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Italy registered Monza to Lucerne 1915

5 August 1915 Monza/Milano to Lucerne; Victor Emmanuel 5 x 15c + 40c cancelled Monza/Milano; MS 'Stampati / Azzicurati per L40', to the stamp dealer Bela Szekula (Villa Filatelica); various b/s 6-8 August & Luzern 9 Aug 2015

Reference: 597
Italy registered to Lucern 1915

registered envelope to the stamp dealer Bela Szekula, Victor Emmanuel 25c + 3 x 50c cancelled Siracusa (accettazre raccamandate), h/s 'BOLOGNA POSTE ESTERA' with similar cds on reverse, also b/s Luzern 8 July; faults to envelope

Reference: 596
Italy to Switzerland 1915 Censored

8 September 1915 Pistoia to Lucerne Italy, Victor Emmanuel 2 x 25c, 15c, 2 x 5c on registered envelope to the stamp dealer Bela Szekula, censor h/s VERIFICATO PER CENSURA (15) & censor tape tied on reverse Bologna 10.9.15: h/s 'BOLOGNA POSTE ESTERA', b/s Luzern 12.9.15

Reference: 595
Abyssinia Italian Occupation January 1939 with use of Eritrea stamps

Airmail envelope from Addis Ababa to Bergamo, Italy, with Italian Colonial issue for Eritrea 50c & 1 lire pictorials cancelled Addis Abeba Partenze; on reverse air logo for Ala Littoria, from the Radio Controller Aero Command, minor faults but rare useage

Reference: 559
ITALY LETTER BY EXPRESS TO THE CHANNEL ISLES 1971

envelope franked with 2 x 50 lire Cellini commemoratives, 25 & 5 lire Coin of Syracuse & 150 lire Express stamp, cancelled San Lorenzo 27 July 1971 to Guernsey; with red 'Expresso (Exprès)' label; to a café in St Peter Port: nice useage

Reference: 494
SWITZERLAND FISCALS ON PASSPORT VISA 1947-8

Italian Switzerland; on front of passport page (numbered 5 & 6) 3 large Italian 50 lire red revenue stamps 'Concessioni Governative atti Amministrativi' cancelled s/r 'Questura di Sondrio' & cachet 'Commissariato di Confine Campocologno'; on reverse a further 50 lire + 100 lire 'Atti Esteri Passaporti'; dated 15.8.47 & 14.8.48; pages from a passport used as visas; colourful & unusual

Reference: 422
BOOK RED CROSS INTERNATIONAL

Hardback work 'Red Cross International & the Strategy of Peace' by James Avery Joyce, Hodder & Stoughton 1959, 270pps with dust jacket, many illustrations, indexed, wth summary of the Geneva Conventions: a centenary history of the organisation since its foundation by Henri Dunant after the terrible carnage at the Battle of Solferino 24 June 1859: (postage GB 1st £3.50, 2nd £3.00, abroad £9.00)

Reference: 350
ITALIAN PARCEL CARD WITH PACCHI POSTALI LABELS 1929

Italian 2 lire 50 'Bulletin d'expédition' to Zurich with 4 different 'pacchi postali' labels affixed (only the left hand portion goes on the parcel card) 3 lire, 20c, 25c, 30c, cancelled Naples 18 December 1929; with datestamp Chiasso Stazione Poste Italiane 21 December 1929: also with unclear control cachet & large MS endorsement 1,30 charge mark: on revese Zurich 22 arrival 27 December 1929: a neat attractive example

Reference: 349
ITALIAN POW LETTERSHEET FROM CAMP IN EGYPT 1943

folding letter sheet endorsed in MS 'PW Post Postage Free in Lingua Italiana' with boxed handstamp 'P/W Middle East 158', from Camp 309 MEF Cage 17 (Ismalia, Egypt) 12 April 1943; on reverse boxed 'Verificato per Censora' & cachet 324/I in circle; undated 'Ufficio Censura Estera'; purple POW cachet in English tying the flap: Albi arrival d/s 30 June 1943: with the orginal text, a nice item from the WW2 Desert campaign

Reference: 344
ITALY STAMPLESS ENTIRE FROM GENOVA TO PORTO MAURIZIO 1846

Small folded entire letter in Italian dated 24 April 1846 from Genova to Porto Maurizio, with handstamps 'Genova 24 Aprile' & 'Porto La Partenza' ('après le départ') and MS charge mark 6 (décimes); arrival d/s on reverse Porto Maurizio 27 April

Reference: 302
ITALIAN PRE-STAMP ENTIRE FROM GENOA TO PORTO MAURIZIO 1794

Neat entire letter in Italian, without postal markings or charge marks, dated within 14 July 1794, and MS received 18th (July), Genova to Porto Maurizio

