U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; The John Pednault Collection of Ireland; Brazil
December 1-2, 2015 and December 3, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #675 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 $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #676 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1860 1/2 baj black, dull gray, block of four, good margins at sides including dividing lines at left, cut in to touching at top and bottom, cancelled by grids on large part (side flaps missing and part of address portion excised) of outer FL to Perugia, with arrival (31 Aug) pmk alongside; also diagonal half of 2baj black, yellow green, used as 1baj on back of outer FL from Ancona (3 Mar) to Castlelperetti, with green municipality markings on both sides (Sass.1,3) Catalog #1,3a Catalog Value €14,650 | Unsold |
 | Lot #677 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 #678 ITALIAN STATES Roman States 1858 (18 Aug) outer FL from Civitavecchia to Napoli, franked with 7baj and 8baj, each with margins all around, cancelled by black grids, disinfection slits and red arrival pmks, fine Catalog #8,9 | Unsold |
 | Lot #679 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 States (cat. Euro 82,500 just for the 50 Bajocchi on c Catalog #Sass.7Aa,12a | Unsold |
