Italy & States
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. Reference: 274H |
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1920 cover to London with stamps cancelled by partial POSTA MILITARE 15 postmarks dated 15.12.20. Creased! Reference: 262H |
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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 |
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1803 entire letter to Torino with a 104/PIGNEROLE mark, a manuscript "2" rate mark and an arrival datestamp on the reverse. Reference: 219HA |
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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 |
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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 |
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1802 entire letter to Carru with a 105/CONI departement conquis mark and a manuscript "3" rate mark. Reference: 210H |
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WW2 postcard from a prisoner of war camp in Bombay to Venezia with British and Italian censor marks. Reference: 206H |