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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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,…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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,…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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 »…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
Estimation: 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…
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