Italian States

4/9/1858 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 centesimi vermilion red on machine-made paper, plate A, Type III (Cat. Sassone 20) on a letter from Ostiglia (an office in the province of Mantua that remained under Austrian rule until 1866) to Mantua. Circular postmark with ornament. The stamp shows an electrotype flaw (Gazzi auction 6, lot 43, July 1978). Excellent condition, uncommon - Lotto/40558 WE WELCOME OFFERS

31/1/1859 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 5 Soldi red (Cat. Sassone 25) on a letter from Varese (upright straight-line postmark) to Milan. Signed A. Diena and L. Gazzi (Cat. Sassone Euro 100.00) - Lotto/40559 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1855 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 30 cent. reddish brown, type II, machine-made paper (Cat. Sassone 21a) on a piece with a complete postmark used at Trieste for maritime mail arriving at Venice, type R/2, "Da Venezia col vapore" (with the V of "vapore" beneath the E of "Venezia"). Signed A. Diena and L. Gazzi - Lotto/40560

1859 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 2 soldi yellow (Cat. Sassone 28). Used stamp with a four-circle cancellation. A superb and faultless example with excellent centering (Cat. Sassone Euro 200.00++) - Lotto/40561

1861 - LOMBARDO VENETO -  Veneto e provincia di Mantova - 5 Soldi rosso chiaro (Cat. Sassone 33a) francobollo usato su frammento di busta  con annullo originale circolare di Padova ottima conservazione - Lotto/40576

1862 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 3 Soldi yellow green (Cat. Sassone 35). Used stamp with an original cancellation, excellent condition (Cat. Sassone Euro 185.00). Signed Emilio Diena and Alberto Diena - Lotto/40577 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1862 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - Newspaper Postage Due, 2 Kreuzer vermilion (Cat. Sassone 3) on the front page of the newspaper "Il Difensore". Double-circle postmark with ornaments, "Verona 8/8". Signed A. Diena and L. Gazzi (Cat. Sassone Euro 550.00) - Lotto/40578 WE WELCOME OFFERS

JUNE 1855 - Grand Duchy of Tuscany - 2 crazie greenish blue (Cat. Sassone 5/e) on a folded letter from Florence to Lucca - (Cat. Sassone Euro 1,200.00) Lotto/40763 WE WELCOME OFFERS

2/2/1857 DUCHY OF PARMA - 10 + 15 Centesimi (Cat. Sassone 2+3), mixed franking on a letter from Parma to Borgonuovo (cat. Sassone Euro 2,250.00) - Lotto/40765 WE WELCOME OFFERS

20/12/1852 DUCHY OF PARMA - 10 + 5 Centesimi (Cat. Sassone 1+2), mixed franking on a letter from Piacenza to Fiorenzuola. The 10 cent. value has the upper right corner slightly broken (cat. Sassone Euro 1,950.00) - Lotto/40766 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1861 NEAPOLITAN PROVINCES - 1/2 Tornese yellow green (Cat. Sassone 17e) on a circular to Mortara. On the reverse, the travelling post office postmark "23 dic. Da Bologna ad Alessandria 2" (Cat. Sassone Euro 825.00) - Lotto/40767 WE WELCOME OFFERS

5/2/1856 PAPAL STATES - 3 Baj orange bistre (Cat. Sassone 4), two examples on a letter with the large block-capital straight-line postmark "Tolentino", addressed to Senigallia. On the reverse, the large block-capital postmark "Sanseverino" plus a double-circle postmark "Senigallia 6 Feb. 56" - Lotto/40678 WE WELCOME OFFERS

22/2 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 10 Soldi brown, 2nd type (Cat. Sassone 31), on a folded letter with a Venice postmark, sent to Fonzaso (Belluno); on the reverse a Fonzaso postmark of 23 Feb. - Lotto/40769 WE WELCOME OFFERS

30/9/1861 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 10 Soldi brown, 2nd type (Cat. Sassone 31) on a folded letter with the postmark "Udine 30 Sett.", sent abroad to Laibach (Ljubljana), with the arrival mark "Laibach 1 Oct." on the reverse - Lotto/40770 WE WELCOME OFFERS

2/6/1856 - GRAND DUCHY OF TUSCANY - 2 Crazie blue green (Cat. Sassone 5f), two examples of which one has a broken corner, on a letter from Florence to Parma - Florence postmark plus a "PD" handstamp - (Cat. Sassone Euro 1,200.00) - Lotto/40771 WE WELCOME OFFERS

29/5/1861 KINGDOM OF SARDINIA - 2 centesimi printed-matter stamp (Cat. Sassone 20) on a circular from Modena to San Polo. On the reverse, the double-circle travelling post office postmark "Da Bologna ad Alessandria 29 Mag. 61" - Lotto/40772 WE WELCOME OFFERS

3/10/1857 ? LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 30 centesimi brown, 2nd type, handmade paper (Cat. Sassone 8), on a folded letter from Venice to Cento (Ferrara); on the reverse, the double-circle Ferrara postmark - Lotto/40773 WE WELCOME OFFERS

23/9/1858 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 30 centesimi brown, 2nd type, handmade paper (Cat. Sassone 8), on a folded letter from Venice to Pieve di Cadore (Belluno). Signed L. Gazzi - Lotto/40774 WE WELCOME OFFERS

18/3/1865 - LOMBARDY VENETIA - 10 and 15 soldi, perf. 9½ (44/45) on a letter from Venice to London (Cat. Sassone Euro 1,350.00). Signed L. Gazzi - Bargain - Lotto/40592 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1864 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 5 and 10 soldi (38/39) on a letter from Trento to Vienna (Cat. Sassone Euro 700.00). Signed L. Gazzi. Bargain - Lotto/40591 WE WELCOME OFFERS