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

227 Geneva, December 6, 2018 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 51329ex 51332 51333 51335 51329 C DCE / www 10-12 1854 UNISSUED 10C dark-olive green, hinged, signed Raybaudi, 20C dark blue, unused and 40C rose hinged with melted gum, signed Schlesinger & Richter (Sassone € 8’600) 500 51330 F / 228 8 1854 20c Blue with large margins all around including bottom sheet margin, tied by GENOVA 3 SEP 54 cds on folded cover to La Trinità, very fine 200 51331 F / 228 14Af 1855-63 Extremely rare vertical pair of the 10c Dark Chocolate Brown tied to folded cover from Torino, two strikes of the cds “with hour,” sent to Breo-Mondovi (bs). The pair with large margins showing part of neighboring stamps at right and at foot, an important and precious franking, very fine, signed A. & G. Bolaffi, Avanzo, A. Diena 800 51332 H 14Cb 1858 10c Dark olivish grey (oliva grigrio scurissimo), neatly cancelled by rare CALASCIBETTA s/l cancel (PR3), large margins, a rare shade with a very rare cancel, only a few known, cert. Diena 500 51333 H 14Dc 1858 10c Olive-yellow (giallo olivastro) cancelled by TORINO 29 NOV 1862 cds, large margins, very fine, cert. Sorani (Sass. € 3’250) 400 51334 F 16Ea PAPAL STATES BISECT USAGE 1861 40c Light Rose (1862 print) diagonal bisect tied to cover from Orvieto (29 GEN. 63 c.d.s.) to Viterbo (30 GEN. 63 backstamp), large margins on uncut sides, a great rarity both of usage and condition, extremely fine. (Sass. 16Ea € 125,000+; Scott 13h $72,500) Expertise: Signed A. Bolaffi, Alberto Diena, Emilio Diena, Enzo Diena (with 1990 cert.), Raybaudi (with 1990 cert.) & G. Colla (with 2000 cert. stating: “della pochissime lettere note...una delle più belle...” - “of the very few letters known...one of the most beautiful...”) 30 - 40’000 51335 H 18 1861 3L used,frameline slightly touched at left,small faults,rare adhesive,signed Raybaudi (Sassone € 7’500) 200