Italian Social Republic (RSI) and Luogotenenza Postal History

9/2/1944 - ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - A registered cover of judicial documents from Busto Arsizio (VA) to Costamasnaga (CO) franked with the 10, the 75 and the 2 Lire of the Imperiale series (Cat. Sassone 245/252/255), used late in the RSI period - Lotto/42750

13/11/1944 - ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - a service form franked with a pair of 30 cent. brown (Cat. Sassone 506) from Travaco Siccomario (PV) to Pavia - Lotto/42749

28/10/1950 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - A 10 Lire Democratica on a cover to Forli with a mute datestamp plus an additional straight-line " Verghereto " (Forli) - uncommon - Lotto/42701

14/6/1945 LUOGOTENENZA - Registered cover with advice of receipt (R.R.) from Viterbo to Vallerano, franked with the 2 Lire overprinted (Cat. Sassone 525) plus a pair of the 2.50 Lire on 1.75 (Cat. Sassone 523 x2). Imperiale and Italian Social Republic stamps overprinted - Lotto/42640

26/10/1945 - ITALY, THE LIEUTENANCY - A commercial card from Verona to Calolziocorte (BG) franked with 2 stamps of 50 cent. Imperiale (251), one of them with a file hole, and a pair of the 10 cent. of the Novara printing (Cat. Unificato 536 x2), with a Verona postmark - Lotto/42753

25/11/1944 - ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - a manuscript item from Ottabiano (PV) to Valeggio (VR) franked with a single 50 cent., destroyed monuments (Cat. 507), postmark Ottabiano plus an oval rubber stamp with the fasces of the Comune di Ottabiano - Lotto/42756

23/5/1945 - LUOGOTENENZA (the Lieutenancy) - 1 Lira, the Rome printing (Cat. Sassone 519), a pair on a cover from Florence to Bari with a censorship band and censor handstamp 8749 - Lotto/47683

20/9/1949 - cover to Como with a Como postmark plus the straight-line Carlazzo (Como) mark (the post office still had no double-circle datestamp) - interesting and uncommon - Lotto/47684

5/8/1944 - letter card for the Armed Forces, with Mussolini's motto struck out, indistinct Military Post postmark, from "Comando Tappa S.Bartolomeo (Cagliari)" to Bari, "Uff. Italiano Collegamento con H.Q.2 district" (the Italian liaison office with H.Q. 2 district) - Lotto/47686

27/12/1944 - KINGDOM OF ITALY - free-franked cover to Folcino Superiore (CO) with a handstamp in red, "Ufficio Prigionieri Ricerche Croce Rossa Italiana Como" (Italian Red Cross, Como, Prisoner Enquiries Office) - Lotto/47704

7/4/1947 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - 3 Lire Democratica (Cat. Unificato 553) on an Easter postcard from Mortegliano (UD) to Piano D'Orta - Lotto/47714

3/6/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - Registered cover from Cantu (Como) to France, franked with three Kingdom stamps of 1.75 Lire (Cat. Unificato 254 x3). Handstamps of the Italian Censorship Commission, plus a German censorship tape from Munich - Lotto/42448

27/3/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - Cover from Bianzone (Sondrio) to Campascio (Switzerland), franked with two Kingdom airmail stamps of 50 and 75 cent. (Cat. Unificato A13 - A14). Tape of the Italian Censorship Commission, plus a German censorship tape from Munich - Lotto/42447

25/3/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - Cover from Villa di Tirano to Switzerland (Campascio), franked with the 5, 20 and 1 Lira. Italian censorship by the Sondrio provincial commission, and afterwards carried to Munich for German censorship - Lotto/42446

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 - THE LIEUTENANCY - A registered cover with return receipt from Salerno to Vietri sul Mare, franked with the 20 and 30 cent. of the Imperiale series (Cat. Sassone 247 - 249), sent during the Provisional Government period in the liberated zone, with a Salerno postmark plus the oval handstamp of the A.C.S., the Allied Censor Service - Lotto/40969

31/5/1944 - THE LIEUTENANCY - A registered cover with return receipt from Salerno to Vietri sul Mare, franked with a pair each of the 15 and 20 cent. of the Imperiale series (Cat. Sassone 246x2 - 247x2), sent during the Provisional Government period in the liberated zone, with a Salerno postmark plus the oval handstamp of the A.C.S., the Allied Censor Service - Lotto/40970

20/7/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 30 centesimi of the Verona printing (Cat. Sassone 492), on a card of the Consorzio Provinciale di Verona - Lotto/41578 WE WELCOME OFFERS

20/4/1946 LUOGOTENENZA - UMBERTO II, KING OF ITALY - Registered cover from Florence to Asmara (Eritrea), franked with three stamps of 10 Lire of the Democratica set (Cat. 558 x3) plus a 5 Lire (555). An attractive and uncommon franking - Lotto/41581 WE WELCOME OFFERS

21/9/1944 - THE ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 25 cent. (Cat. Sassone 291), two examples on an advice of receipt, form Mod. 23-I, with the Leffe Bergamo postmark, for Cazzaniga (CO) - one stamp with paperclip holes - Lotto/42188