13 Jun 2022 – 17 Jun 2022
5048 lots
Lot 20579 | 1922 Registered cover from Tientsin with 2c on 5c, 8c on 20c and 10c on 25c
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1917-22 Italian Post Office in China
1922 (Sept 2) Registered cover from Tientsin to Greenville (United States), bearing “Tientsin” surcharged 2c on 5c, 8c on 20c and 10c on 25c, tied by “R.R….
Estimate: 1’000 EUR
Lot 20580 | One of only two postal saving account booklets recorded of the Italian forces in China, both being distinctive with the attribute of having the “Distaccamento Ra Marina Italiana in Cina” postmark
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1904 (Oct 12) Postal saving account booklet (“Modello AA”), showing “Distaccamento Ra Marina Italiana in Cina” cds applied in blue in centre of the cover….
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 20581 | 1907 Italian picture double postcard of the automobile Peking-Paris raid
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1907 Italian picture double postcard (partly detached) of the automobile Peking-Paris raid, and used advertising picture postcard “La ‘Spa’ in China-La…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20582 | 1908 Postcard from Peking to Italy, 5c tied by “Distaccamento Ra Marina Italiana Italiana in Cina” Güller type cds
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1908 (Jan 23) Postcard from Peking to Italy, franked by “Floreale” 5c tied by “Distaccamento Ra Marina Italiana Italiana in Cina” Güller type cds in violet,…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20583 | 1910 Postcard from Chian with “R. Cacciatorpediniere Bersagliere” hs
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1910ca Undated picture postcard of the Himeji Castle to Italy, showing violet “R. Cacciatorpediniere Bersagliere” double circle with Savoyard coat of arms….
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20584 | 1910-19 Four postcards bearing C.I.P. or “Junk” issues, mostly sent to Italian warships
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1910-19 Four postcards bearing C.I.P. or “Junk” issues used in Tientsin, Peking, Chef and Shanghai, written by Italians and mostly sent to Italian warships…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20585 | 1914 Cover with 10c tied by violet “Distaccamento R. Marina Italiana in China” and 5c applied in Rome
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1914 (Nov 14) Cover to La Spezia initially franked at 10c instead of the required 15c rate, with “Floreale” 10c tied by violet “Distaccamento R. Marina…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20586 | 1915 Registered cover with “Distaccamento R. Marina Italiana in Cina” cds
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1915 (Jan 30) Registered cover from Peking to La Spezia (Italy), paying the 55 centissimi registered rate with “Floreale” 10c and “Michetti” 15c strip…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 20587 | 1915 Registered commercial “art nouveau” envelope from Shanghai
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1915 (June 18) Registered commercial “art nouveau” decorated envelope from the Royal Italian Navy Contractor in Shanghai with delightful embossed Savoyard…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20588 | 1904-24 Italian presence in China, eight covers and one document
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1904-24 Italian presence in China, eight covers and one document, including two postcards franked with C.I.P. dated 1904 and 1906, sent from Peking to…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20589 | 1925 Italian Telegraph Stations in China, five used Telegraph formulars “Telegramma” sent from four cities to Italy
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1925 Italian Telegraph Stations in China, five used telegrams from Tsingtao, Peking, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, sent to Torino. Very scarce.
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20590 | 1925 Envelope with 15c (12), one of the most spectacular frankings from the Italian Navy in China.
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1925 (June 29) Large envelope from China “via Siberia” to Turin, bearing twelve examples (including one vertical strip of nine) of “Leoni” 15c, tied by…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20591 | 1925-26 Italian Telegrams in China, two “Telegramma” examples sent naval “R.N. San Giorgio” station in Shanghai
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1925-26 Two used “Telegramma” forms in China, sent via the naval R.N. “San Giorgio” station in Shanghai, sent to Turin. Very scarce and interesting use.
