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

221 Geneva, December 6, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 51300 H 16d 1860 CROSS OF SAVOY SHOWING VARIETY : DOUBLE ENGRAVED ‘T’ 1860 1/2t Cross of Savoy (croce di Savoia) used showing variety: horizontally double engraved ‘T’, 4 good to large margins, slight abrasions at back otherwise very fine and rare, certificates Vaccari & Bottacchi (Sassone 16d, € 14’000) 1’000 51301 51302 51301 G 18 1861 Neapolitan Provinces 1/2gr bister-brown, two vertical pairs mounted as a block of four on piece, centrally cancelled by PONTELANDOLFO 24 MAG. 62, cert. Diena (Sass. € 60’000 for a block of four) 700 51302 H 23b 1861 20gr Orange, fine to large margins, neat cds, very fine and rare, cert. Raybaudi (1997) (Sassone € 8’500) 1’000 51303 L Collection / www FORGERIES: Specialist’s reference collection written-up in an album, with 150 stamps, presented denomination by denomination with many good-looking types of forgery including the Billig productions, lots of Trinacria and Crocetta types, as well as Neapolitan Provinces with very convincing examples of inverted embossed heads on mezzo tornese green and mezzo grano grey-brown, through to higher values again with mint signed examples that we must take the collector’s word that they are actually forgeries. An impressive working collection, a great opportunity for the collector of Naples and Neapolitan Provinces 500 - 700 Papal States 51304 F / 222 1809 Group of 6 folded lettersheets from a correspondence to Firenze, all bearing ‘BUREAU FRANCAIS ROME’ postmarks, all ex 1809, all to Firenze, very fine 300 51305 F / 216 3a+due 1852 2baj. Bluish grey tied by grill on folded cover from Rome (20 Nov. 66) to Spoleto, pair of Italian 1863 10c postage due applied on arrival, very fine, cert. Sorani 200 51306 F / 222 3a+due 1852 2baj. Bluish grey tied by grill on folded cover from Rome (2 FEB 67) to Narni, pair of Italian 1863 10c postage due applied on arrival, very fine, signed Diena and Raybaudi 200 51307 F / 222 3Ab 1852 2baj. Bluish grey tied by extremely rare T.P. (Tassa Provvisoria) in circle of Rome, despatch cds ROMA 3 GIU 64 alongside, only one other such cover noted by Dott. Girogio Colla, very fine and extremely rare, cert. Colla (R3) 3’000