Italian Social Republic and Luogotenenza Postal History

21/3/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Registered cover from Viterbo to Salerno with an emergency franking made up of 2 stamps of 2 Lire Military Post (Cat. Sassone 11) plus 2 of the 30 cent. without fasces (Cat. 516). Postmark "Viterbo corrispondenza pacchi". Very fine and uncommon - Lotto/40305 WE WELCOME OFFERS

14/8/1944 - LUOGOTENENZA - A 15 centesimi " Vinceremo " postal card (Cat. Filagrano C 97) with an added franking of a 15 centesimi Imperiale (Sassone 246), from Salerno to Vietri sul Mare - a linear ACS censor handstamp, the Allied Censor Service - Lotto/40309

5/5/1945 LUOGOTENENZA - Franchise cover to Lugano with the postmark "Comitato Liberazione Nazionale C.L.N. Valmarchirolo", taxed on arrival at Lugano with a Swiss 20 centimes postage due. Uncommon - Lotto/40311

16/5/1946 LUOGOTENENZA - Cover from Cuasso al Monte (VA) to Lugano, Switzerland, franked with 5 Lire red (Cat. Sassone 534) and 10 Lire violet (535) - Lotto/40312

21/5/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Cover of the Ministry of Agriculture of Varese addressed to Tronzano (Vercelli), franked with 4 typographic labels of 50 cent., 1, 1.50 and 2 Lire, for the "Collegamento postale Frontiera Italo Svizzera da Zenna a Luino (posta centrale)" and, in the absence of the ordinary service, the "Concentramento Postale Bassano - Lago d'Elio". Uncommon correspondence (Cat. Unificato page 181) - Lotto/40313 WE WELCOME OFFERS

8/7/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 1.25 Lire overprinted (Cat. Sassone 495), single franking on a cover from Saluzzo (CN) to Switzerland (Campascio), withdrawn for censorship by Provincial commission 12R. Checked by the O.K.W. (the German armed forces high command) for the Munich district - Lotto/40598