Group of Military Postcards
1918-44, 37 mostly used postcards, including rare WWII Mickey Mouse card sent from a military unit to Milan, cards showing War Heroes, lot of 24 East Africa mailings with all different military markings, some with pre-printed map on reverse and many more, clean and nice lot with many scarce items, suggested retail is $900
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300.00

1944, She-Wolf, 50c rose violet on pale violet background, trial issue on paper without watermark, perforation L11 1/2, three-line violet handstamped overprint "Campione per Affrancare" (a sample of postage stamp), no gum as issued, NH, VF, mounted on page from a Collection with translation of the letter from the official of the printing firm regarding these samples
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100.00

1946, Family and Scales, 100L dark carmine, perforation 14, full OG, NH and fine single, C.v. $400

75.00

1980-92, Rocca di Calascio, "rose castle" variety, 50L in blue, rose and black instead of multicolored, bottom right corner sheet margin single, typical centering for this error, full OG, NH, VF, H. Avi certificate, Catalogo Enciclopedico Italiano #1527g, €12,000, Est. $600-$800
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300.00

1980, Castello di Cerro al Volturno - Castello Bruno (castle in brown), 200L brown, color error, a single with strongly misplaced horizontal perforation, full OG, NH, VF, Raybaudi certificate, Sassone #1516 var, Bolaffi #1621B,C.v. €11,000, Est. $600-$800
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300.00

1917, black handstamped "PECHINO. 4 CENTS" on 10c claret, cancelled on a piece by "20.9.17" ds, minor soiling, still F/VF, C.v. $475, Sassone #2, C.v. €900

75.00

1909-11, black two-line surcharge Gerusalemme and new values, 10pa/5c - 40pi/10L, complete set of eight, the "key" stamp with perf irregularities at right, usual centering, full original patchy gum, NH (3) or VLH, C.v. $1,392, Sassone #1-8, C.v. €2,000 as all hinged

150.00

1941, black capital "O" overprint "Occupazione. Militare Italiana. Isole. Cefalonia e Itaca" on Greece Mythological issue of 1937, 5L-25D, complete set of 13, including stamp of 80L indigo and yellow brown, extremely fresh and practically flawless, full OG, NH, mostly VF and only a few complete sets survived, Dr. Dante Bolaffi certificate for the set, Sassone #28-40, C.v. €133,460 as hinged, premium for ** is 100% for #28-32, 34-38, and 50% for #33, 39-40, which makes total C.v. is almost €218,000
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1944, Coat of Arms and Scenes, three complete sets, including Arms with perforation 11 and 11 1/2, the total is 17 stamps on Scott pages, full OG, NH, VF, Sassone #1-5, a, 6-12, C.v. €2,415
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200.00

1946, inverted and shifted to the top black overprint "A.M.G. V.G." on 5L dark red, full OG, NH, VF, expertized by R. Mondolfo and others, Sassone #10d, €1,300

100.00

1947-48, two line black overprint A.M.G./F.T.T. on Italian Parcel Post of 1946, 1L-500L, complete set of 12, the "key" value has top margin, full OG and NH, others have large part of OG, VF, total C.v. $1,202 as never hinged

150.00

     Collection on Scott Album Pages
1950-61, over 240 stamps, including used blocks of four in parallel with mint singles, and one souvenir sheet, 38 postal history items, including 25 FDC, many franked by compete sets, 8 commercial covers (high valued in the Sassone Cat.) and 5 stationery items with 4 aerogramme and 1 unsevered reply card, nice topical items, apparently complete for the period, nice and fresh condition, full OG, some NH, but mainly LH, F/VF, Est. $600-$800
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300.00