13 Jun 2022 – 17 Jun 2022
5048 lots
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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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,…
Estimation: 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 »…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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 »…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 400 EUR
Lot 20300 | The only cover recorded with the « Franchigia Postale » (type 1) handstamp
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (May 25) Cover sent to Rhodes, struck with violet « Franchigia Postale » (type 1) straight-line handstamp, with neat « Cicladi » cds at right, the only…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 20301 | 1941 (Dec 1) Cover from Thira, one of three civilian mails from the Cyclades with Aegean Islands franking,
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (May 26) Postcard from Thira (Santorini) to Rhodes, franked by Aegean 20c for an illustrated card not including more than five words, tied by Thira…
Estimation: 250 EUR
Lot 20302 | 1942 (May 25) « Cicladi » and Franchigia Postale type 4 in violet
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (May 29) Stampless cover to Rhodes bearing unframed « P.M. 550 E/R. truppe Italiane Cicladi/Franchigia Postale/N 563613 / 164634 – V. 3 – 262 – 41…
Estimation: 400 EUR
Lot 20303 | 1941 (June 8) An extremely rare combination of the Rhodes franking with the Cicladi and Thira cancellations.
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (June 9) Cover from Thira (Santorini) to Italy sent by a military personnel, correctly franked by Aegean Islands 10c (2), 30c and airmail 50c tied…
Estimation: 500 EUR
Lot 20304 | 1941 (June 6) Postcard with free postage marking, Thira and Cicladi cds’s
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (June 9) Postcard from Thira (Santorini) to Rome, endorsed « Zona sprovvista di francobolli » (zone with no stamps available), initially posted at the…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 20305 | 1941 (June 9) Postcard free postage marking, dotted Thira dispatch and « Rodi »
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (June 12) Postcard from Thira (Santorini) to the P.M. 550E in Rhodes, free postage « Franchigia Postale/Truppe occupazione Cicladi » hs in transit at…
Estimation: 200 EUR
Lot 20306 | 1941 An extraordinary combination of civilian and military mail originating from Paros
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (Sept 1st) Cover posted at the civilian P.O. of Paros (Cyclades) to Kos (Dodecanese), franked on reverse with Greek stamps including « Mythology » 50L…
Estimation: 600 EUR
Lot 20307 | 1941 An extremely rare usage of Greek stamps and the latest recorded date of usage of the « Cicladi » cds
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (Sept 10) Airmail cover to Esine (Italy), franked by Greece 2d (2) and tax 50L, tied by « Cicladi » cds’s, repeated below, with arrival on reverse….
Estimation: 500 EUR
Lot 20308 | 1941 Cover from Syra, one of three civilian mails from the Cyclades with Aegean Islands frankings
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 (Dec 1) Cover sent by a civilian from Syra to Italy, paying the single airmail rate with Aegean 20c and airmail 80c, tied by « Syros/Apostoli » cds…
Estimation: 250 EUR
Lot 20309 | 1941 Military Mail: Group of 17 covers/cards
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 Military Mail: Group of 21 covers/cards mounted on exhibition pages, six exhibiting the « Cicladi » cds, rare « Cicladi » used on Aegean frankings, Thira…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 20310 | 1941 Civilian Mail: Group of six covers/cards
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Cyclades Islands (Isole Cicladi)
1941 Civilian Mail: Group of 13 covers/cards and some unsued picture postcards, including combination of civilian and military cancellations, Greek type…
Estimation: 500 EUR
Lot 20311 | 1941 (Aug 7) Cover from Samos, the earliest usage known of the « Sporadi » cds
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1941 (June 2) 30c Aegean stationery card from Samos to Rhodes, struck on dispatch with « Sporadi » cds, used in violet in an early short period, predating…
Estimation: 800 EUR
Lot 20312 | 1941 An exceptional usage in conjunction of « Sporadi » and « Cicladi » handstamps
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1941 (June 12) Postcard from Samos to Brescia (Italy), bearing « Sporadi » cds and two-line « Franchigia Postale/Truppe occupazione Cicladi » in violet (the…
Estimation: 500 EUR
Lot 20313 | 1941 A very rare usage of the « Sporadi » cancellation on Aegean franking
