Italian Social Republic and Luogotenenza Postal History

1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - Cover to Rovereto with a franking of twin values: 25 centesimi (Sassone 491 x2) plus Destroyed Monuments (497 x2). Signed L. Gazzi - Lotto/40461 WE WELCOME OFFERS

28/9/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - Registered cover from Malnate (VA) franked with a 1.75 Lire Imperiale (Cat. Sassone 254) plus a 75 centesimi overprinted (Sassone 494), the latter missed by the canceller and obliterated in pencil on arrival at Rosa (Vicenza) - Lotto/40462 WE WELCOME OFFERS

4/10/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - Registered cover from Rovereto Lizzanella to Rovereto, franked with a pair of the 50 centesimi overprinted (Cat. Sassone 493 x2) plus a pair of the 50 centesimi Kingdom Airmail (Cat. Sassone 11 x2). Signed L. Gazzi - Lotto/40463 WE WELCOME OFFERS

13/7/44 and 12/8/44 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - An official service form from Savigliano (CN) to Groppello Cairoli (PV), franked on two different dates, probably because the first franking was insufficient: twin values of 25 centesimi Destroyed Monuments (497) and 25 centesimi green overprinted (491). A fine and uncommon franking of twin values - Lotto/40465 WE WELCOME OFFERS

25/10/1944 RSI - LAIBACH (Ljubljana) - Airmail cover to Hamburg with a mixed franking of Kingdom and Germany Reich stamps, cancelled "Deutsche Dienstpost Adria Laibach". (In north-eastern Italy the Nazis set up the Adriatic commissariat, covering the provinces of Gorizia, Udine, Trieste, Pola, Fiume and Ljubljana, and in that zone a postal service was established, as in the Alpenvorland, run entirely by the German authorities.) Fine and uncommon - Lotto/40466 WE WELCOME OFFERS

19/6/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 25 cent. overprinted (Cat. Sassone 491) plus a pair of 50 cent. Airmail (Sassone 11 x2), on a cover from Bologna to Switzerland (Campascio), checked by the Italian censorship and forwarded to its destination through the Munich control in Germany - Lotto/40597

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 Sassone 495), single franking on a cover from Saluzzo (CN) to Switzerland (Campascio), withdrawn for censorship by Provincial commission 12R.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

4/9/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 50 cent. overprinted (Cat. Sassone 493) plus 75 cent. Airmail (Sassone 12), on a cover from Bologna to Switzerland (Campascio), checked by both the Italian and the German censorship - Lotto/40599

24/10/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - 75 cent. Destroyed Monuments (Cat. Sassone 499) plus a pair of the 1 Lira Imperiale (Cat. Sassone 252A x2) on a registered cover from Como (Civico Palazzo No. 4) to the international committee of the Swiss Red Cross in Geneva. Handstamp of the provincial censorship commission (17R) and the Wehrmacht command endorsement in red and violet on the censor tape, confirming examination - Lotto/40600

21/2/1945 LUOGOTENENZA - 2 Lire on 25 cent. green (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 525 x2), a pair, plus the 1 Lira Democratica of the first issue (Cat. 550), on a cover from Naples to Switzerland (Tesserete), with the oval handstamp of the Foreign Censorship for civilian correspondence - Lotto/40602

19/5/1944 - LUOGOTENENZA - Raccomandata R.R. da Salerno a Vietri sul mare affrancata con 20 e 30 cent. serie imperiale (Cat. Sassone 247 - 249) spedita in periodo di Governo Provvisorio zona liberata  annullo di Salerno più bollo ovale A.C.S. (Allied Censor Service) - Lotto/40969

26/10/1945 - ITALIA LUOGOTENENZA - Cartolina commerciale da Verona a Calolziocorte (BG) affrancata 2 francobolli da 50 cent. imperiale (251) di cui uno con foro d'archivio e coppia di 10 cent. tiratura di Novara (Cat. unificato 536 x2) annullo di Verona  - Lotto/42753

25/11/1944 - REPUBBLICA SOCIALE - Manoscritto da Ottabiano (PV) a Valeggio (VR) affrancata con un 50 cent. monumenti distrutti (Cat. 507) isolato annullo Ottabiano più bollo ovale in gomma con fascio Comune di Ottabiano - Lotto/42756

22/7/1953 ITALY - Postal form for the collection of charges payable, for 140 Lire, franked with 6 postage dues of 5 Lire plus 5 of 2 Lire and one of 100 Lire. Postmark of the Erba (CO) post office. Uncommon - Lotto/47772

7/12/1944 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Folded letter from Pompei (NA) to Cava dei Tirreni, franked with a 50 centesimi Lupa Capitolina (the May issue). A service letter in the Allied occupation zone, with an A.C.S. (Allied Censor Service) handstamp. Stamps that had no gum were sometimes stuck down with poor-quality adhesives - Lotto/47779

14/3/1945 - ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - A pair of the 15 cent. (Cat. Sassone 526) plus a 20 cent. of the Imperiale series (Sassone 247) on a folded letter from Cimitile (NA) to Roccapiemonte (Salerno) - the Luogotenenza of Umberto II, the first government of national liberation - Lotto/47780

17/8/1945 - ITALIA LUOGOTENENZA - 5 Lire serie imperiale senza fasci (Cat. Sassone 534) isolato su busta per Campascio Svizzera annullo di Roma più bollo  Censura 4021 e fascetta di Censura - Lotto/47781

21/12/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Circular of the committee for the honours to Giuseppe Mazzini on the LXXIV anniversary of his death, franked with a 40 centesimi Democratica, from Genoa to Arta (UD) - Lotto/47744

1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - An E.I.A.R. cover (Ente Italiano Audizioni Radiofoniche, the Italian broadcasting authority), franked with the 1 and 2 Lire Imperiale of the Rome printing plus a 1 Lira of the Democratica set, addressed to "Radio Italiana, Milan station, corso Sempione 25" - Lotto/47785

22/2/1946 - ITALIA LUOGOTENENZA - Busta da Pavia per MIlano affrancata con 5 Francobolli da 80 centesimi serie Democratica - Lotto/47786