David Feldman - Europe & All World Collections Thursday, December 6, 2018, at 10:00 CET

217 Geneva, December 6, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Italian States Lombardy Venetia 51280 H 1 1850 10c yellow-ocher in horizontal strip of 6, used with VENEZIA cds, 3rd adhesive with filing crease, 1st adhesive with left margin close to touched, a rare strip, signed E.Diena (Ferchenbauer € 7’000, Sassone € 16’000) 1’000 51282 51286 51288 51281 51281 H 2 1858 1Kr Newspaper Tax greyish-black obliterated with signette cancel of VERONA, four-margined adhesive with faults and thins, repaired but very scarce & still of presentable appearance, Sassone € 16’000, ANK € 5’750 400 51282 C 24A 1858 3s Black perf.16:15 mint part og, minor gum discolouration, small crease at top left, fine and rare, signed and cert. Matl (1978) (Sassone € 17’500) 750 51283 C F / 216 13-16 1861 Issue, mint small format entires of the better 20s, 25s, 30s and 35s values, quite scarce, few faint age spots, very fine, signed A. Diena & G. Oliva (Sass. € 5’750) 800 51284 F / 216 1863 15so Postal stationery envelope bearing very clear CONEGLIANO 14.8. cds, part of backflap missing, with Vienna arrival marking, very fine (Sassone no.20 € 1’200) 200 51285 F / 216 22+ 1864 3s Green entire with wmk, sold in Austria as ordinary envelope (so-called “Aufbrauchsausgabe”) with franking covered by 1867 Austria 5Kr tied by 1876 Wien cds, sent to Linz (bs), uncommon and very scarce used example of the obsolete entire, slight soiling and central fold, fine, signed A. Diena and cert. E. Diena (1994) (Ferch. € “mind. 750.-”) 300 51286 CC 45 1864 15s Brown mint nh pair, very fine, cert. Colla (2014) 500 51287 CC J M / 216 1864-65 Issue - Specialized group of 2so and 3so MNH blks of 4 of the 1887 reprint showing 2so blk with inverted watermark, also 3so blk of 4 with horizontal double perforation at bottom, as usual some perf. separation due to the thick gum and the irregular perforation, scarce group 200 Modena 51288 C 9d 1852 10c on Rose (period after value), “CE6T.” variety (pos. 162 of 240), a gorgeous fresh example incl. cutting lines at top and bottom, og, superb, signed G. Bolaffi, A. Diena and others (Sass. 9d, € 2’750) 300