Italian States

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

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

4/7/1865 - LOMBARDO VENETO -  5 Soldi (Cat. Sassone 43) su lettera da "Venezia" a Feltre (Belluno) - Lotto/41073

1854 KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - 20 centesimi blue (Cat. Sassone 8). Used stamp with good margins, the oval and lettering blind-embossed. As on many examples, the embossed oval carrying the effigy tends very slightly to open (Cat. Sassone Euro 450.00) - Lotto/41213 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1858/1863 KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - 10 centesimi bistre (Cat. Sassone 14). Used stamp with large margins and a Genoa cancellation - Lotto/41214

1859 KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - 5 centesimi yellow green (Cat. Sassone 13Ba). Used stamp with excellent margins. Signed Oliva and Gazzi (Cat. Sassone Euro 450.00) - Lotto/41215 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1855/1863 - KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - 40 centesimi vermilion rose (Cat. Sassone 16F). Used stamp with an original cancellation - Lotto/41216

7/6/1858 KINGDOM OF NAPLES - 2 gr. rose, 2nd plate (Cat. Sassone 6), cancelled, plus the oval Bari handstamp in red and "7 Giugno", on a folded letter to Naples - Lotto/42185 WE WELCOME OFFERS

14/2/1853 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 45 cent. blue, 1st type (Cat. Sassone 10) on a cover from Venice to Florence (Cat. Sassone Euro 450.00) - Lotto/42441

27/6/1846 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - A pre-stamp letter from Milan to Mortara (Kingdom of Sardinia) with the large double-circle postmark with a lower ornament, of Austrian issue (1843); its use ceased in 1848, but it went on being used occasionally. Handstamp in red, ARE (Arrivo Raggio Esterno, arrival in the outer zone), applied by the sorting office at Novara - excellent condition - Lotto/42697

3/1/1850 - LOMBARDO VENETO - Ricevuta d'Impostazione  per corrispondenza raccomandata da Brescia a Verona (Periodo Prefilatelico)- ottima conservazione - Lotto/42700

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

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

9/2/1852 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 centesimi bright red, plate 4, type 3 (Cat. Sassone 6b). Used stamp with a sharp, complete and uncommon triple-circle cancellation, "Montagnana 31/7 (PD)" - Lotto/48312

9/2/1852 - LOMBARDO VENETO - 15 Centesimi rosso salmone chiaro  Tavola 5 tipo 3 ( Cat. Sassone 6f ) francobollo usato con nitido annullo di Verona 9/8 - Lotto/48315

9/2/1852 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 centesimi intense salmon red, plate 5, type 3 (Cat. Sassone 6g). Used stamp with an original cancellation (Cat. Sassone Euro 150.00) - Lotto/48316

1859 KINGDOM OF SICILY - 5 Grana carmine rose (Cat. Sassone 9 - Cat. Unificato 4). Used stamp with an original cancellation (Cat. Sassone Euro 1400.00 - Unificato Euro 500.00). Excellent condition - Lotto/48507 WE WELCOME OFFERS