Italian Social Republic (RSI) and Luogotenenza Postal History

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

9/6/1948 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - A registered cover from Montagnana (PD) to Cantu (CO), franked with a block of 6 stamps of 3 Lire Democratica (553x6) plus a pair of the 6 Lire Democratica (556x2) - Lotto/47717

8/4/1949 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 8 Lire Authorised Delivery (Cat. Unificato 9) plus a 2 Lire Democratica on a cover (Compagnia Generale di Elettricita, Milan), with the postmark "Il Messaggero Telefonico" - the penultimate day of the tariff - Lotto/47718

2/2/1950 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 20 Lire, the Domenico Cimarosa bicentenary (Cat. Unificato 615), used alone on a cover from Naples to Cantu (CO) with the Naples postmark plus an additional demonetisation marking, " Annullato " - Lotto/47728

24/5/1950 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - A registered cover from Bra (CN) to Cantu, franked with a block of 6 stamps of 10 Lire Democratica (Cat. Unificato 559 x6) plus the 1 and 4 Lire Democratica (Cat. Unificato 550 - 554) - Lotto/47729

6/6/1950 ITALY - 20 Lire, UNESCO conference (Cat. Unificato 618), as a single franking on a cover from Cantu (CO) for local delivery (Cat. Sassone, single franking on cover, Euro 100.00) - Lotto/47730

2/11/1951 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - A 15 Lire postal card with an added 5 Lire Italia al Lavoro, from Vesale (MO), with a mute datestamp applied on arrival at Riolunato (Modena) - Lotto/47760

4/7/1951 - ITALY - registered cover from Nizza Monferrato to Cantu franked with 30 and 50 Lire "Italia al Lavoro" (Italy at Work) - Lotto/47761

13/7/1951 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - A postal dispatch note with cumulative taxation of 135 Lire, franked with 3 stamps of 5 Lire Italia al Lavoro plus a 20 Lire postage due and two 50 Lire postage dues, with the Erba (CO) postmark - uncommon - Lotto/47762

14/9/1951 ITALY - Consulate General of Italy, Curitiba. A diplomatic packet from the Italian Consulate General in Brazil to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome, forwarded within Italy through the post, with a surcharge of 35 Lire payable by the addressee, settled with 4 postage due stamps - Lotto/47767

23/11/1951 - ITALY - 12 Lire "Italia al Lavoro" (Italy at Work) (Cat. 640), single franking on an open commercial invoice cover from Genoa to Cantu (CO), at the reduced simple rate - Lotto/47769

1952 - ITALY - 25 Lire "Italia al Lavoro" (Italy at Work) on a folded letter of the Credito Romagnolo of Bologna, the stamp cancelled by the post office of Ronco (Forli) - Lotto/47770

3/4/1952 - ITALY - 20 Lire Authorized Delivery (Recapito Autorizzato) (Cat. Sassone 11) on a small cover of the Banca Commerciale with the postmark of the Como Express Agency - Lotto/47771

14/6/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Registered cover with advice of receipt (R.R.) from Viterbo to Vallerano, franked with a pair of the 1.75 overprinted 2.50 Lire (Cat. Sassone 523) plus the 25 cent. overprinted 2 Lire (Cat. Sassone 525). An attractive and uncommon franking - Lotto/48338

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

1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - 1 Lira "Fratelli Bandiera" (the Bandiera brothers) (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 513), single-franking stamp on cover to Como.

2/3/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - 2 Lire green Kingdom Parcel Post with fasces (Cat. Sassone 31), used alone on the front of a registered cover from Calosso (Asti) to Asti, the cover inscribed "Zona Sprovvista di Francobolli" (area without stamps). A late use of the stamp in emergency franking. Rare (Cat. Sassone Euro 260.00). Lotto/40135 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - 30 cent. postal card overprinted "Repubblica Sociale Italiana" with the fasces in red (Cat. Interitalia 101), with the complete Fratelli Bandiera set added as franking (Cat. Sassone 512/514), cancelled Vergiate (VA). Fine and uncommon - Lotto/40136 WE WELCOME OFFERS

14/4/1944 - THE ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - A 25 cent. postage due of the Kingdom (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 37) on a cover from Cernusco Montevecchia to Como, used as an emergency franking - Lotto/40138

18/4/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - A pair of the 10 cent. Kingdom Parcel Post (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 25 x2) plus a 30 cent. Social Republic (Sassone 492) on a cover from Cantu to Como, as an emergency franking - Lotto/40139