, also including combination frankings with Regno, Luogotenenza & Repubblica adhesives and used in these periods, with interesting rates such as registration, express, censorship, 'gemelli' frankings, parcel stamps used as definitives. An interesting selection ex collection Provera.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 750 CHFLot# : 2583 Italy
Luogotenenza & Regno di Umberto II,1945/47: Selection 38 covers with definitive and commemorative frankings, mixed franking Regno - Luogotenenza, interesting rates such as registration, Avis de reception, 'gemelli' frankings, 1945 covers to Switzerland, 1946 to France and late usages. Ex collection Provera.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 2584 Italy
1944-51: International Gymnastic Games 1951 FDC on official envelope in excellent condition, additionally two different full sets Camipone d'Italia on cover, the second issue 'Arms' as uncirculated FDC cancel "CAMPIONE D'ITALIA 28 -6 44", the other 'views' as registered cover to Genève.Starting bid : 100 CHFHammer price : 220 CHFLot# : 2585 Italy
1945/90: Group 1'400ca covers / postcards, each carefully written up and mounted on a card, starting with Democratica definitive issue frankings, also cover quintuple franking of the 100 l. carmine, further Posta Aerea Campidoglio, 15 examples on cover, 1948 Risorgimento 100 l. grey-blue, four examples on cover to Buenos Aires, an enormous quantity of covers in 14 albums ex collection Provera at an extremely competitive starting price.rn.Starting bid : 200 CHFHammer price : 6,500 CHFLot# : 2586 Italy
Segnatasse: 1870/1948: Group 30 covers with postage due incl. 1863 cover with double local defficiency, 1871 cover from Corfu to Gallipoli with mixed usage of 2nd and 3rd segnatasse issue, 1873 unpaid cover from Zakynthos to Gallipoli taxed with 10 c. ochre & carmine (3) & 30 c. ochre & carmine, 1871 unpaid cover from Montevideo bearing 1 l. blue & brown, another 1873 cover with this due from Odessa, 1934 issue also used 1947 in the Repubblica, also 1944 Fascio ovpt. RSI due on unpaid picture postcard written by a member of the Brigata nearby Domodossola to Torino. Also three covers with fiscal stamps used to pay postal services, one pacchi postali parcelcard, and two covers with francobolli pubblicitari (FP8, FP 19). A diverse and interesting lot ex collection Provera, four certificates.Starting bid : 400 CHFHammer price : 2,400 CHF
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