13 Jun 2022 – 17 Jun 2022
995 lots
Lot 20250 | Occupation of Montgenèvre (Monginevro): 1942-43 Group of five Italian military “Monginevro” cachets
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » France
Occupation of Montgenèvre (Monginevro): 1942-43 Group of five Italian postage-free military postcards from Monginevro showing three different unit cachets…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20251 | 1940-47 Lot comprising over 30 items including four from the Italian Navy in Tunisia
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » France
1940-47 Lot comprising over 30 items including four scarce covers from the Italian Navy in Tunisia, some commemorative French items after the war, the…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20252 | BETASOM Submarine Atlantic Base: Postcard carried by courier
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » France
BETASOM Submarine Atlantic Base: 1942 (Aug 29) Postcard from Bordeaux to Trieste with hand illustrated submarine with royal crown and “fascio” at base,…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20253 | BETASOM Submarine Atlantic Base: 1942-44 Group of six items
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » France
BETASOM Submarine Atlantic Base: 1942-44 Group of six items including one rare incoming stationer card from Italy, three examples with the “Forze Subacque…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20254 | Liberation. Three items including rare cover travelled during the signature of the Armistice
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » France
Liberation: 1943-44 Three items, including a very interesting franked cover sent by a member of the Italian Navy carried at reduced 25c concessionary rate…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20255 | 1926 (May 10) Cover from Preveza to Alessandria (Italy) with rare four-line tax handstamp
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Continental Greece
1926 (May 10) Cover with contents from Preveza to Alessandria (Italy), with manuscript notation at top right “Zona sprovvista di francobolli” denoting…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20256 | 1941-43 group of 15 covers/cards in continental Greece (and islands non occupied by the Italians)
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Continental Greece
1941-43 group of 15 covers/cards in continental Greece (and islands non occupied by the Italians) and two documents, including military with Navy cachets…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20257 | 1941 Front bearing “Mithology” 2d and 50L+50L, “Previdenza” 50L used in Continental Greece
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 Back of envelope bearing machine oveprinted “Mithology” single 2d and 50L+50L, “Previdenza” single 50L, used outside the Ionian in Islands and tied…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20258 | 1941 (May 20) cover with 5d+5d and airmail 2d+2d and 5d+5d on the first day of issue
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (May 20) Cover to Genoa (Bessin correspondence) bearing machine overprinted “Mythology” 5d+5d and airmail 2d+2d and 5d+5d, all being marginal and…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20259 | 1941 (May 31) Greek 2d non-overprinted stationery card in combination with “Previdenza” 10L single
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (May 31) Greek 2d non-overprinted stationery card apparently travelled to the Italian Navy Command in Patras, correctly paying the domestic rate and…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20260 | 1941 (July 4) 2d stationery postcard with machine overprint
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (July 4) 2d stationery postcard with machine overprint to Vicenza, cancelled in transit with P.M. n° 167 cds, which was located in Brindisi, where…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20261 | 1941 (July 11) Cover with machine overprint 50L+50L in combination with hand overprint 5d
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (July 11) Cover to Genoa (Bessin correspondence) bearing machine overprint “Previdenza” 50L+50L in combination with hand overprint 5d, both being…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20262 | 1943 A very rare usage of the Argostoli local hand overprints in the small locality of Sami
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (End July) Cover from Sami to Argostoli paying the single rate up to 20 grams with Argostoli hand overprinted “Mythology” 2d(+2d) single and 50L+50L,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20263 | 1941 Cover to Athens with “Mithology 20L+20L pair and single 20L, 2d single and “Previdenza” 50L single
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (Aug 3) Single weight cover from Argostoli to Athens paying the internal rate plus the 50 lepta tax with machine overprinted “Mithology 20L+20L pair…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20264 | 1941 (Aug 15) Cover to Athens with “Mythology” vertical pair of 80L+80L & “Previdenza” 50L single
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (Aug 15) Cover to Athens bearing on reverse machine overprinted “Mythology” vertical pair of 80L+80L (slightly overfranked by 20 lepta for the 3 dracma…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20265 | 1941 “Previdenza” 10L+10L red, double overprint, tied by Aghia Ephimia cds
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 “Previdenza” 10L+10L red, double machine overprint, tied to fragment by Aghia Ephimia cds (Astolfi p. 13) on 17 August, repeated at top; a scarce…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20266 | 1941 (Aug 23) Cover franked by “Mythology” 2d+2d tied by P.M. n° 3450 cds
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (Aug 23) Cover from a member of the “43° Batg. CC.NN. da Sbarco” to Italy, franked by “Mythology” 2d+2d tied by P.M. n° 3450 cds, corresponding to…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20267 | 1941 (Aug 25) Cover with machine overprint 50L single in pair, 2d single and tax 50L single
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 (Aug 25) Cover to Athens bearing “Mythology” machine overprint 50L single in pair, 2d single and “Previdenza” 50L (postal tax of Greece) single, tied…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20268 | 1941 Group of 23 stamps used on fragments and one rare mint, 3d+50L stationery envelope
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cefalonia and Itaca
