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

220 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Europe 51297 C 14 1858 50gr. Rose brown, mint horizontal pair, good to very large margins, showing superb gum, colour and impression, a stunning showpiece (Sass. € 52’000+), cert. Enzo Diena (1991) 10’000 51298 F 14b+F14 1861 (2.2) Folded insured valuable entire from Naples to Paris, franked 1859-61 Postal Forgery 20gr. rose brown and normal 50gr. rose carmine, both neatly tied by boxed ‘ANNULATO’, with red straight line mkgs ‘ASSICURATA’ and ‘CHARGE’ alongside, an important usage of the postal forgery and a rarity, cert. Colla (2001 15’000 THE FINEST KNOWN MULTIPLE OF THE “TRINACRIA” 51299 H 15 1860 1/2t Blue, the “Caspary” used pair with enormous margins showing part of neighboring stamp at right, and fresh intense colour. Left stamp shows marginal watermark ornaments. One of four known off cover, and the finest known multiple A great rarity from the very peak of Italian and Classic philately, superb in all respects. Enzo Diena: “The unique perfect pair of the four known.” (Sass. € 265’000 for this pair) Provenance: Alfred Caspary; exhibited at “Club de Monaco” and illustrated by Sassone (2010 p. 176: “questa è senz’altro la più bella”) Expertise: Signed by A. Diena & Enzo Diena (cert. 1985) 60 - 80’000