U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 19-20, 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1535 ITALY 1901 40c brown "Floreali", n.h., post office fresh, with Raybaudi cert. (Sass.74) ** Catalog #83 Catalog Value Euro 2,000 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1536 ITALY 1927 Volta, 20c violet (color adapted for Italian Colonies and overprinted), unissued without overprint, four used singles, cancelled "Cirene/Cirenaica 11.12.1927", "Saganeiti 31 Dec. 1927 (Eritrea)", "Sirt 3.12.1927Tripolitania" and "Belet-Uen Somalia Italiana 29.12.1927", last one cancelled in blue on small piece, fine and probably unique group, with 1983 Sorani cert. "un insieme assai raramente reperibile" Catalog #Sass.210A | Unsold |
 | Lot #1537 ITALY 1928 "Emanuele Filiberto" 30c green & brown, center inverted, unused with full original gum, usual centering, with tiny brown offset of center at left, fine example of this rarity. Only one sheet of these inverts was sold at thepost office in Bologna. The owner did not notice the error and placed most of the stamps on a parcel. Most of the stamps were used, only two (!) exist with full original gum, signed Diena, with 2004 Raybaudi and 2006 Diena certificates * Catalog #Sass.228a Catalog Value Euro 62,500+ | Price Realized $47,500.00 |
 | Lot #1538 ITALY 1949 "Republica Romana", 100L brown, sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f., with 1989 Oliva cert. (Sass.600)  **Catalog #518 Catalog Value Euro 1,300 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1539 ITALY 1961 "Gronchi Rosa", n.h., v.f. (Sass.921) ** Catalog #834a Catalog Value Euro 1,750 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1540 ITALY 1961 "Gronchi Rosa", top sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with Raybaudi cert. ** Catalog #834a | Price Realized $750.00 |
| Lot #1541 ITALY 1976 400L Regular Issue "Italia", imperf. top sheet margin block of 20, n.h., some gum offsets and inclusions, otherwise v.f., with Raybaudi cert. for the entire sheet from which this block originated **Catalog #998Wvar | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #1542 ITALY 1976 Paintings, 150L blue, imperforate sheet of 25, some wrinkles and offsets on reverse, fine-v.f., with Raybaudi cert. (Sass.1339) PCatalog #1228var | Price Realized $900.00 | |
 | Lot #1543 ITALY Air Post. 1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile flight, cover franked with the special "Volo Transpolare Norge" vignette, canc. Ciampino, Rome, 8.4.26 and addressed to Nome, Alaska, signed by crew member (Maresciallo Ettore Arduino), v.f.  | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1544 ITALY Air Post. 1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Transpolar flight cover to Nome, Alaska, with "Norge" vignette affixed on back, signed by a crew member (Arduino), v.f. | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1545 ITALY Air Post Officials. 1933 Servizio di Stato, n.h., some gum toning, v.f. (Sass.2) ** Catalog #CO2 Catalog Value Euro 1,700 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1546 ITALY Postage Dues. 1869 10c red brown, unused, with full original gum, never hinged and post office fresh, well centered, v.f. A postage due rarity, especially unhinged, with 1989 Dr.Enzo Diena cert. (Sass.S2) ** Catalog #J2 Catalog Value Euro 11,000 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
