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16/10/1950 - FRANCE - A cover sent from Paris, 102 Bd. Pasteur, to Italy (Como), bearing marks and a censor tape of the French customs currency control - Lotto/42725

21/5/1952 - POLAND - registered cover from Tarnow 1 to Italy (Como) with postal censorship handstamps for currency control - Lotto/42726

12/7/1952 - ISRAEL - registered airmail cover from Tel Aviv to Italy (Como) with censor tape and a verification handstamp applied at Tel Aviv. - Lotto/42727

3/8/1961 - NEW ZEALAND - airmail cover from Bluff to Italy (Turin), opened in error by the resident and forwarded on to Turin for delivery to the addressee (birds thematic) - Lotto/42728

1895/1899 - FRANCE - A group of 7 covers and/or cards franked with 10/15/25 cent. (Cat. Unificato 89/90/97), to be catalogued. All were carried from Paris to Italy (Como) - Lotto/42900

1961/1963 FRANCE - A group of 11 registered covers of the "Communaute Europeenne du Charbon et de l'Acier" (the European Coal and Steel Community), franked with French stamps including complete sets, sent to Milan with the special postmark "Conseil de l'Europe Strasbourg" - Lotto/42902

1860 NAPLES - 2 gr. brownish rose (Cat. Sassone 7). Stamp on a cover with the postmark "Campobas. April. 1860". Excellent condition - Lotto/43200

1859 KINGDOM OF THE TWO SICILIES - 2 Grana blue (Cat. Sassone 6). Used stamp with an original cancellation (Cat. Sassone Euro 225.00) - Lotto/43201

31/3/1862 KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - 20 cent. indigo (Cat. Sassone 15E) on a cover from Aglie (TO) to Robella (AT) (Cat. Sassone Euro 210.00) - Lotto/43202 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1852 PAPAL STATES - 1/2 Baj grey (Cat. Sassone 1). Used stamp with an original cancellation, excellent condition (Cat. Sassone Euro 180.00) - Lotto/43203 WE WELCOME OFFERS

17/5/1850 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - A letter with the Salo (BS) postmark in red plus a boxed handstamp, "Prefetura In Salo" - excellent condition - Lotto/43206

12/7/1850 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - Letter with the abbreviated postmark of Casalmaggiore in red (1813), sent to Piadena. "A notable rarity rating if used during the period of the First Issue." Excellent condition - Lotto/43207

JUNE 1850 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 cent., 1st type, handmade paper, sharp impression, the figure 5 clear of the frame line, 1st printing (Cat. Sassone 3a). Morbegno cancellation, excellent margins - Lotto/43208 WE WELCOME OFFERS

DECEMBER 1850 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 cent., 2nd type, handmade ribbed paper, with a less sharp impression and the figure 5 touching the frame line, 2nd printing (Cat. Sassone 4). Venice cancellation, excellent margins - Lotto/43209 WE WELCOME OFFERS

December 1850 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 cent. vermilion red, plate 2, subtype II (the second E intact), on paper showing part of the watermark (Cat. Sassone 4). Used with excellent margins (Cat. Sassone Euro 300.00) - Lotto/43210 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1853 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 2 Kr. blue green, Newspaper Postage Due (Cat. Sassone 1c). Used stamp with an original cancellation and excellent margins (Cat. Sassone Euro 200.00) - Lotto/43213 WE WELCOME OFFERS

3/4/1854 KINGDOM OF LOMBARDY-VENETIA - A superb pre-philatelic letter with a clear and unusual three-line obliterator "Castiglione d'intelvi 3 apr." (of the year 1834), plus a clear oval handstamp "I.R. Pretura di St. Fedele", sent to Volta Mantovana - Lotto/43214

ITALY - Vicenza - unused black and white postcard, "Basilica di Monte Berico", with a poem by Giacomo Zanella - Lotto/43276

1858 - KINGDOM OF NAPLES - 2 Gr. rose, first plate (Cat. Sassone 5), on a piece of cover with a sharp "Annullato" (cancelled) handstamp - Lotto/43283 WE WELCOME OFFERS

15/7/1853 - SWITZERLAND - A pre-stamp letter with the straight-line postmark "Wildegg" plus a double circle in red, "Suisse ST. Louis", addressed to Montbeliard (France), in the Doubs department - excellent condition. On the reverse, numerous postmarks of Brugg, Basel and Montbeliard - Lotto/43286