Latest additions to our catalogue

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

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

21/2/1945 LUOGOTENENZA - 2 Lire on 25 cent. green (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 525 x2), a pair, plus the 1 Lira Democratica of the first issue (Cat. 550), on a cover from Naples to Switzerland (Tesserete), with the oval handstamp of the Foreign Censorship for civilian correspondence - Lotto/40602

19/5/1944 - THE LIEUTENANCY - A registered cover with return receipt from Salerno to Vietri sul Mare, franked with the 20 and 30 cent. of the Imperiale series (Cat. Sassone 247 - 249), sent during the Provisional Government period in the liberated zone, with a Salerno postmark plus the oval handstamp of the A.C.S., the Allied Censor Service - Lotto/40969

31/5/1944 - THE LIEUTENANCY - A registered cover with return receipt from Salerno to Vietri sul Mare, franked with a pair each of the 15 and 20 cent. of the Imperiale series (Cat. Sassone 246x2 - 247x2), sent during the Provisional Government period in the liberated zone, with a Salerno postmark plus the oval handstamp of the A.C.S., the Allied Censor Service - Lotto/40970

1992 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - a 50.000 Lire banknote, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, signatures Ciampi-Speziali (Cat. Unificato 735), handsome condition, BB (extremely fine) - (we supply the example photographed or another of equal quality) - Lotto/41076

1992 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - a 50.000 Lire banknote, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, signatures Fazio-Speziali (Cat. Unificato 736), handsome condition, BB (extremely fine) - (we supply the example photographed or another of equal quality) - Lotto/41077

20/7/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 30 centesimi of the Verona printing (Cat. Sassone 492), on a card of the Consorzio Provinciale di Verona - Lotto/41578 WE WELCOME OFFERS

20/4/1946 LUOGOTENENZA - UMBERTO II, KING OF ITALY - Registered cover from Florence to Asmara (Eritrea), franked with three stamps of 10 Lire of the Democratica set (Cat. 558 x3) plus a 5 Lire (555). An attractive and uncommon franking - Lotto/41581 WE WELCOME OFFERS

21/9/1944 - THE ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - 25 cent. (Cat. Sassone 291), two examples on an advice of receipt, form Mod. 23-I, with the Leffe Bergamo postmark, for Cazzaniga (CO) - one stamp with paperclip holes - Lotto/42188

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

1944 - ITALY - BERGAMO - funicular voucher for 50 centesimi - Lotto/M42296

1944 - COMO/MILAN - A group of three tram tokens used on the public transport - Lotto/M42297

25/3/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - Cover from Villa di Tirano to Switzerland (Campascio), franked with the 5, 20 and 1 Lira. Italian censorship by the Sondrio provincial commission, and afterwards carried to Munich for German censorship - Lotto/42446

27/3/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - Cover from Bianzone (Sondrio) to Campascio (Switzerland), franked with two Kingdom airmail stamps of 50 and 75 cent. (Cat. Unificato A13 - A14). Tape of the Italian Censorship Commission, plus a German censorship tape from Munich - Lotto/42447

3/6/1944 ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLIC - Registered cover from Cantu (Como) to France, franked with three Kingdom stamps of 1.75 Lire (Cat. Unificato 254 x3). Handstamps of the Italian Censorship Commission, plus a German censorship tape from Munich - Lotto/42448

14/6/1945 LUOGOTENENZA - Registered cover with advice of receipt (R.R.) from Viterbo to Vallerano, franked with the 2 Lire overprinted (Cat. Sassone 525) plus a pair of the 2.50 Lire on 1.75 (Cat. Sassone 523 x2). Imperiale and Italian Social Republic stamps overprinted - Lotto/42640