13 Jun 2022 – 17 Jun 2022
5048 lots
Lot 20679 | 1921 (Dec 13) Rare Italian military free postage postcard from the Scalanova civil P.O. and cover
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Anatolia » Civilian P.O. in Scalanova
1921 (Oct 13) Rare Italian military free postage postcard from Scalanova to Leghorn (Livorno) with violet cachet “R. Corpo Spedizionario in Anatolia”,…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20680 | 1922 The only insured cover known from the Scalanova P.O.
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Anatolia » Civilian P.O. in Scalanova
1922 (Jan 17) Insured cover (600 lire) to Milan, franked by “Leoni” 10c and eleven examples of “Michetti” 25c, tied by “Poste Italiane/Scalanova (Anatolia)”…
Estimate: 1’500 EUR
Lot 20681 | 1922 Registered cover to Italy with “Leoni” 5c (2) & 15c (2) and “Michetti” 40c pair
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Anatolia » Civilian P.O. in Scalanova
1922 (Jan 30) Registered cover to Muggia (Italy), paying the double rate which was previously into force until 31.12.21 -probably due to the new tariff…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20682 | 1922 Registered cover with “Leoni” 10c (7) and Michetti” 40c & 50c (2)
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Anatolia » Civilian P.O. in Scalanova
1922 (Feb 22) Registered cover to Muggia (Italy), paying the quadruple rate with “Leoni” 10c (7) and Michetti” 40c & 50c (2), tied by “Poste Italiane/Scalanova…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20683 | Registered cover from Corfu to India
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Corfu
1917 (July 7) Registered cover from Corfu to Calcutta, franked by “Michetti” 50c tied by “Corfu’/Poste Italiane” cds, “Poste Italiane” registration label…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20684 | 1918ca Postcard to Turin franked by “Leoni” 10c, tied by “Sezione Interna Carabinieri/Corfù” hs
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Corfu
1918ca Postcard to Turin franked by “Leoni” 10c, tied by “Sezione Interna Carabinieri/Corfù” circle hs with Savoyard coat of arms, “Verificato per Censura”…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20685 | The “Missione Militare Italiana/Corfù” hs
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Corfu
1918 (Dec 17) Postcard to Rome franked by “Leoni” 10c, tied by superb strike of “Missione Militare Italiana/Corfù” hs with Savoyard coat of arms, “Verificato…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20686 | 1918-19 Group of six items from the Military Mission in Corfu
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Corfu
1918-19 Group of six items from the Military Mission in Corfu, all except one franked, including one rare express usage, and four different unit military…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20687 | 1917-18 Two postcards to Italy bearing different postmarks
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Palestine
1917-18 Two postcards to Italy bearing different “Distaccamento Italiano di Palestina/COMANDO” postmarks (Buzzetti-Sorani types B & C) and censorship hs…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20688 | 1920 (Aug 28) Postcard with “Distaccamento Italiano C.C. R.R. di Gerusalemme/Comando” double circle
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Palestine
1920 (Aug 28) Postcard from Jerusalem to Sampierdarena (Italy), sent by a carabiniere in the Guard of the Holy Sepulcher and the Italian Consulate, with…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20689 | 1919 Postcard from Dedeagach
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Thrace
1919 (June 12) rare postcard to Padua presumably sent by an Italian member of the garrison of the railway connecting Turkey with Bulgaria, posted at Dedeagach…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20690 | 1923 Postcard from Kara-Agac (Thrace) carried thorugh the Orient Express line
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Thrace
1923 (Jan 9) Postcard from an Italian carabiniere at Kara-Agac (south of Edirne) on mission controlling the separations between Greeks and Turks, sent…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20691 | 1923 Postcard from a carabiniere in Karagats
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Thrace
1923 (April 9) “Distaccamento Carabinieri Italiani di Costantinopoli” illustrated postcard from Karagats (in modern day Orestiada) to Naples, posted at…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20692 | 1919 (April 4) Postcard from Odessa posted at the R.N. “Roma” on the Black Sea
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Black Sea
1919 (March 15) Postcard from Odessa to Milan, posted through the post office on board the R.N. “Roma” (giving assistance and repatriating Italians escaping…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20693 | 1919 Postcard form the R.N. “Roma” in Odessa
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Black Sea
1919 (March 20) Italian Navy free postage postcard from Odessa, with “R. Nave Roma” cds and “Censura/R.N. Roma” two-line censorship handstamp, a very rare…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20694 | 1919 (May 14) Postcard from Ekaterinodar from an Italian officer on the Black Sea
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Black Sea
1919 (May 14) Postcard from Ekaterinodar (Krasnodar) to Rome, sent by one of the officials who travelled with Italian battleships to ports of the Black…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20695 | 1919 Postcard from Tiflis bearing “Missione Militare Italiana in Transcaucasia”
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Caucasus
