David Feldman All World & Collections Including Rarities of the World December 11-12 2019

247 Geneva, December 11-12, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 40973 40974 40977 40973 H 1 1851 5c Black used with wide margins, light crease in upper margin, very fine, signed Calves 170 40974 H G 2 1851 20c Blue used with special cancellation Nodo di Savoia on small piece, very fine, very rare cancel, signed E.Diena & Behr 170 40975 F / 246 2 1851 20c Blue, setting IV (Enc. Bolaffi n° 2e), showing pane corner margins at bottom right, tied by rhombic grid cancel of Novi and by with double-ring cds with rosette (29 APR. 53) on cover to Genova (30 APR. bs), very fine small-size showpiece, signed G. & A. Bolaffi, cert. E. Diena (1991) 1’200 40976 F / 246 2 1851 (Dec 29) Lettersheet to Rome (Papal States) with 1851 20c blue, good even margins, tied by mute grid cancel with Torino despatch cds adjacent, paying the internal rate to the border and charged 12b on arrival (before the introduction of the “Convenzioni Austro-Pontifica” of 1852), Rome bs, a particularly rare franking especially with the stamp in such good condition, cert. Scheller (2017) 1’000 40977 DCE 3 1851 40c Rose, unused, very fine, cert. JF.Brun 600 40978 F / 246 1853 Cover from Frankfurt am Main to Nice with rose taxing etiquette POSTE SARDE cancelled in Verbano 19 SET 1853, Frankfurt 16.09.53 cds, Basel 17.09 cds, Torino 20.09 and arrival Nizza 22.09, very fine, rare 400 40979 40980 40981 40982 40979 H 7 1854 5c Green with small margin at left, beautifully cancelled by Les Echelles cds, very fine, rare Savoy usage, signed Bolaffi, A.Brun, Stolow 100 40980 H 8 1854 20c Blue beautifully cancelled by central Rumilly 7 sept 54s cds, very fine, signed Behr, A.Brun 70 40981 H 9 1854 40c Red beautifully cancelled by Aix les Bains 28 janv 55 cds, very fine, rare Savoy usage, signed A.Brun, cert. Ceres 500 40982 H 9 1854 40c Brown-red, good margins all around, neatly cancelled with central cds dated 18 APR 54, very fine, cert. Botacchi 300