Italian Social Republic (RSI) and Luogotenenza Postal History

27/3/1945 - ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 25 cent. and 75 cent. (Cat. Sassone 505 + 508) on an advice of receipt, form 23-I, with the postmark "Como Civico Palazzo No. 4", locally addressed - staple holes through the stamps - Lotto/42189

22/10/1944 - ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - (the Republican Government of Salo) A cover from Bassano del Grappa to Rovereto franked with two 25 centesimi stamps from different issues (Cat. Sassone 491 plus Destroyed Monuments 497) - a handsome franking of twin values. Initialled L. Gazzi - Lotto/42220 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1/11/1944 - ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - A registered cash on delivery cover from Rovereto, locally addressed, franked with two twin 1 lira stamps from different issues: 1 Lira Kingdom of Italy 1929 (Cat. Sassone 252A) and 1 Lira Destroyed Monuments (Cat. Sassone 509). Initialled L. Gazzi - Lotto/42221

8/1/1946 - ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - A cover from Rome to Switzerland franked with a pair of 2 Lire on 25 cent. (Cat. Sassone 525) plus a 1 Lira stamp (Cat. Sassone 522), checked by censor 4125 for any political or currency information - Lotto/42222

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

26/4/1947 - ITALY - folded Registered Manuscripts item with advice of receipt (R.R.), franked with 4 and 10 Lire "Democratica" (Cat. Unificato 554 - 558); the manuscripts rate was 7 Lire and the registration fee for open correspondence 10 Lire - Lotto/47715

18/2/1949 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 8 Lire Democratica on a folded registry-office form from Syracuse to Ispica - the rate for official manuscripts - initialled Gazzi - Lotto/47716

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 - ITALY, THE LIEUTENANCY - 5 Lire of the Imperiale series without fasces (Cat. Sassone 534), used alone on a cover to Campascio in Switzerland, with a Rome postmark plus the censor handstamp 4021 and a censor tape - 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 - ITALY, THE LIEUTENANCY - A cover from Pavia to Milan franked with 5 stamps of 80 centesimi of the Democratica series - Lotto/47786

17/4/1946 - A circular from Mantua to Marmirolo franked with a 60 cent. ORANGE of the Novara printing plus a 40 cent. GREY Democratica, in the Lieutenancy period - Lotto/47787

1944 KINGDOM OF ITALY - A group of 4 covers with frankings of the Kingdom, the Italian Social Republic and the Luogotenenza, all postally used, some of them by Express - Lotto/48043

1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC and LUOGOTENENZA - 30 cent. of the Imperiale set (Cat. Sassone 249) with the perforation strongly shifted to the left, on a card from Venice to Como. The King's effigy appears to have been deliberately defaced with a handstamp - Lotto/48045

1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC and LUOGOTENENZA - A group of 8 correspondence covers with various frankings of stamps of the period - Lotto/48046

1/4/1953 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 115 Lire, the centenary of the Club Alpino Italiano (Cat. Sassone 960), used alone on a registered cover from Milan for local delivery - (Cat. Sassone Euro 40,00) - Lotto/48224

1950 ITALY - 5 Lire, Tobacco Conference (Cat. Sassone 629), plus 15 Lire Democratica (Cat. Sassone 560), on a cover from Abetina (Sondrio) to Brunate (Como) - Lotto/48225

1960/1963 ITALY - A group of 10 postally used correspondence covers, each franked with the 75 Lire Express stamp (Cat. Sassone 34) plus, on every cover, a different commemorative stamp - Lotto/48226

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