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Lot 1551 |
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Lombardy-Venetia 1858 Franz Joseph 5s red, type I (10a), original gum, F.-V.F. Sassone 25 €3,200 ($3,460).
Scott $2,400
Expertization: signed Sorani with his 2006 certificate.
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Lot 1552 |
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Lombardy-Venetia 1864 Double Eagle 15s yellow brown, perf 9½ (24), exceptionally fresh and bright with full, never hinged original gum, F.-V.F. Sassone 45 €1,650 for hinged ($1,780).
Scott $1,250 for hinged
Expertization: signed Ferchenbauer with his 1987 Attest.
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Lot 1553 |
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Modena 1859 Provisional Govt. 5c green (10), remarkably fresh with large margins and full original gum, Extremely Fine and choice. Sassone 12 €2,400 ($2,590).
Scott $1,450
Expertization: signed Sorani with his 2006 certificate.
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Lot 1554 |
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Naples 1860 Cross of Savoy ½t blue (9), large margins, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $3,800
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Lot 1555 |
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Naples 1859, 1g, 2g & 10g (12, 13c, 16), tied on 1860 folded letter from Siracusa 4 May) to Naples (8 May) via Messina (7 May), Very Fine. Sassone 5c, 8b, 12.
Estimate $750 - 1,000
Expertization: signed Raybaudi with his 1993 certificate.
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Lot 1556 |
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Naples & Sicily/Two Sicilies 1861, 50g slate blue (27b), small Napoli double circle datestamp, cut close on all sides, bright, fresh and completely sound; a very rare stamp when postally used.
Scott $11,500
Expertization: signed E. Diena, Sismondo.
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Lot 1557 |
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Papal/Roman States 1852, 1b black on gray green, second setting (2 var.), upper left corner margin block of 9, original gum, lightly hinged (five stamps never hinged), fresh and Very Fine. Sassone 2B €1,620 as hinged singles ($1,750)
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Lot 1558 |
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Papal/Roman States 1852, 7b black on blue (8), left sheet margin block of four, full margins and bright color, original gum, lightly hinged, Very Fine, signed Sorani. Sassone 8.
Scott $5,700 as singles
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Lot 1559 |
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Papal/Roman States 1852, 50b dull blue (10), large margins, used with vertical pair of 5b black on rose (6) on folded letter from Rome to Turin, 17 Jan 1854, manuscript "80" and red "12" rate markings; folded vertically for display, Very Fine and very rare.
Scott $6,750
Expertization: signed Raybaudi with his 1993 certificate.
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Lot 1560 |
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Papal/Roman States 1867, 3c black on lilac gray (13a), full margins and light lozenge cancel, Very Fine. Sassone 14 €4,000 ($4,320).
Scott $2,500
Expertization: signed Sorani with his 2006 certificate.
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Lot 1561 |
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Parma 1859, 10c-40c (13-15), all with large margins and full original gum (with hinge remnants), Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Sassone 13, 14, 16 €5,100 ($5,510).
Scott $3,375
Expertization: each signed Sorani with his 2006 certificate.
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Lot 1562 |
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Romagna 1859, 3b black on dark green (4), large margins, neatly tied on folded official printed circular from Bologna to Gaggio Montano in Jan 1859, fresh and Very Fine.
Scott $2,250
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Lot 1563 |
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Romagna 1859, 8b black on rose (8), tied on piece by lozenge cancel, large margins, fresh and Very Fine. Sassone 8 €3,500 ($3,780).
Scott $1,800
Expertization: signed Em. Diena with 2006 Sorani Certificate.
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Lot 1564 |
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Sardinia 1851 Victor Emmanuel II 5c black (1a), fresh and neatly canceled with large to oversize margins, Very Fine to Extremely Fine. Sassone 1 €3,750 ($4,050).
Scott $2,150
Expertization: signed Senf.
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Lot 1565 |
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Sicily 1859, ½g, 2g, 5g & 50g Ferdinand II (10, 13, 15, 18), all bright and fresh with full original gum and at least part of a frame line showing on all sides, F.-V.F. Sassone 1, 8, 11, 14 €3,800 ($4,100).
Scott $5,450
Expertization: all signed Sorani, 50g with his certificate.
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Lot 1566 |
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Sicily 1859 Ferdinand II 50g dark brown red (18), fresh and neatly canceled with three framelines and barely in at right, F.-V.F. Sassone 14 €8,500 ($9,180).
Scott $4,750
Expertization: signed Em. Diena with 2006 Sorani Certificate.
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Lot 1567 |
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Tuscany 1851-52, 1s yellow bister on bluish (2c), clear to large margins except barely touching at lower right, bright color and neat Lugo(lo) town cancel, 25 Jun 1854, F.-V.F. Sassone 2 €3,000 ($3,240).
Scott $3,000
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Lot 1568 |
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Tuscany 1860 Provisional Govt. 10c deep brown (19), deep, rich color and four clear margins, original gum, F.-V.F. Sassone 19 €5,500 ($5,940).
Scott $5,000
Expertization: signed Sorani with his 2006 certificate.
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Lot 1569 |
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Tuscany 1860 Provisional Govt. 20c blue (20), full to large margins, unused without gum, fresh and Very Fine. Sassone 20 €4,000 ($4,320).
Scott $3,750
Expertization: signed Sorani with his 2006 certificate.
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