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1932  EGEO - 5 centesimi serie Pittorica (Unificato/Sassone N°56) Francobollo Nuovo gomma integra originale.

1932 AEGEAN - 5 cents. Pictorial series - new rubber stamp Original

1931 AEGEAN - 5 centesimi overprinted " Congresso Eucaristico Italiano " (Cat. Unif./Sassone No. 30 - Yvert.28/A ), stamp mint with original gum, never hinged.

1931 AEGEAN ISLANDS - 1,25 Lire overprinted "1931 Congresso Eucaristico Italiano" (Cat. Unificato/Sassone No. 36). Mint stamp with full original gum, with small spots of printing colour on the reverse and slight flaws in the gum (Cat. Sassone, as hinged, Euro 70.00).

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

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

An exceptional medal, HENRICUS IIII D.C. FRANCORUM ET NAVA REX 1604. Superb condition, 76 g, 58 mm. A faithful reproduction in bronze made in 1984, not an original of the period - Lotto/M30186

1984 - Religious medal, Rome, 25 November 1984, in honour of the priest Daniel Brottier, proclaimed Blessed in 1984 by Pope John Paul II. Superb condition, 87 g, 60 mm - Lotto/M30187

1971 FRANCE - a Red Cross charity booklet (Cat. Unificato L/1700 - Yvert.2020), mint stamps, never hinged with full original gum Lotto/30635

France 1993 - Stamp Day - a booklet of 7 examples, mint never hinged (Cat. Unificato L/2786).

France 1993 - in aid of the Red Cross - booklet of 10 examples plus 2 tabs, mint never hinged (Unif. L2842).