Lot 30714 – Papal States 1852 stamps and postal history

1852 issue collection mounted on large pages, mainly used with 1/2b in various shades plus vertical pair on outer letter sheet, 1b range with bisect on piece and disinfected entire with single 1b bearing cross handstamp, 2b group with bisects on piece (2), paper fold variety, 1859 outer letter sheet with two bisects (horizontal and vertical), 1855 entire with blue grill, 3b with shades and two entires, 4b with shades and entire with double dividing lines on three sides, 5b with shades and 1867 envelope Rome to Grenoble with two horizontal and one vertical pairs, 6b with shades and registered entire from Rome to Bologna franked three 6b, 7b with shades and 1861 entire to Malta with pair plus a 3b, 8b group with inter panneau pair, 1856 entire Rome to England and 1863 to Scotland with two or pair plus a 6b, two 50b, one with four margins and a four margined 1s. An attractively presented collection; ex Stewart Gardiner.