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1941 (July 9) Postcard from Samos to Milan, franked by Aegean 20c tied by « Sporadi » cds (Astolfi p. R), Rhodes P.M. 550 cds and « Verificato per Censura »…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 20314 | 1941 Civil mail from non-Italians carried through the P.M. 62 and taxed in Rhodes
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1941 (Aug 3) Commercial envelope from Samos to Rhodes, forwarded through military mail with P.M. n° 62 cds located in Vathy (Samos), unfranked on dispatch…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 20315 | 1941 One of the very few items known carried by airmail with the « Sporadi » cancellation
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1941 (Aug 7) Airmail cover from military personnel (27th Art. Reg. « Cuneo ») to Milan, redirected inland, correctly franked with Italy « Imperiale » 50c…
Estimation: 500 EUR
Lot 20316 | 1941 (Aug 7) Cover to Genoa with « Sporadi » cds
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1941 (Aug 7) Cover to Genoa endorsed « Zona sprovvista di bollo » (zone without stamps available), bearing superb « Sporadi » cds struck in Samos (Marchese…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 20317 | 1941 Telegram with the only example recorded of the Samos telegraphic cancellation
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1941 (Oct 14) Telegram from Rhodes to the Italian Consulate in Samos, bearing very fine « Ufficio Telegrafico Italiano Samo (Egeo) » cds in blue (erroneously…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR
Lot 20318 | 1943 Italy franking tied by tax marking in Samos
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1943 (May 6) « Banco di Roma » cover most infrequently not entering the military mail and carried as regular correspondence from Samos to Rhodes, paying…
Estimation: 300 EUR
Lot 20319 | 1941-43 Balance collection comprising 24 items
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Sporades Islands (Isole Sporadi)
1941-43 Balance collection comprising 24 items (and few picture postcards), including the rare « Sporadi » cancellation, civilian mail forwarded through…
Estimation: 800 EUR
Lot 20320 | 1941 An extraordinarily undelivered mail almost four years later
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1941 (Aug 3) Stampless cover from Crete, sent from a mother to her son, addressed to the Italian Consulate in Salonica for onward transmission, with full…
Estimation: 250 EUR
Lot 20321 | 1941 (May 31) Military telegram from Crete during the third day of invasion
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1941 (May 31) Military telegram « Servizio Radiotelegrafico Militare » sent to the Command of the Italian troops in Crete, concerning a report during the…
Estimation: 150 EUR
Lot 20322 | 1941 A very infrequent mail from this small village of Vrachasi with an extremely rare cancellation.
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1941 (Aug 10) Cover from Vrachasi to Athens, slightly overfranked by 5c or the airmail external rate with Aegean 10c, 20c, 50c pair (one defective), tied…
Estimation: 250 EUR
Lot 20323 | 1942 The unique « Ufficio telegrafico Italiano Creat/Egeo » cds on telegram
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1942 (April 29) Telegram from the Italian Navy in Rhodes to Crete, endorsed « Servizio Telegrafonico della R. Marina », showing very fine « Ufficio telegrafico…
Estimation: 600 EUR
Lot 20324 | 1941 A very rare combination of these Italian and German censorships on mail from crete
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1941 (Aug 25) Commercial envelope from Sitia to Athens, franked at single rate by Aegean 20c (2), 25c and 30c (2) tied in transit at Rhodes, with « Siteia »…
Estimation: 200 EUR
Lot 20325 | 1941 (Oct 12) Censored cover from Neapolis to Athens,
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1941 (Oct 12) Censored cover from Neapolis to Athens, with Aegean airmail 50c on front, completing the single rate on reverse with Aegean 5c, 10c pair…
Estimation: 200 EUR
Lot 20326 | 1941 Cover from Neapolis, very scarce Italian-Aegean mixed franking and rare cancellation
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1941 (Dec 31) Censored cover from Neapolis to P.O.W. camp for Greek prisoners in Italy, carried at single airmail external rate with Itly « Imperiale » 25c…
Estimation: 250 EUR
Lot 20327 | 1941-43 Civilian Mail: an outstanding collection mainly
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1941-43 Civilian Mail: an outstanding collection mainly mounted on exhibition pages, comprising 27 cvoers/cards and three fragments, including numerous…
Estimation: 1’500 EUR
Lot 20328 | 1941-43 Military Mail: an extraordinary collection of 33 items
Italy » Italian Occupations WWII » Crete
1941-43 Military Mail: an extraordinary collection mostly mounted on exhibition pages, comprising 33 items, including rare Aegean frankings tied by mute…
Estimation: 1’000 EUR