1941 Group of 23 stamps used on fragments with machine overprints, comprising come combined on fragment, others as singles on fragment (incl. four with…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20269 | 1941 (June 5) Group of the six overprinted postcards
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (June 5) Group of the six overprinted postcards, all except one unused, including “Mythology” 2d unused and 5d used from Kerkyra to Milan, 1d and…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20270 | 1941 (June 6) Postcard to Alessandria franked by two “George II” 3d singles
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (June 6) Postcard to Alessandria franked by two “George II” 3d singles, tied by Kerkyra cds, as well as by framed “Verificato/Per Censura” hs, with…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20271 | 1941 (June 13) Overprinted 1d stationery postcard with “George II” 1d and “Previdenza” 10L
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (June 13) Overprinted 1d stationery postcard (back side of the reply card) to Athens, uprated with “George II” 1d and “Previdenza” 10L, tied by Kerkyra…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20272 | 1941 (June 14) Overprinted 1d stationery postcard uprated with 1d & 10L
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (June 14) Overprinted 1d stationery postcard (front side of the reply card) to Athens, additionally franked for the single rate with “George II” 1d…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 20273 | 1941 (June 15) Cover from the Banca Commerciale Italiana through military mail with Corfu overprinted stamps
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (June 15) Cover from the Banca Commerciale Italiana to Milan, franked by fie examples of first issue 2d, tied by P.M. no. 2 cds. As a significant…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20274 | 1941 Overprinted 1d stationery postcard to Paris uprated with “Corfu” stamps and returned
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (June 15) Overprinted 1d stationery postcard (back side of the reply card) addressed to Paris, uprated for the 5 dracma external rate with “Mythology”…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20275 | 1941 (June 17) Postcard with neat small cachet from the Italian Navy and with 2d
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (June 17) Postcard with neat small cachet “Comando Marina/Corfu” in violet from the Italian Navy, bearing first issue 2d, uncancelled as it was not…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20276 | 1941 Cover to Italy with “George II” 1d & 3d, “Mythology” 2d & 5d, and “Previdenza” 1d
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (June 24) Cover to Venice bearing “George II” 1d & 3d, “Mythology” 2d & 5d, and “Previdenza” 1d, overpaying the 8 dracma external rate and tied by…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20277 | 1941 (July 31) Cover to Athens with “Mythology” 20L, 40L and 80L (3)
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (July 31) Cover from Kerkyra to Athens, franked on reverse by “Mythology” 20L, 40L and marginal 80L vertical strip of three, tied by dispatch cds’s…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20278 | 1941 Postcard to Rome with “Mythology” 40L and two 80L
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (Aug 7) Postcard to Rome paying the 2 dracma postcard fee with “Mythology” 40L and two 80L, tied by Kerkyra cds’s, with censorship markings of Corfu…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20279 | 1941 (Aug 10) Overprinted 1d stationery card from Gaios upfranked for the airmail service
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Corfu
1941 (Aug 10) Overprinted 1d stationery postcard (front side of the reply card) from Gaios to Athens, correctly upfranked for airmail transmission with…
Estimate: 350 EUR
Lot 20280 | Postcard bearing George II” 1d pair, “Mythology” 2d and “Previdenza” 50L pair
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Zante
1941 (June) Postcard from Zakyntos to Bologna, franked by “George II” 1d pair, “Mythology” 2d and “Previdenza” 50L pair, tied by dispatch cds’s; a very…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 20281 | 1941 (July 25) Greek military postcard with Zante occupation overprint
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Zante
1941 (July 25) Greek military postcard validated for postage with framed “Occupazione/Militare di/Zante/1-5-XIX” in blue, sent by a “Black Shirt” member…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 20282 | 1941 The only mixed franking recorded on non-philatelic mail
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Zante
1942 (Jan 12) Cover from Zakyntos to Volos, franked at single rate with “Isole Jonie” overprinted 50c, in mixed franking with charity “Beneficenza” 50L,…
Estimate: 750 EUR
Lot 20283 | 1943 (Jan 27) Cover to Dalmatia with Italy 1L tied by “R. Capitaneria di Porto/Zante”
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Zante
1943 (Jan 27) Cover to Dalmatia and sent back to the sender (“Al Mittente” in ms), franked by Italy airmail 1L tied by “R. Capitaneria di Porto/Zante”…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20284 | 1941 Greek military postcard used by an Italian in the Ionian Islands with four-line tax handstamp
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1941 (May 13) Greek military postcard from an Italian “Black Shirt” in the P.M. 2 located in the Ionian Islands and sent to Reggio Emilia in the first…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20285 | 1941 (probably May) Postcard from Corfu with manuscript
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1941 (probably May) Postcard from Corfu with manuscript design at top left imitating a stamp “Z.O.” (“Zona Occupata”, occupied zone) and “Ellas”, with…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 20286 | 1943 Uprated 30c overprinted stationery postcard sent by airmail and express
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1943 (June 21) 30c overprinted stationery postcard to Athens, uprated with 25c (2) and arimail 50c (2), tied by Kerkyra cds’s and “Affari Civili/Censura…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20287 | 1943 (jan 15) Cover from Lixourion to Athens carried via airmail and censored in Rome
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1943 (jan 15) Cover from Licsuri (Lixourion) with contents to Athens carried via airmail and Rome, franked by 1,25L and airmail 50c pair, tied by very…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20288 | 1941 (Aug & Dec) Mail forwarded from a civilian P.O. to a Military P.O.
