Lot
103 
Lombardy-Venetia, 1850 Arms 15c red, hand-made paper, type I, with four margins, tied on 1850 folded letter from Rovigo to Venice with boxed "Rovigo 5-9 50" datestamp, Venice receiving backstamp, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Michel No. 3 X a. Sassone No. 3.Scott No. 4b Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $110
Lot
104
Lombardy-Venetia, 1850 Arms 30c pale brown, hand-made paper, type I, with four large even margins, tied to 1850 folded letter to Mantova, with boxed "Treviso, 23.10.50" datestamp, receiving cds on reverse, Extremely Fine, a very clean and attractive cover. Michel No. 4 X a. Sassone No. 7.Scott No. 5c Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $70
Lot
105
Modena, 1852, 5c black on green, without period after value, top margin single with four margins, tied to 1855 letter sheet used locally in Reggio, with blue barred cancel, backstamped with "Reggio 9 Genn, 1855", Very Fine; signed Raybaudi. Sassone No. 1.Scott No. 1 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $180
Lot
106
Modena, 1855, 5c black on olive green, with period after value, sheet margin single with portion of adjacent stamp at top, tied on 1857 folded letter from Reggio to Modena with barred grid, straightline "Reggio 16 Mar" datestamp at right, backstamped with blue "Modena Mar 17, 1857" cds, Extremely Fine, a stunning margin single on cover and very scarce this nice; signed Diena, Raybaudi & Colla, with 1977 En. Diena certificate. Sassone No. 8.Scott No. 6a Estimate $200 - 300.
Realized: $290
Lot
107
Naples, 1858, Arms, 2g pale lake, double transfer, four large margins, tied on 1859 folded letter sheet from Naples to Campobasso per S.Elia, with boxed "Annullato" cancel, backstamped with red two "Napoli 1858, 16 Gen" datestamp, Extremely Fine, a scarce variety on cover; `signed A. Diena, with 1986 E. Diena certificate. Sassone No. 5m.Scott No. 3 var. Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot
108
Papal/Roman States, 1852, 4b black on lemon, bottom margin single with portion of adjacent stamp at left, slightly in at upper left, tied on blue 1855 folded letter from Fano to Spoleto with straightline "Fano" cancel, backstamped "Spoleto 23 Mag, 1855" cds, Extremely Fine; signed Bolaffi, Colla. Sassone No. 5 var.Scott No. 5 Estimate $100 - 150.
Realized: $80
Lot
109
Parma, 1857, 25c red brown, four large margins, tied on 1859 folded letter sheet from Fiorenzuola to Milan by small boxed grid, "Fiorenzuola 10 Maggio 1859" cds at right, Extremely Fine, rare; signed A.Diena, with 1998 Sorani Certificate. Sassone No. 10.Scott No. 10 Estimate $300 - 400.
AN APPEALING 1857 25C COVER.
Lot
110
Parma, 1859 Provisional Govt. 20c pale blue, four large even margins, tied on 1859 folded letter sheet from Piacenza to Milan by "Piacenza 28 Dec, 1859" cds, backstamped "Milan 29 Dec, 1860" cds, Extremely Fine and scarce; signed A. Diena, Raybaudi, with 2009 Sorani certificate. Sassone No. 15.Scott No. 14 Estimate $300 - 400.
Realized: $230
Lot
111
Romagna, 1859, 3b black on dark green, four large balanced margins, tied on 1859 folded letter from Faeza to Bologna with diamond grid, "Faenza 15 Sept, 1859" cds at left, backstamped with "Bologna 16 Sept, 1859" cds, Extremely Fine; signed Friedl, Em. Diena & Colla, with 1999 Sorani Certificate. Sassone No. 4.Scott No. 4 Estimate $750 - 1,000.
A RARE 1859 3B BLACK ON DARK GREEN COVER.
Lot
112
Romagna, 1859, 8b black on rose, four large even margins, tied on 1859 folded letter sheet to Milano with diamond grid handstamp, "Ferrara, 25 Set, 59" cds just below, receiving cds on reverse, Extremely Fine; 1975 A. Diena & 1995 En. Diena certificates. Sassone No. 8.Scott No. 8 Estimate $3,000 - 4,000.
A RARE AND DESIRABLE 1859 8B BLACK ON ROSE ISSUE ON COVER.
Realized: $1,600