384. Auction

1734, "AR. DITALIE" on folded entire to Paris, tax "12" sous, fine and scarce mail from the Polish Succession War (1733-1735)

1794, "2E DIV. ARMÉE D´ITALIE" very fine strike on folded entire from a soldier of the Second Division stationed at the "Port de la montagne" (Toulon), sent to Grasse, "8" sous for a double weight ste...

1797, "ARM. D´ITALIE 6ME DON" on entire letter written from Lazi, "a small village located on the mountain of Italian Tirol", and addressed to Melun, charged "13" sous, tariff of 25 December 1796; fas...

1797, "PORT PAYÉ ARM. D´ITALIE 6ME DON" on entire letter from Vicenza to Treviso, manuscript cross to validate the pre-payment and on reverse "4" sous, tariff of 25 December 1796, very scarce (illustr...

1798, "ARM. D´ITALIE 12ME DON" superb strike on folded entire from the commander ship´s captain to the "Général en Chef de l´armée d´Italie", endorsed "Service de la Marine très pressé", a delightful ...

1798, "ARM. D´ITALIE 24ME DON" nicely struck in red on folded entire from Perugia to Amiens, endorsed "B.(ureau) de spoletto", charged "19" sous, signed Pothion

1801, "N°6. PORT-PAYÉ ARM. D´ITALIE" superb strike on entire letter from Ferrara, addressed to a prefect in Bruxelles, reverse "8" décimes, tariff of 22 March 1800, "P.P." applied on transit in Paris;...

1801, "N°12. PORT PAYÉ ARM. D´ITALIE" almost complete strike on folded entire from Brescia to the Puy, reverse "5" décimes, tariff of 22 March 1800, a very scarce pre-paid mark (illustrated in Giribon...

1805, "N°12 ARM. D´ITALIE" neatly struck on folded entire from Villafranca to Grenoble, charged "8" (décimes), tariff of 20 July 1702, interesting text inside "we are about to battle, all military tro...

1809, "N°14 ARM. D´ITALIE" rather faint strike in red on folded entire from Raab, Hungary to a marshal of the empire "à la Grande Armée", redirected to the army of Spain, initial tax barred and red "N...

1812, "N°3 ARM. D´ITALIE" very fine strike on entire lettersheet to Modena, dated inside "Rastemburg 17. Giugno" and written by an italian soldier one week before the beginning of the Grande Armée mar...

"ARM. D´ITALIE 6ME DON" in red, a somewhat weak strike on lettersheet addressed "au Général en Chef de l´armée d´Italie Bonaparte" in Milan, scarce mail to Napoleon before his coronation in 1804

1859, 10 c. black, used uncancelled on newspaper "GAZETTA DI BOLOGNA"

1860, Trinacria ½ t. blue, fresh color, good to wide margins, used with clear boxed “ANNULLATO”, fine, a very attractive example of this scarce stamp, signed H. Köhler (slightly showing through) and c...

1860, Trinacria ½ t. blue, fresh color, with equally wide margins on all sides, used with red cds. “(PARTEN)ZA DA NAPOLI 26 DEC (1)860”, reverse with traces of optical brighteners visible only under U...

1860, Croce di Savoia ½ t. blue, fresh color, with extraordinarily wide margins all around, used with black boxed “ANNU(LATO)”, tiny paper inclusion at top, with these margins a very attractive and ra...

1859, 6 baj. on green, two copies, one with large margins, the other one slightly cut into at left, otherwise large margins with part of sheet margin at top and part of neighbour stamp at bottom, tied...

5 cmi. dull light green, last printing, large margins, tied by c.d.s. "LUGO 20 DEC 63"  to lettersheet to Fusignano, with adjacent "DOPO LA/PARTENZA". A scarce and late usage. Certificates Colla ...

5 cmi. dark yellow-green, horizontal pair, and 40 cmi. scarlet, clear to mostly large margins and nice fresh colour, tied by c.d.s. "YENNE 10 DIC. 57" to small letter sheet with adjacent red "SARD. BE...

1855/63, 5 cmi. bright green, vertical bisect (used as 2 cmi.) with large margins, tied by light cds. "PERGOLA MARCHE 31 OCT. 63" two small piece. Very fine and most attractive. A great rarity; just t...

10 cmi. dark bistre brown, good to mostly large margins, tied by c.d.s. "TORINO 26 GEN. 62" to double raid printed matter raptor to Scio, Veneto, with arrival mark on front. A fine and rare franking. ...

20 cmi. grey-blue, first printing, vertical strip of 4 and single stamp, all with good to large margins (upper stamp of strip sharp crease in upper margin), tied by c.d.s. "TORINO 11 NOV.58" to letter...

20 cmi. blue, somewhat touched at top and right, otherwise good to large margins, used on the first day of the Provisional Government of Lombardy, tied by c.d.s. "MILANO 1/7" (1859) to entire letter t...

40 cmi. red, 1860 printing, diagonal bisect, upper left half, tied by clear and upright c.d.s. "SERIATE 5 FEB 61" (Lombardy) to entire letter to Milan, with arrival mark on reverse. A rarity and most ...

3 l. bronze, large margins all round and in deep colour, used with 40 cmi. (cut in at right) and in combination with Kingdom 80 cmi. orange-yellow, tied by cds. "LIVORNO 16 NOV.63" to small piece. A m...