Postal Auction December 2023 - 340

Bids to be received by Thursday 21st of December 2023 1:00 PM

Lots (2255)

Lot 997
ITALIAN POST OFFICES ABROAD

China: 1917-18 Pechino; 2c brown mounted mint original gum showing overprint double variety, fine and sound, SG 10a Cat £900.

Estimate £ 300.00
Lot 998
ITALIAN POST OFFICES ABROAD

China: 1917-19 Tientsin ½c on 1c brown mounted mint original gum, tropicalised gum and gum spot at the top otherwise sound appearance, SG 44 (Scott 15 $350).

Estimate £ 75.00
Lot 999
ITALIAN POST OFFICES ABROAD

China: 1918-19 Postage Dues; useful assembly mainly mint on album page includes Pechino (Peking) 1917 set mint, 1918 surcharges 8c & 12c mint, 8c on 20c f.u., unissued bars and surcharge set 4. Then Tientsin 1917 set mint, then three values for unissued surch with bars, nice assembly of 18 stamps. STC €770.

Estimate £ 200.00
Lot 1000
Italy

1823 Entire dated 18th Sept 1823 from Savona to Genoa with unclear manuscript 19.9BRE in red on reverse.

Estimate £ 20.00
Lot 1001
Italy

1854-55 Two Stampless covers to and from London or Liverpool including London to Rome sent Poste Restante with Calais transit, PD in red oval, London tombstone PAID in red, Liverpool departure in red then VIA DI MARE h/s in red applied on arrival, addr crossed out. Second cover MILANO to Liverpool with two line VIA DEGLI / STAT SARDI with manuscript charge mark. Both with faults incl wrinkles and tones. Intr pair.

Estimate £ 30.00
Lot 1002
Italy

1857 (6 Jul) Entire Letter Liverpool to Sicily bearing GB QV 6d pl.5 & 1/- pl.4 tied 466 duplexes sent 'by French Packet via Marcella' and receiving boxed h/s on obverse Piroscafi / Postali / Francesi. Horizontal filing fold otherwise sound and attractive.

Estimate £ 125.00
Lot 1003
Italy

1867-77 20c blue extensive collection of original entire letters each bearing 20c tied by a variety of cancels being a correspondence from a trader back to the same address in Genova noted Cagliara, Arti, Brescia, Milan, Torino, Alessandria, Napoli, Cassari, Livorno, S. Remo, Milan station, Sarazana, etc, (75).

Estimate £ 60.00
Lot 1004
Italy

1878 Official 2c on 20c lake mint showing surcharge inverted variety, usual brownish streaky gum, otherwise fresh appearance with high cat value Scott 39a Cat $1000. Sassone 31B Cat €1200.

Estimate £ 350.00
Lot 1005
Italy

1878 Official 2c on 2c lake mint showing surcharge inverted variety, usual brownish streaky gum, otherwise fresh appearance with high cat value Scott 37a Cat $2000. Sassone 29B Cat €2,250.

Estimate £ 600.00
Lot 1006
Italy

1879 King Umberto I 25c ultramarine unmounted mint with light corner bend and some uneven perfs, centred left, Sassone 40 €2400.

Estimate £ 85.00
Lot 1007
Italy

1890 Parcel Post Stamps surcharged set of 6 hinged mint, original gum, mostly fine lookers with nice clean appearance, SG 47/52 Cat £201.

Estimate £ 40.00
Lot 1008
Italy

1901 10c red King Victor Emanuel II hinged mint centered SW, sound, SG 65 cat £130.

Estimate £ 25.00

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