13 Jun 2022 – 17 Jun 2022
127 lots
Lot 20607 | 1943-46 China 30c stationery card to Italy uprated with 30c franking
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Marine Detachment – Naval Presence and Mail of Italian Interests in China
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
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Marine Detachment – Naval Presence and Mail of Italian Interests in China
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.
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Marine Detachment – Naval Presence and Mail of Italian Interests in China
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
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Marine Detachment – Naval Presence and Mail of Italian Interests in China
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”
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1925-43 The Italian “Black Battalion” in China
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
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1925-43 The Italian “Black Battalion” in China
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
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1925-43 The Italian “Black Battalion” in China
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
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1925-43 The Italian “Black Battalion” in China
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
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » 1925-43 The Italian “Black Battalion” in China
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
Lot 20629 | 1938 Two covers, including one very scarce incoming mail, and 8 photos
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Second Sino-Japanese War
1938 Two covers, one being a very scarce incoming mail sent from Spain franked at 60c rate, the other a pre-printed envelope illustrated with bomb “10”…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20630 | 1938 Complete set of six unused propaganda picture postcards of the Fascist Party Mission in Japan
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Fascist Party Mission in China and Japan
1938 Complete set of six unused propaganda picture postcards with Japanese characters depicting events of the Fascist Party Mission in Japan, with the…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20631 | 1938 Complete set of three unused propaganda picture
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Fascist Party Mission in China and Japan
1938 Complete set of three unused propaganda picture postcards of the Fascist Party Mission in Japan, one bilingual depicting a member of the Mission with…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20632 | 1938 Incoming mail in China to the Italian Fascist Party Mission in Japan
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Fascist Party Mission in China and Japan
1938 (March) Cover from Rome sent to a member of the Italian Fascist Party Mission on board the “Conte Biancamano” of the Lloyd Triestino in Shanghai (with…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20633 | 1938 Picture postcard of the Fascist Party Mission in Japan, used in Manchukuo
Italy » Missions, Post Offices and Postal History Abroad » China » The Fascist Party Mission in China and Japan
1938 (April 26) Picture postcard of the Fascist Party Mission in Japan, used from Hsin King by a member of this mission (after his stage in Keijo, Korea)and…
Estimate: 200 EUR