1919 (Sept 4) Postcard from Tiflis to Montopoli, bearing “Missione Militare Italiana in Transcaucasia” free-postage circle postmark in purple, conveyed…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20696 | 1920 The only example recorded of a Georgian-Italian mixed franking according to the postal agreement
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Caucasus
1920 (March 13) Postcard from Tiflis (Georgia) to Italy, paying the domestic rate with Georgia first issue 10k, tied by bilingual Tiflis cds, additionally…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 20697 | 1920 (March 13) Envelope express from Erivan/Tiflis to Italy from the Italian Mission in Transcaucasia
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Caucasus
1920 (March 13) Envelope and contents with printed “Missione Italiana/In Transcaucasia” endorsement, in the letter the sender indicating that it was written…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 20698 | 1920 Cover and internal letter from the “Missione Italiana/In Transcaucasia”
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Caucasus
1920 (March 13) Envelope and internal letter with printed endorsement “Missione Italiana/In Transcaucasia”, sent from Tiflis (Georgia) to Milan, posted…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20699 | 1920 (March 31) Pre-printed bilingual laissez-passer of the Italian Military Mission in Transcaucasia
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Caucasus
1920 (March 31) Pre-printed bilingual laissez-passer of the Italian Military Mission in Transcaucasia, signed by the Head of the Mission Col. Gabba, with…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20700 | 1922 (May 10) Commercial cover to Italy with Italian stamps tied by “SINDACATO ORIENTALE di COMMERCIO/10 MAY 1922/SUCCURSALE DE BATOUM”
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Batum
1922 (May 10) Commercial cover (opened for display) from Batum to Rome, insufficiently franked on reverse with three “Michetti” 25c single and pair (one…
Estimate: 600 EUR
Lot 20701 | The Italian Expeditionary Corps in Murmansk: The extraordinary Valter Astolfi collection
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » North Russia
The Italian Expeditionary Corps in Murmansk: The extraordinary Valter Astolfi assembly comprising 47 items (also including some documents) presented on…
Estimate: 8’500 EUR
Lot 20702 | The Italian Missions in the Far East and Siberia: The extraordinary Valter Astolfi assembly comprising 75 items
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Siberia
The Italian Missions in the Far East and Siberia: The extraordinary Valter Astolfi assembly comprising 75 items (some documents as well) on exhibition…
Estimate: 20’000 EUR
Lot 20703 | The Italian Expeditionary Corps in Murmansk and Siberia: over 90 documents and photographs
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Russian Revolution and Civil War » Siberia
The Italian Expeditionary Corps in Murmansk and Siberia – Documents: An extraordinary assembly comprising over 90 documents and photographs related to…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 20704 | 1904 (Feb 24) Italy 60c stationery parcel card from
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1904 (Feb 24) Italy 60c stationery parcel card from the Italian Consul at Shkodër to Genoa, cancelled by “Scutari d’Albania/(Poste Italiane)” cds on dispatch…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20705 | 1904 (May 3) Cover to Athens with “Floreale” 40pa on 25c single and strip of five
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1904 (May 3) Cover (reduced at bottom) from Janina to Athens, franked by Albania “Floreale” 40pa on 25c single and strip of five, tied by “Janina/(Uff….
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20706 | 1908 (Oct 8) Registered commercial envelope from Janina
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1908 (Oct 8) Registered commercial envelope from Janina to Milan, with the corners cut off following the postal rules as it was carried at printed matter…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20707 | 1908 “Lirija” newspaper from Durres to Italy, franked by Italy “Floreale” 2c
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1908 (Nov 5) “Lirija” newspaper from Durres to Italy, franked by Italy “Floreale” 2c tied by clean “Durazzo/(Uff. Postale Italiano)” cds, repeated at right…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20708 | 1909 Registered cover from Durres to Vienna with 80pa on 50c
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1909 (March 10) Registered cover from Durres to Vienna bearing Albania “Floreale” 80pa on 50c, tied by “Durazzo/(Uff. Postale Italiano)” square cds, showing…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20709 | 1910ca Envelope to Berlin, Janina 1pi on 25c with private overprint “SANTI 40”
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1910ca Envelope from Saranda (Santi Quaranta) to Berlin, bearing Janina 1pi on 25c with private overprint “SANTI 40”, tied by negative “Poste Italiane/Santi…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20710 | 1915 Registered express from Valona to Paris, with Valona “Michetti” 2pi on 50c, Levant express 60 pa on 30c
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1914 (Jan 16) Registered express envelope from Vlorë (Valona) to Paris, bearing Valona “Michetti” 2pi on 50c with marginal imprint “Fra”, and Levant express…
Estimate: 350 EUR
Lot 20711 | 1915 Express envelope to Genoa, Scutari 30pa on 15c and Levant express 1pi on 25c
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1915 (May 8) Express envelope from Shkodër to Genoa, franked by Scutari 30pa on 15c and Levant express 1pi on 25c, tied by “Scutari d’Albania/(Poste Italiane)”…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20712 | 1919-20 “Poste Italiane/Premeti” and “Poste Italiane/Delvino” cds’s on stampless letetr and postcard