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1941 (Aug & Dec) Mail forwarded from a civilian P.O. to a military P.O., with two items, one being a large fragment of postcard from Leukas to Rome, correctly…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20289 | 1941 (Dec 12) Airmail cover from Kerkyra to Rome franked with postage due
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1941 (Dec 12) Cover from Kerkyra to Rome endorsed “Via Aerea”, at single airmail rate to Italy with postage due 1L, tied by cds on departure, censored…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20290 | 1942 Cover from Argostoli to Zakyntos, unique usage including the complete set of postage dues
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1942 (Feb 19) Cover from Argostoli to Zakyntos, bearing 50c on reverse, tied by dispatch cds, with the address of the destination being incomplete and…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20291 | 1942 (Nov 21) Registered cover from Zakyntos, “Ufficio Affari Civili/Per l’Isola di Zante” circular hs
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1942 (Nov 21) Registered cover from Zakyntos to Athens, correctly franked on reverse with 25c and 75c (2), tied by “Zakyntos/Sistimena” cds’s (Astolfi…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20292 | 1943 (Jan 17) Cover from Asprogerakas to Lisbon, very rare cancellation and destination
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1943 (Jan 17) Cover from Asprogerakas to Lisbon, carried at single rate with 25c and 50c pair, tied by Asprogerakos dotted telegraphic cds (unlisted by…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20293 | 1943 (March 12) Cover from Leukas to Volos, “Affari Civili/Censura Postale/S. Maura” censorship
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1943 (March 12) Cover from Leukas to Volos bearing 5c, 10c, 20c and 25, tied by cds’s (Astolfi p. 8) on departure, with bilingual label, circled “1” and…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20294 | 1943 (April 30) Cover from Khionata, “Affari Civili/Censura Postale/Cefalonia” censorship
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1943 (April 30) Cover from Khionata (Cephalonia Island) to Athens, franked on reverse with 50c tied by “Xionata” cds (Astolfi p. 9) and Kerkyra transit…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 20295 | 1943 (March 12) Cover from Stavros to Aegina Island “Affari Civili/Censura Postale/Itaca”
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1943 (May) Cover from Stavros (Ithaca) to a prison in Aegina Island, farnked by 50c tied by dispatch cds, showing neat “Affari Civili/Censura Postale/Itaca”…
Estimate: 250 EUR
Lot 20296 | 1941-43 Two items bearing Italy non-overprinted stamps accepted for postage
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1941-43 Two items bearing Italy non-overprinted stamps, including “Postes Helleniques” cover to Leghorn (Italy) franked by “Imperiale” 50c, exceptionally…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 20297 | 1941-43 Cancellations collection: assembly comprising 29 covers/cards
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1941-43 Cancellations collection: assembly comprising 29 covers/cards and few fragments showing a wide range of usages -up to p. 13 or R in the Astolfi…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 20298 | 1941-43 Balance collection comprising 35 covers/cards and three newspaper wrappers
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1941-43 Balance collection comprising 35 covers/cards and three newspaper wrappers, including military mail (one rare stampless postcard with CC.NN. cachet…
Estimate: 2’000 EUR
Lot 20299 | 1941-45 Interesting assembly including over 30 items
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Ionian Islands
1941-45 Interesting assembly including 13 scarce newspaper wrappers sent to Trieste, 7 covers/cards with Italian stamps used in Argostoli in the early…
Estimate: 400 EUR