Reference: 301
FRANCE PRE STAMP ENTIRE FROM MARSEILLE TO PORTO MAURIZIO 1802

Entire letter neatly written in Italian from Marseille to Porto Maurizio 5 September 1802. No 'marque de départ' of Marseille or on arrival but with MS rate marks 20 & 24 (décimes or lire?); possibly carried by hand but obviously arrived and marked as replied to 'R 13 d'

Reference: 300
FRANCE OUTER WRAPPER FROM PARIS TO PORT MAURICE 1844

Pre-stamp outer wrapper cancelled Paris 16 March 1844 to Port Maurice, MS 'Italie, par Antibes'; handstamp Via Di Nizza (Nice then in Italy) & red h/s LF (lettre française); MS rate mark 10 crossed out and replaced by 26: on reverse French cds Antibes 20 March 1844 & straight line 'Porto Maurizo 21 Mar'

Reference: 299
ITALY

30c portrait issue on postcard of Pisa (painting) cancelled Pisa 3 September 1924, underfranked & handstamped T.30, 30c Postage Due applied and cancelled Roma Ferrovia Sportello(?); Roma Centro arrival d/s

Reference: 281
ITALY INTERNAL MAIL CENSORED JULY 1915

large double ring cds 'S. Nicolo di Lido (Venezia)' on front of envelope, 17 July 1915, with large violet cachet 'Verificato per Censura': on reverse 15c Portrait stamp cancelled with the S. Nicolo cds, with a squared circle arrival d/s 'Castagnole Piemonte (Torino)'; opened roughly at the top

Reference: 261
ITALY INTERNAL MAIL CENSORED IN WW1 1915

large double ring cds 'S. Nicolo di Lido (Venezia)' on front of envelope, 27 August 1915, with large violet cachet 'Verificato per Censura': on reverse 10c & 5c Portrait stamps cancelled with the S. Nicolo cds, with a squared circle arrival d/s 'Castagnole Piemonte (Torino)'; opened roughly at the top

Reference: 260
ITALY REGISTERED POSTCARD WITH ILLUSTRATION OF POPE LEO XIII 1899-1900

Italy, postal card with illustration of Pope Leo XIII & facsimile signature, large h/s R.No. and MS 4176; 10c + 2c definitives neatly cancelled Roma Stazione 24.12.99; s/r circular arrival d/s Torino (Raccom)7.1.1900. A scarce combination

Reference: 176
GB-LONDON: 1870 COVER TO ITALY.

1870 cover to Torino with a 6d plate 9 stamp cancelled by a LONDON (106) postmark dated 17.SP.70 and an oval PD mark.
On the reverse a TORINO postmark and two TPO? marks.
A bit grubby!

Reference: 274H
ITALIAN FORCES IN CONSTANTINOPLE: 1920 COVER TO LONDON

1920 cover to London with stamps cancelled by partial POSTA MILITARE 15 postmarks dated 15.12.20. Creased!

Reference: 262H
GIBRALTAR: 1904 PICTURE POSTCARD TO CANADA POSTED IN ITALY.

1904 picture postcard of General Eliott's Monument, Gibraltar sent to Toronto. The GB stamp is un-cancelled but the Italian stamp is cancelled by partial GENOVA squared circle postmarks with a TORONTO CANADA postmark dated 7.APR.1904

Reference: 260H
FRENCH OCCUPATION OF ITALY 1803 ENTIRE LETTER WITH 104/PIGNEROLE MARK.

1803 entire letter to Torino with a 104/PIGNEROLE mark, a manuscript "2" rate mark and an arrival datestamp on the reverse.

Reference: 219HA
FRENCH OCCUPATION OF ITALY 1810 ENTIRE LETTER WITH 105/MONDOVI MARK.

1810 entire letter to Turin with a 105/MONDOVI mark, a manuscript "5" rate mark uprated to a "6" rate mark and on the reverse an arrival datestamp.

Reference: 217HA
ITALY: 1806 OFFICIAL WRAPPER WITH 105/ALBE POSTMARK.

1806 wrapper (most of the letter has been removed) to Savone with a 105/ALBE departement conquis mark and a manuscript "4" rate mark.

Reference: 210HA
ITALY: 1802 PRINTED OFFICIAL ENTIRE LETTER WITH 105/CONI POSTMARK.

1802 entire letter to Carru with a 105/CONI departement conquis mark and a manuscript "3" rate mark.

Reference: 210H
INDIA: WW2 CENSORED POW POSTCARD TO ITALY.

WW2 postcard from a prisoner of war camp in Bombay to Venezia with British and Italian censor marks.

Reference: 206H
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June 2023: Stephen Holder is unwell at the moment and is not, at present, able to take any orders or add new stock to this website