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1919-20 Stampless registered cover and Italian postage-free postcard to Italy, the former bearing violet “R.Poste/149° Regg. Fanteria” oval and black “Poste…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20713 | 1917-20 Group including mail from the Italian attaché to the Prefecture of Argirocastro
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1917-20 Group of seven items including mail from the Italian attaché to the Prefecture of Argirocastro (Gjirokastër) carried by diplomatic pouch, military…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20714 | 1921 Newspaper from Scutari to Palermo with 1920 2q (4), forwarded by the Italian military mail
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1921 (May 4) “Taraboshi” newspaper from Scutari to Palermo, franked by 1920 2q marginal single and pair, tied by “Shkoder” cds’s on departure, showing…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20715 | 1922 Postcard from an Italian officer from Korce with “R.R.Poste/Agenzia /Consolare Italiana/Corizza” Consular oval handstamp
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1922 (Aug 26) Postcard sent by an Italian officer from Korce and addressed to Shkoder in Albania, redirected twice within Italy, with “R.R.Poste/Agenzia…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20716 | 1923 Postcard from an Italian member of the Boundary Commission between Albania and Greece
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1923 (May 23) Postcard from an Italian surveyor in Korce with manuscript mention in French “Commission pour la délimitation des frontières de l’Albanie”…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20717 | 1923 (Oct) Registered cover sent by Gen. Tellini, Commander of the Boundary Commission between Albania and Greece
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1923 (Oct) Registered cover sent by the Italian General Tellini, the Commander of the Boundary Commission between Albania and Greece from its location…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20718 | 1928 Registered cover from the Italian Legation in Durres, carried by diplomatic pouch and franked in Italy
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1928 (June 19) Registered cover from the Italian Legation in Durres to Bergamo, carried by diplomatic pouch to Italy, with “Regia Legazione D’Italia/In/Durazzo”…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20719 | Durazzo: 1902-14 Group of 13 covers/cards and two money order receipts
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
Durazzo: 1902-14 Group of 13 covers/cards bearing nine different frankings including local and general surcharges, with one scarce incoming mail with receiving…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20720 | Janina: 1902-14 Group of 14 items including two form
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
Janina: 1901-14 Group of 14 items, including two forms with handstamps of the Italian P.O. at Janina with one concerning a shipment of stamps and stationery…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20721 | Scutari: 1904-14 Assembly of ten covers/postcards
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
Scutari: 1904-14 Assembly of ten covers/postcards from Shkodër, of which one unused postcard depicting crew on the steamship of the Italian Post on the…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20722 | Valona: 1911-15 Eight covers
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
Valona: 1911-15 Eight covers from Vlorë to Italy, Switzerland and Constantinople, one sent stampless with free-postage handstamp of the Vice-Consul of…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20723 | 1900-08 Group of nine Royal Decrees, few of them extracted
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Albania
1900-08 Group of nine Royal Decrees, few of them extracted from a book, including the announcement of the establishment of a P.O. in Janina, the increase…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20724 | 1919-23 Group of 7 items
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Versailles
1919 Group of seven items two postcards and one letters with Italian Delegation in the Congress of Peace hs and/or “Missione Militare Italiana/in Germania”…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20725 | 1919 Two postcards to Italy from two Italian humanitarian commissions in Innsbruck
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Austria
1919 (Jan-March) Two postcards to Salò (Italy) from two Italian humanitarian commissions in Innsbruck, the former with “Commissione Militare Italiana/Ufficio…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20726 | 1919 The Trieste Vienna “special courier” through teh Chamber of Cmmerce in Trieste and the Italian Mission in vienna
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Austria
1919 (March-July) Two covers from Trieste and Pola to Vienna and Germany, the former with Trento & Trieste 25c on 25c, the other bearing Italy 25c, showing…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20727 | 1919 The only free postage postcard recorded used by the Italian missions in Austria.
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Austria
1919 (March 17) Italian military free postage postcard from Vienna to Milan sent by a member of the “Commissione Italiana per l’Armistizio”, transported…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20728 | 1919 (April 4-7) Two covers from Vienna to Ferrara, by courier to Italy and posted there in different locations
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » Austria
1919 (April 4-7) Two covers from Vienna to Ferrara, franked and censored on departure with “Michetti” 25c, “Comando Supremo/Regio Esercito Italiano” double…
Estimate: 200 EUR