U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 12-13, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #994 ITALY 1863-77 5c, 10c, 15c and 60c, imperf. singles, overprinted "Saggio", h.r., 5c with ink mark at top, otherwise fine-v.f. (Sass. 16/21S) S Catalog #26/32S Catalog Value €800 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #995 ITALY 1865 20c on 15c blue, type III (no dots, Sass. type I), well centered, h.r., v.f., with 1983 Diena cert. (Sass. 23) * Catalog #34b Catalog Value €3,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #996 ITALY 1927 St. Francis, 5L+2,50L olive green, imperforate horizontal pair, trial color proof (intended for one of the Colonies, not to be confused with "prove d'archivio" which come without gum and in issued colors), with full original gum, h.r., v.f., rare (Sass. 197P) * Catalog #183P Catalog Value €2,400 | Price Realized $325.00 |
| Lot #997 ITALY 1932 Dante Alighieri, 10c-2.75L complete in large quantities (14-308 of each, including 308x75c, 307x1.75L and 304x2.75L), unused without gum, fine-v.f. (Sass. 303-312, catalogue value for hinged) (*) Catalog #268-277 Catalog Value €24,000 | Price Realized $900.00 | |
 | Lot #998 ITALY 1926 Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945), Italian Dictator, document headed "Vittorio Emmanuelle III / Re D'Italia", dated 1926, signed by the King of Italy (Vittorio Emmanuelle) and Mussolini, as the Prime Minister, also bearing archival datestamps, fine | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #999 ITALY 1944 (27 Apr) locally used Bari cover with interesting franking which includes "Governo Militare Alleato" overprints, 50c "Lupa di Roma" and Parcel Post adhesives, little toning, otherwise fine, with 1996 Sorani certificate  Catalog #Sass. 515 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1000 ITALY 1945 (11 Sep) Special Delivery cover from Padua to Verona, franked with 50c, used in combination with R.S.I. 50c and Special Delivery 2x1.25L, fine and unusual mixed franking of AMG and Italian Socialist Republic adhesives, signed Raybaudi, with his 1983 certificate. Franking on this cover represents the RSI rate which actually expired on 25th April. The use of these stamps was still tolerated for some time afterwards Catalog #Sass. 515 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1001 ITALY 1944 "Lupa Capitolina" 50c lilac, triple impression, horizontal strip of three, with full offset on back, right stamp with fold-over, causing an additional offset, unused without gum as issued, with 1996 Raybaudi certificate. Listed but unpriced in Sassone ("e noto anche con il decalco di due delle tre stampe"). A rarity (owner paid $3,500 in 1998) (*) Catalog #Sass. 515Aq | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1002 ITALY 1944 badoglio, 50c violet, imperf. single, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #Sass. 515Bb Catalog Value €3,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1003 ITALY 1956 United Nations, imperforate pairs on shiny paper (proofs?), v.f., signed Raybaudi, also three sets, varieties of gum, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. P Catalog #Sass.806-807 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1004 ITALY 1960 205L rose, the so-called "Gronchi Rosa", upper left sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #834a | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1005 ITALY 1968 80L orange brown, horizontal gutter block of four, perforations displaced; also Postage Dues, 25L vertical gutter pair (watermark type III), n.h., folded between stamps, scarce **Catalog #998N,j88 | Price Realized $150.00 |
