Lot 30038 – Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with “insufficiente”

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Lot 30038 – Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with “insufficiente”
Stamp of Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with "insufficiente"
Stamp of Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with "insufficiente"
Stamp of Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with "insufficiente"
Stamp of Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with "insufficiente"
Stamp of Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with "insufficiente"
Stamp of Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with "insufficiente"
Stamp of Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with "insufficiente"
Stamp of Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with "insufficiente"

Lot 30038 – Sicily 1860 outer letter sheet from Leonforte to Palermo with 1859 1Gr plate 1 rust brown and 2Gr, underpaid with “insufficiente”

Italian States » Sicily » 1 Grano, Plate I » Covers
Price realised
1’000 CHF
Estimate
1’500 – 2’000 CHF
Auction date
Thu 26 Mar 2026 at 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1859 1 Gr. plate I, deep rust brown (bruno ruggine intenso) and 2Gr. plate III light blue, the latter with one touched margin, the 1Gr. a right-hand marginal with large margins, all on 1860 (9 Mar) underfranked outer letter sheet to Palermo, oval-framed LEONFORTE handstamp at right plus two Palermo arrival cds, bottom left with an extremely fine strike of rare straight-line “Insufficiente” handstamp.

Expertise: Signed Russo, E.Diena, A.Diena, Cert. Giacomo Bottacchi, AIEP (2026).

Correction to printed catalogue: 1gr shade is deep rust brown

Catalogue ref: Sassone 3a, 8b
Auction
2026 Tomasini Collections (part 1) + Specialised Switzerland
Catalogue
Tomasini Collection of Classic Sicily Part 1

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