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20592 | 1901-27 Italian presence in China, 25 photographs and four picture postcards, including rare examples
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1901-27 Italian presence in China, 25 photographs and four picture postcards, including several rare examples, some with handwritten notes on the reverse…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20593 | 1922-32 “Libia” warship: group of 7 items
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1922-32 “Libia” warship: group of two 1932 official covers to Italy bearing different postmarks including “Regie Poste/Comando/Superiore Navale In/Estremo…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20594 | 1932 Stampless cover from Peking to Rome, “Distaccamento R. Marina Pechino/Comando” double circle
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1932 (March 3) Stampless cover from Peking to Rome, showing on reverse very rare and neat “Distaccamento R. Marina Pechino/Comando” double circle with…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20595 | 1926-1933 Naval Mail and photo post card relating to the Italian Navy in China
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1926-33 Naval Mail and photo post card relating to the Italian Navy in China, total of six items all used, including three with Chinese frankings, a printed…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20596 | Szechuan Provincial Issue. 1933-34 5c on cover
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Szechuan Provincial Issue. 1934 Italo-Chinese River Navigation Co. envelope to the Italian Consul at Hankow, bearing 1933-34 overprinted 5c green tied…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20597 | 1935 Italian Telegraphs in China, six used telegrams, sent to the “Console Italia Hankow” China,
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1935-36 Italian Telegraphs in China, six telegrams sent to the Italian Consul in Hankow, the formulars headed “R.N.E. Carlotto Marconigramma” (4 ex), or…
Estimate: 350 EUR
Lot 20598 | 1935 Italian Telegrams in China, two “Telegramma” examples, sent from Trento to the Italian Consulate in Hankow
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1935 Two telegrams sent from Trento to the Italian Consulate in Hankow, China, cancelled with very scarce h.s. “Stazione R.T.R.N. Lepanto” of the radio-telegraphic…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20599 | 1934-38 Italian Aviation school in China, three covers and one card
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1934-38 Italian Aviation school in China, three covers and one card, including two printed postal stationery envelopes “Aviation School of Loyang” and…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20600 | 1939 Italian Telegraphs in China, 2 used “Stazione R. T. R. Marina Tientsin /Telegramma Oceano”, Peking to Tientsin
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1939 Italian Telegraphs in China, two used “Stazione R. T. R. Marina Tientsin / Telegramma Oceano”, sent from Peking to the Italian Consul inTientsin…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20601 | 1940 Italian Telegrams from Italy to the Italian Consulate in Peking (3 ex), and one to Tientsin
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1940 Four “Stazione R. T. R. Marina Tientsin/Telegramma ‘Oceano’ ” telegrams from Italy to the Italian Consulate in Peking (3 ex.), and one to Tientsin…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20602 | 1937-40 Italian presence in China, five covers sent from Manchukuo
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1937-40 Italian presence in Manchukuo: five covers to Italy franked with Chinese postage, including scarce cds “Nansuichung” dated 1938, and also a 1939…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20603 | 1937-41 Italian Telegrams in China, 13 “Telegramma” examples, sent to various Italian Consulate in China rare lot
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1937-41 Italian telegrams in China comprising 13 examples, sent from Trento and Rome to various Italian Consulates in China, including Tientsin, Hankow…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20604 | 1941 Seven covers sent from Italy to the Italian Consul in Peking
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1941 (April-August) Group of seven covers sent from Italy to the Italian Consul in Peking, some carried via Siberia, two sent after the invasion of Russia…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20605 | 1934-43 Eight items
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1934-43 Eight items, including three from Italy with contents, sent to the Italian Consulate in Hankow, via Siberia, one airmail with Berlin, Russian and…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20606 | 1942-43 Italian Telegrams in China, five examples sent to Italy
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1942-43 Italian Telegrams in China, five examples sent to Italy, including later POWs of the Italian Navy ship “Lepanto”, the telegrams were sent from…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20607 | 1943-46 China 30c stationery card to Italy uprated with 30c franking
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1943-46 China 30c stationery card to Italy uprated with two 15c, tied by bilingual Shanghai cds, sent by Ugo Chinca (Commander of the “Conte Verde” warship);…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20608 | 1944 (May 5) International Red Cross committee formula sheet Shanghai (China) to Italy 17 months arrival
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1944 (May 5) International Red Cross committee formula sheet from Shanghai, showing violet oval “Comite International Croix Rouge / SHANGHAI”, sent to…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20609 | 1944 Japanese “Shanghai War-prisoner’s Camp” formular card sent by an Italian P.O.W.
