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

218 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Europe 51289 F 10i+7 Rare Franking with 40c Pair With & Without Period 1852 5c on Green pair plus 1854 40c on Dark Blue marginal pair, ONE WITHOUT PERIOD (pos. 221-222), tied by blue Modena “capped” cds (16 AUGS. 1858) to cover to Paris, France with red Sardaigne / Culoz exchange office cds (20 AOUT 58) on obverse, Torino transit and Paris arrival on reverse, the pairs with large to very large margins showing several dividing lines, an important showpiece of the utmost rarity, signed by A. & E. Diena, G. Colla, etc.; cert. E. Diena (1984) 5’000 51290 F / 216 D3 Sardinia used in Modena: Sardinia 20c Dark Blue, huge margins at each side, tied by double-circle Modena cds (3 MARZ. 60) to envelope to Genova with “Da Bologna...” transit and bs on reverse, very fine example of this scarce usage of Sardinian stamps in Modena, signed by A. Diena & Avanzo 800 51291 L Collection / www FORGERIES: Specialist’s reference collection of well over 150 stamps written-up in an album, with many different forgeries categorised, denomination by denomination, with the 1852 issues 10c to 1 lira, then the newspaper stamps both ‘Poste Estensi’ and the ‘Tassa Gazzette’ eagles, as well as 1859 postage issues to 80c. A very interesting working reference collection 500 - 700 Naples 51292 G J 1b 1858 1/2gr Rose Lake, plate I, BLOCK OF FOUR cancelled by boxed ANNULLATO on small piece, very fine & scarce, cret. Sorani (Sass. € 35’000) 2’000