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1948 ITALY - 35 Lire Express stamp, "Risorgimento" (Cat. Unificato No. E/32). Mint stamp, never hinged (MNH) with full original gum.

29/5/1982  ITALIA REPUBBLICA - Lavoro Italiano nel Mondo (Cat. Unificato.1603/1604 - Sassone.1598/1599) busta Fdc (Filagrano seta) con annullo figurato del Primo Giorno di Emissione di Genova Sestri Ponente.

29/5/1982  ITALIA REPUBBLICA - Lavoro Italiano nel Mondo (Cat. Unificato.1603/1604 - Sassone.1598/1599) busta Fdc (Filagrano ) con annullo figurato del Primo Giorno di Emissione di Genova Sestri Ponente Raccomandata per Milano.

10/9/1982  ITALIA REPUBBLICA - 5° Centenario della morte di Federico da MOntefeltro (Cat. Unificato.1612 - Sassone.1607) busta Fdc  (Filagrano) con annullo figurato del Primo Giorno di Emissione di Gubbio - Raccomandata e viaggiata per Milano - Al verso affrancatura complementare.

5/6/1982   ITALIA REPUBBLICA - Folclore " Gioco del Ponte Pisa" (Cat. Unificato.1606 - Sassone.1601) busta fdc (Filagrano) con annullo figurato del Primo Giorno di Emissione di Pisa - Raccomandata e viaggiata per Milano - al verso affrancatura complementare.

27/3/1982 ITALY - Italian Aeronautical Construction (Cat. Unificato 1593/1596 - Sassone 1588/1591), Filagrano FDC cover with the pictorial First Day of Issue postmark of Genoa Sestri Ponente (Cat. Unificato, block on FDC, EUR 42.00).

27/3/1982 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - Italian aeronautical construction (Cat. Unificato 1593/1596 - Sassone 1588/1591). A Filagrano first day cover with the pictorial first day of issue postmark of Milan, sent registered for local delivery (Cat. Unificato, the block on FDC, Euro 42,00++)

14/9/1982   ITALIA REPUBBLICA - 69° Conferenza Unione Interparlamentare ( Cat. Unificato.1614 - Sassone.1609) busta Fdc (Filagrano ) con annullo figurato del Primo Giorno di Emissione di Roma raccomandata e viaggiata per Milano. Al verso complemento di affrancatura.

4/8/1982   ITALIA REPUBBLICA - Campionati Mondiali di Canottaggio Juniores (Cat. Unificato.1611 - Sassone. 1606) busta Fdc (Filagrano Gold" con annullo figurato del Primo Giorno di Emissione di Piediluco (TR).

1993 ITALY - 5 ECU, European Economic Community. Official medal in .986 silver, proof, struck by the Italian State Printing Works and Mint, in its original packaging with a certificate of authenticity (No. 02726) - Lotto/M30105

1911 KINGDOM OF ITALY - bronze medal of the Touring Club Italiano, 9.8 g, 27 mm, inscribed "Il Touring Club Italiano conta i suoi centomila nell'anno a te sacro o Patria.....Avanti !" (the Touring Club Italiano counts its hundred thousand members in the year sacred to you, o Fatherland..... Forward!) - very fine - Lotto/M30122

1911 KINGDOM OF ITALY - Silver medal, 12.00 g, 30 mm. Obverse: MDCCCLXI - MCMXI, with the legend "under the aegis of the House of Savoy, Italy celebrates fifty years of the Kingdom". Reverse: the International Exhibition of Industry and Labour, Turin. By S. Johnson. Excellent condition - Lotto/M30129

Medal of 1928, Year VI, opus A. Vecchi. Bronze, 18 g, 36 mm. The Lion of Venice with the gospel; around it the legend "tenth anniversary of the Victory, MCMXXVIII, Year VI". Reverse: "the glory and wealth of Italy", with a symbolic figure of a craftsman holding the tools of his trade bound together in a fasces. Engraved by A. Vecchi and A. Gentilini - Lotto/M30132

A rare and prized medal for the Simplon Tunnel, a tribute to the men who built it. Italy, 1906; publisher Johnson (S.); chief engraver Ricci (F.) after Riser; 34.0 mm; bronze. OBVERSE: on the right, two women in antique dress personify Switzerland and Italy, both turned to the left, where the portal of the tunnel is seen with a train running into it. Italy, her brow crowned, has her right arm outstretched, scattering flowers as the train passes; Switzerland, her hair loose over her shoulders, holds a palm in her left hand and rests her right on a shield bearing her arms. Below, in a decorated cartouche: SIMPLON | M. 19803. The upper part shows a vault; on the keystone we read BRANDT | BRANDAU | LOCHER | SULSER, the letters in outline, the name Brandt repeated twice. On the face of the arch is a lively working party: on the left, excavators; on the right, miners boring a hole. Between them the inscription INGENIUM | ET MANUS | PERFODERUNT | ME. In the exergue, overflowing into the centre, the long-haired and bearded head of an old man personifying the spirit of the mountain; at the left MDCCCIIC, at the right MDCCCIV. Lower left: PROF. RISER; lower right, in outline characters: F. RICCI Scult. Catalogue: Moyaux 372; Dory Kubinszky 181 - Lotto/M30135

1911 KINGDOM OF ITALY - Medal for the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, signed Motti - Morbiducci/Colucci. Bronze, 38 mm, 27.00 g. Excellent condition - Lotto/M30136

1915 KINGDOM OF ITALY - Bronze medal, 19 g, 34 mm. Obverse: the effigy of Cesare Battisti; around the rim the line "they thought to put a noose about him and did not see that it was a halo"; at the centre, "Cesare Battisti, with the 168 men of Trento, enlisted in this district on 28 May MCMXV". Reverse: the Biscione and the words "Distretto di Milano". Very attractive and uncommon - Lotto/M30137

1929/30 KINGDOM OF ITALY - bronze medal, 6.7 g, 24 mm, "La Comunita' Artigiani Calzolai" (the guild of shoemaker craftsmen), year VIII of the Fascist era, arms with a fasces and 2 hammers - in excellent condition, FDC (uncirculated) - Lotto/M30143

1947 MILAN - bronze medal, 13 g, 32 mm - obverse: "Ars et Labor" - reverse, engraved: "Esposizione Artigiana Calzolai Fiera Campionaria Milano 1947" (the Shoemakers' Craft Exhibition at the Milan Trade Fair, 1947), organised by the U.R.I.C. - engraved by Donzelli - Lotto/30145

1918 ITALY, KINGDOM - A pair of bronze medals, 5 g and 4,7 g, with the effigy of Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Obverse: the President's effigy. On the reverse of one, "Per la Pace dell'Umanita" (for the peace of mankind); on the other, "Anno 1915" - Lotto/M30149

1933 - KINGDOM OF ITALY - A copper medal of 7,4 g, 25 mm. Obverse: a dragon with a child in its mouth, " MUT - INV - MEDIOLANI - A - XI ". Reverse: a knight with a sword, " TIBI - BONUS - FAUSTUSQUE - MCMXXXIII ". Excellent condition - Lotto/M30150