U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
September 11-12, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #816 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 1/2 Baj gray blue and diagonal half of 3 Baj orange brown, showing dividing lines, tied by grids and paying 2 Bajocchi on printed poster used in 1853 from Ferrara to Mesola, with special "Secretaria Generale Ferrara" handstamp applied on both sides, v.f. and especially rare fractional usage from the Papal States, signed Diena, Colla etc., with 1971 Diena and 2007 Dr.Giorgio Colla Asinelli certificates ("A mio parere il manifesto e originale al pari degli annulli e dei francobolli tuttora in ottimo stato di conservazione; rarissimo frazionamento, e lo annovero tra le grandi rarita dei franzionati di Pontificio")  Catalog #Sass.1a,4 Catalog Value €60,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #817 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1858 4b black, grayish oily ink, unused with full original gum, margins all around except just nicked at bottom right, otherwise v.f., with 1979 Philatelic Foundation and 2000 Colla certificates ("4 baj grigio biancastro - pseudo oleoso, non catalogato nel Sassone appartente all famiglia dei gialli chari del 1858") * Catalog #5h Catalog Value $24,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #818 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 6baj black on gray, "grigio perla", full margins all around, original gum, fresh and v.f., with 2005 Sorani cert. (Sass.7Aa) * Catalog #7var Catalog Value €2,850 | Unsold |
 | Lot #819 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1865 (4 Oct) outer folded letter from Rome, addressed via England to Monsignor John Bede Polding (the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Australia. Apart from the many churches he founded, Polding began the construction of the second St Mary's Cathedral and also founded the Sisters of the Good Samaritan in Sydney), franked with 6 Baj Purple Gray (grigio perla) and 60 Baj ultramarine (defective plate), each with margins all around, especially the rare 50 Bajocchi, with beautifully even and actually huge margins for the issue, red 8 October Culoz transit cds, also additional 9 October (Marseilles) and Sydney 12 December 1865 arrival pmks on back, v.f., signed Dr. Giorgio Colla Asinelli, with his 2003 Certificate (the "50 Bajocchi is the most beautiful example I have ever examined"). An extraordinary letter from the Roman States to Australia, certainly unique franking and undoubtedly one of the most important pieces of postal history from the Papal State, as well as for collector of Australia, incoming Catalog #Sass.7Aa,12a | Unsold |
 | Lot #820 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1852 1 Scudo rose, unused without gum, margins all around, good color, small thin, fine appearance, (*) Catalog #11 Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $160.00 |
