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21/3/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Registered cover from Viterbo to Salerno with an emergency franking made up of 2 stamps of 2 Lire Military Post (Cat. Sassone 11) plus 2 of the 30 cent. without fasces (Cat. 516). Postmark "Viterbo corrispondenza pacchi". Very fine and uncommon - Lotto/40305 WE WELCOME OFFERS

14/8/1944 - LUOGOTENENZA - A 15 centesimi " Vinceremo " postal card (Cat. Filagrano C 97) with an added franking of a 15 centesimi Imperiale (Sassone 246), from Salerno to Vietri sul Mare - a linear ACS censor handstamp, the Allied Censor Service - Lotto/40309

5/5/1945 LUOGOTENENZA - Franchise cover to Lugano with the postmark "Comitato Liberazione Nazionale C.L.N. Valmarchirolo", taxed on arrival at Lugano with a Swiss 20 centimes postage due. Uncommon - Lotto/40311

16/5/1946 LUOGOTENENZA - Cover from Cuasso al Monte (VA) to Lugano, Switzerland, franked with 5 Lire red (Cat. Sassone 534) and 10 Lire violet (535) - Lotto/40312

21/5/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Cover of the Ministry of Agriculture of Varese addressed to Tronzano (Vercelli), franked with 4 typographic labels of 50 cent., 1, 1.50 and 2 Lire, for the "Collegamento postale Frontiera Italo Svizzera da Zenna a Luino (posta centrale)" and, in the absence of the ordinary service, the "Concentramento Postale Bassano - Lago d'Elio". Uncommon correspondence (Cat. Unificato page 181) - Lotto/40313 WE WELCOME OFFERS

16/6/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - 50 centesimi Lupa Capitolina (Cat. Sassone/Unificato 515), a pair on an advice of receipt form from Vallerano (Viterbo) - Lotto/40324 WE WELCOME OFFERS

23/8/1946 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - 50 centesimi, Novara issue (Cat. Sassone 538). A group of 20 examples on a cover, front and back, from Traona (Sondrio) to Tesserete, Switzerland. A fine and uncommon franking - Lotto/40135 WE WELCOME OFFERS

23/5/1946 LUOGOTENENZA - Cover from Rasura (Sondrio, 291 inhabitants) to Campascio (Brusio) in Switzerland, franked with 12 stamps of 1.20 Lire of the Rome issue (Cat. Sassone 532 x12) plus 10 cent. (536) and 50 cent. (538). An attractive foreign franking, uncommon - Lotto/40316

16/8/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA (Lieutenancy) - Registered cover from Noale (VE) to Cellore di Illasi (VR) with a mixed franking of Italian Social Republic and Luogotenenza issues: a block of 4 of the 50 cent. Lupa Capitolina (Capitoline She-wolf) (Cat. Sassone 515 x4), plus the 25 cent. Fratelli Bandiera (Sassone 512), a pair of the 1 Lira Fratelli Bandiera (Sassone 513 x2), the 20 cent. Monumenti (504), the 60 cent. (539) and the 1 Lira (540 x2). Superb and rare franking. Signed A. Diena - Lotto/40317 WE WELCOME OFFERS

5/9/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Registered cover from Pisa No. 4 to Piombino (Livorno), franked with a block of 4 of the 50 cent. Lupa Capitolina (Cat. Sassone 515 x4) plus a pair of the 2.50 Lire (Cat. Sassone 523 x2). A superb and uncommon franking. Signed Chiavarello - Lotto/40318 WE WELCOME OFFERS

9/10/1945 ITALY, LUOGOTENENZA - Registered cover from Trani to Guastalla, franked with a 2 Lire (Cat. Sassone 533) plus a 5 Lire green Kingdom Airmail (Sassone 16). Sold at Italphil auction No. 26. A fine and uncommon franking - Lotto/40319 WE WELCOME OFFERS

7/12/1945 LUOGOTENENZA - Circular from Agira (Enna) to Ispica (Ragusa) franked with a single 1 Lira stamp of the new issue known as the Democratica. Single franking, from the first months the set was in use. Signed L. Gazzi. Uncommon - Lotto/40320 WE WELCOME OFFERS

31/12/1945 LUOGOTENENZA - Postal form for the accumulation of taxed letters, franked with a 10 Lire postage due (Cat. Sassone 84) plus a 2 Lire carmine stamp (Cat. Sassone 541) used as a postage due. Postmark "Bologna Centro corr. Pacchi Tassate 31/12/45". Uncommon - Lotto/40321 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - Cover to Rovereto with a franking of twin values: 25 centesimi (Sassone 491 x2) plus Destroyed Monuments (497 x2). Signed L. Gazzi - Lotto/40461 WE WELCOME OFFERS

28/9/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - Registered cover from Malnate (VA) franked with a 1.75 Lire Imperiale (Cat. Sassone 254) plus a 75 centesimi overprinted (Sassone 494), the latter missed by the canceller and obliterated in pencil on arrival at Rosa (Vicenza) - Lotto/40462 WE WELCOME OFFERS

4/10/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - Registered cover from Rovereto Lizzanella to Rovereto, franked with a pair of the 50 centesimi overprinted (Cat. Sassone 493 x2) plus a pair of the 50 centesimi Kingdom Airmail (Cat. Sassone 11 x2). Signed L. Gazzi - Lotto/40463 WE WELCOME OFFERS

13/7/44 and 12/8/44 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC (RSI) - An official service form from Savigliano (CN) to Groppello Cairoli (PV), franked on two different dates, probably because the first franking was insufficient: twin values of 25 centesimi Destroyed Monuments (497) and 25 centesimi green overprinted (491). A fine and uncommon franking of twin values - Lotto/40465 WE WELCOME OFFERS

25/10/1944 RSI - LAIBACH (Ljubljana) - Airmail cover to Hamburg with a mixed franking of Kingdom and Germany Reich stamps, cancelled "Deutsche Dienstpost Adria Laibach". (In north-eastern Italy the Nazis set up the Adriatic commissariat, covering the provinces of Gorizia, Udine, Trieste, Pola, Fiume and Ljubljana, and in that zone a postal service was established, as in the Alpenvorland, run entirely by the German authorities.) Fine and uncommon - Lotto/40466 WE WELCOME OFFERS

19/6/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 25 cent. overprinted (Cat. Sassone 491) plus a pair of 50 cent. Airmail (Sassone 11 x2), on a cover from Bologna to Switzerland (Campascio), checked by the Italian censorship and forwarded to its destination through the Munich control in Germany - Lotto/40597

8/7/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 1.25 Lire overprinted (Cat. Sassone 495), single franking on a cover from Saluzzo (CN) to Switzerland (Campascio), withdrawn for censorship by Provincial commission 12R. Checked by the O.K.W. (the German armed forces high command) for the Munich district - Lotto/40598