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1944 (Aug 9) Japanese “Shanghai War-prisoner’s Camp” formular card to Marzano-Torriglia (Italy) sent by Ugo Chinca, P.O.W. in Ziangwan Camp, after having…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20610 | 1925-45 Italian Naval Mail in China, 17 items, including Naval San Giorgio, Naval Montecuccoli, Naval Eritrea, rare
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1925-46 Italian Naval Mail in China, 17 items, comprising the R.N. “San Giorgio”, “Montecuccoli”, “Eritrea”, “Colleoni”, “Sebastiano Caboto”, the majority…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20611 | 1918 Postcard with “Distaccamento Ra. Marina in China/Comando” circle and Chinese franking
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1918-20 The Italian “Irredentisti” and the C.S.I.E.O. in China
The Irredentism refers to political or popular movements, formed in 1878, which claimed and seek to gain or regain for Italy territory considered “lost”…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20612 | 1918 “Distaccamento/Italiani/Irredenti” arc handstamp on cover
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1918-20 The Italian “Irredentisti” and the C.S.I.E.O. in China
1918 (July 15) Postage-free cover from Tientsin sent to the Royal Italian Marines Detachment in Peking with military courier, showing superb strike of…
Estimate: 350 EUR
Lot 20613 | 1918 Postcard with “Distaccamento Ra. Marina in China/Comando” circle and Chinese franking
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1918-20 The Italian “Irredentisti” and the C.S.I.E.O. in China
1918 (July 15) Postcard from Peking to the Irredentist Detachment in Tientsin, showing “Distaccamento Ra. Marina in China/Comando” circle with Savoyard…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20614 | 1919 Probably the finest example of the few items recorded featuring the scarcer type of this design, which was printed in China
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1918-20 The Italian “Irredentisti” and the C.S.I.E.O. in China
1919 (Jan 1st) Illustrated “R.R.Truppe Italiane in Estremo Oriente” free-postage postcard from Vladivostok to Venice, bearing “RR. Poste Italiane/Truppe…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20615 | 1919 Postcard bearing “R. Truppe Italiane in Estremo Oriente/Comando”
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1918-20 The Italian “Irredentisti” and the C.S.I.E.O. in China
1919 (Sept 27) Postcard from Tientsin to Milan, bearing postage-free “R. Truppe Italiane in Estremo Oriente/Comando” double-circle handstamp in blue and…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20616 | 1919 (Nov 5) “Il 7” (“Dei Diavoli Neri”) newspapers from China, franked with “Michetti” 15c
China » Foreign Post Offices » Italian Post Offices
1919 (Nov 5) “Il 7” (“Dei Diavoli Neri”) newspaper issued by the Italian troops in China sent inside a paper wrap from Tientsin to Alessandria (Italy),…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20617 | 1930 A very rare taxed mail from the “Black battalion”
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1930 (Feb 8) Envelope with pre-printed “San Marco” Lion from Tientsin to Rome, sent “fermo posta”, franked by 1928 50c tied by “Battag. Italiano in Cina/Tientsin”…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20618 | 1931 (Sept 4) Incoming cover from Italy at 25c concessionary rate
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1925-43 The Italian “Black Battalion” in China
1931 (Sept 4) Incoming cover from Audissina (Italy) to the Battalion “San Marco” in Tientsin “via Siberia”, franked at concessionary 25 centesimi rate…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20619 | 1934 Registered mail from the “Black Battalion” in China
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1934 (Nov 11) Pre-printed envelope displaying on reverse the “San Marco” Lion (the emblem of the “Black Battalion”) and “Battagliano Italiano in Cina”,…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20620 | 1936 Registered mail of the “Black Battalion” in China
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1936 (Feb 6) Registered cover (opens well for display) from Tientsin to Rome, showing three rare strikes of “Battaglione Italiano in Cina/Comando” circle…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20621 | 1929-37 An interesting group of six items, icnoming and outgoing mail
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1929-37 An interesting group of six items including three rare incoming mails of which two showing the receiving handstamp of the Command of the Battalion,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20622 | 1938 Illustrated postcard of the “San Marco” Battalion used from China
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1938 (Nov 24) Illustrated postcard of the “San Marco” Marines Battalion in China, used from Tientsin to Genoa, franked by China 5c and 10c, tied by bilingual…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20623 | 1941 The extremely rare provisional typewritten “Verificato/Per Censura” label censorship in China
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1925-43 The Italian “Black Battalion” in China
1941 (Feb 8) Envelope from Shanghai to Cerva (Italy), franked by “Imperiale” 50c tied by “Battag- Italiano in Cina/Tientsin” cds’s in violet, showing on…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20624 | Essay of the illustrated “Batt.ne Granatieri di Savoia in E.O.” postcard
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Second Sino-Japanese War
As a consequence of the Sino-Japanese War which broke out in 1937, an international force was sent to Shanghai to protect the International Concession….
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20625 | A scarce mail carried by diplomatic pouch in the early period in 1937
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Second Sino-Japanese War
1937 (Nov) Cover from a member of the Grenadiers Battalion of Savoia from Shanghai to Palermo, sent via airmail and diplomatic pouch to Naples, where it…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20626 | 1938 A very rare usage of the Battalion handstamp in conjunction with a warship cds on cover
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Second Sino-Japanese War
1938 (March 16) Cover from Shanghai sent to a captain care of the ministry of Defense and redirected to be forwarded through the Ministry of Navy to the…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20627 | 1938 Illustrated “Batt.ne Granatieri di Savoia in E.O.” postcard used from China
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Second Sino-Japanese War
1938 (April 20) Illustrated “Batt.ne Granatieri di Savoia in E.O.” postcard datelined in Shanghai and addressed to Eritrea, carried by diplomatic pouch…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20628 | 1938 Large envelope of the Grenadiers Battalion with superb oval postage-free hs and
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Second Sino-Japanese War
1938 (Nov 22) Large “Battaglione Granatieri di Savoia in E.O./Comando” pre-printed envelope sent to Rome to the main office of the Italian military mail,…
Estimate: 150 EUR