U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #740 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 1/2b black, vertical tete-beche pair, Ferrara cds, ample margins for this issue, fine and extremely rare "variety", which only occurred a handful of times in the earliest issues, signed A. Diena, with 1989 E. Diena cert. (Scott's cat. value $32,500) O Catalog #1f Catalog Value € 50,000 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #741 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1859 FL franked with 1/3 of 3b black and 1/2 of 8b black, paying the 5b rate from Bologna to Firenze, stamps tied by black grid cancels, with Bologna "15.Jul.59" cds, with faint arrival on reverse, some extraneous ink removed, still a v.f. example of this rare double fractional usage caused by the shortage of 5b stamps, with 1990 Diena and 2001 Sismondo certs (Sass. 4e,9a)   Catalog #4e,9a Catalog Value € 21,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #742 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1868 5c dark blue, "azzuro scuro", block of four, lower left stamp n.h., others l.h., fine-v.f., with 2002 Sorani cert. (Sass. 25d; catalogue value for hinged singles, without any premium for the n.h. stamp or the block of four) */**Catalog #21var Catalog Value € 15,000 | Unsold |
