Sale 42: Worldwide Stamps & Covers

Lot 1425    

Italy, 1862 Victor Emmanuel II 80c orange. Tied on fragment by Livorno town cancel, intact perf all around, F.-V.F. Scott No. 21 $2,000.
Sassone No. 4    €2,750 ($3,767).

Realized: $300

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Lot 1426    

Italy, 1865 Victor Emmanuel II 15c blue, London Printing. O.g., attractively centered, bright color, Very Fine. Scott No. 29 $3,000.
Sassone No. L18    €3,500 ($4,795).

Realized: $400

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Lot 1427    

Italy, 1961, 205l rose lilac, Presidential Visit. The rare withdrawn error of design, full o.g., Very Fine.
Scott No. 834a    $1,650.

Realized: $550

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Lot 1428    

Italy, Airmail, 1928 Nobile Polar Exploration Semi-Official Error. Margin pair, front with black overprints normal, reverse with tête-bêche black overprints, only one sheet believed to have been recorded, one stamp with tiny paper adhesion, both stamps signed in pencil, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine and rare. Sanabria No. S4c var.
Estimate    $400 - 600.

Realized: $250

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Lot 1429    

Italy, Airmail Semi-Official, 1919, Vienna-Padua-Prague Flight. Striking illustration of biplane over Vienna, issued for use of Italian Military Mission at Vienna to prepay airmail carried on Italian planes, o.g. (gum crease), attractive Very Fine appearance; signed.
Sanabria No. S1    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $145

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Lot 1430    

Italy, Airmail Semi-Official, 1926, Trans-Polar Flight Amundsen Nobile Ellsworth. Inverted frame se-tenant with regular, with dramatic illustration of Zeppelin over North Pole, o.g., Very Fine, listed but not priced in Sanabria catalog; both signed.
Sanabria No. S3f    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $145

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Lot 1431    

Italy, Airmail Semi-Official, 1928 Nobile Polar Exploration Semi-Official Air Post. Printed on gum side of C7 (1.20l brown) as listed in Sanabria, very scarce thus, Very Fine, very rare; signed.
Sanabria No. S4c    Estimate $300 - 400.

Realized: $145

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Lot 1432    

Italy, Postage Due, 1874, 10L blue & brown. O.g., paper hinge remnant, couple nibbed perf at lower right, otherwise Fine. Scott No. J19 $6,500.
Sassone No. 18    €8,000 ($10,960).

Realized: $800

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Lot 1433    

Italy, 1911, 15L King Victor Emmanuel Booklet Panes. Intact booklet, with black on blue cover, containing 2 (of original 4) panes of 6, brownish gum with a few slightly toned perfs otherwise no separations, very rare as unexploded booklet, o.g., never hinged, handsome Very Fine appearance.
Scott No. 123c; $390 as stamps    Estimate $400 - 600.

Realized: $210

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Lot 1434 o   

Italy, 1924-25, Series of Stamps with Advertising Labels Complete. Impressive complete set of 19 of these attractive issues, perf 14 and imperforate between, the highest cataloguing examples all signed A. Diena, rarely offered as a complete set, mostly light cds cancellations, F.-V.F. and rare.
Scott No. 96b-87d    $4,250.

Realized: $1,150

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