U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 1-2, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #646
ITALIAN STATES Naples
1861 (2 Apr) coverfront from Fasano to Trani, paying 14 Grana with a horizontal strip of seven of Kingdom of Naples 2gr carmine, First Printing, canceled "Annullato" in Italics ("a svolazzo"), margins all around, small scissor cuts and minor toning and occasional tiny flaws at top, fine multiple with rare cancelation, signed Diena, with his 1971 and 1982 certificates (Sass.5f)
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #647
ITALIAN STATES Naples
1860 1/2t deep blue, the legendary "Trinacria", unused with large part original gum, ample margins all around, fresh color, repaired, otherwise a fine appearing example of this world-class rarity, with 2005 "Grande Rarita" Raybaudi cert. (Sass. 15, €500,000)
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Catalog #8
Catalog Value $275,000
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #648
ITALIAN STATES Naples
1861 (16 Aug) complete FL from Napoli to Sheffield, England, paying 28 Grana with four stamps from Neapolitan Province, 1gr black, 2gr blue, 5fr red and 20gr yellow, usual margins, 2gr and 20gr each cut in at bottom, otherwise margins all around, neatly tied, with London Paid cds in red, horizontal and vertical filing folds, mostly away from the stamps (just touching the margin of 1gr at right), splendid four-color combination, signed Diena, with his 1989 certificate (Sass. 19,20b,21,23, €50,000+)
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Unsold

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