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Europe and Colonies: Italian States - Italy
ITALY
1545 Lom bardy-Venetia, 1859, Franz Jo seph, 10s
brown, type II (11), o.g., hinged; small faults, in clud ing mi -
nor crease, Fine ap pear ance. Sassone 31; €7,000
($8,920). Scott $5,250. Estimate $300 - 400
1549 E ca 1860, Vic tor Em man uel II, em bossed es -
says, likely pro duced for the first is sue, 45 items in all, with
hand col ored back grounds in vi o let, red, light green, yel low,
dark blue and black, F.-V.F. Catalogo Encic. Ital. €81,000
($103,280) (Owner's) (photo on web site).
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
1546 Lom bardy-Venetia, 1861, Franz Jo seph, 5s
red (13), o.g., never hinged; triv ial in ter nal crease, F.-V.F.;
signed Enzo Diena, and ac com pa nied with his cer tif i cate.
Sassone 33; €10,000 ($12,750). Scott $7,125 as hinged.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
1550 P 1863, Vic tor Em man uel II, 15c blue, imperf
plate proofs, printed on both sides (23P), selection of 18
pieces in var i ous shades of blue or black, all with dou ble im -
pres sions on re verse, com prises sin gles (7), pairs (7), a
strip of 3, a strip of 4 and 2 blocks of 4 for 36 stamps in all,
with out gum as is sued, Very Fine; all with cer tif i cates from
Raybaudi or Helmuth Avi. Sassone 13P. Catalogo Encic.
Ital. PS7; €216,000 ($275,400). Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
1547 Lom bardy-Venetia, 1863, Dou ble Ea gle, 3s
green, perf 14 (16), o.g., hinge rem nant, F.-V.F. Sassone
37; €7,000 ($8,920). Scott $5,250.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000
1551 1552
1551 1879, Humbert I, 30¢ brown (49), 1891 circular
datestamp, Fine. Sassone 41; €3,500 ($4,460). Scott
$2,800. Estimate $400 - 600
1552 1889, Humbert I, 5L green & claret (57), 27/
AGO/ 4S reg is tered cir cu lar datestamp, F.-V.F.; 2009
Sismondo cer tif i cate. Sassone 49. Scott $1,200.
Estimate $300 - 400
1548 Lom bardy-Venetia, 1863, Dou ble Ea gle, 15s
yel low brown, perf 14 (19), o.g., hinge rem nant; pin hole at
top, oth er wise F.-V.F.; signed by Emilio Diena, and ac com -
pa nied with 2006 Sismondo cer tif i cate. Sassone 40;
€16,000 ($20,400). Scott $12,000.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000
1553 1911, Ital ian Re uni fi ca tion com plete
(115-118), o.g., never hinged, typ i cal cen ter ing, Fine;
signed Oliva with his 2000 cer tif i cate. Sassone S.14. Scott
$1,895. Estimate $600 - 800
210 Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC info@kelleherauctions.com Sale 633 - Dec. 13, 2012