Italian States

1854 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 cent. vermilion red, machine-made paper, plate A, type III (Cat. Sassone 20), a used stamp, very fine, with excellent margins and a Como cancellation - Lotto/40541

1854 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 Cent. vermilion red on machine-made paper, plate A, type III (Cat. Sassone 20), stamp used, very handsome and with large margins, Treviso postmark - signed A. Diena, G. Bolaffi - Lotto/40543

1854 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 cent. salmon red, machine-made paper, plate A, type III (Cat. Sassone 20b), a used stamp with excellent margins, cancelled Lecco - Lotto/40544

1854 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 cent. vermilion rose, machine-made paper, plate A, type III (Cat. Sassone 20c), a used stamp with large margins, cancelled Treviso - Lotto/40545

1854 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - Newspaper stamps - 3 centesimi blue, 3rd type (Cat. Sassone 3). Fresh, with large margins. Signed Oliva, L. Gazzi and Chiavarello (Cat. Sassone Euro 500.00). Bargain - Lotto/40521 WE WELCOME OFFERS

14/1/1851 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 centesimi red (Cat. Sassone 3) on a cover from Venice to Treviso, with the mute three-circle postmark (V) of Venice plus a straight-line postmark. (Although the Lombardy-Venetia postal administration did not operate a double-postmark system, between the end of 1850 and the middle of 1851 some experiments were made in that direction and 14 offices used mute postmarks accompanied by a handstamp carrying the place of origin and the date.) Very fine and rare. Signed A. Diena and Raybaudi - Lotto/40522 WE WELCOME OFFERS

3/12/1851 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 centesimi rose, plate III, subtype IIa, from the printing of 14 July 1851 (Cat. Sassone 5), on a cover from Milan addressed locally, with the four-circle postmark "Milano 3/12 6-7 P." (in use from 31 October 1851 to 23 January 1852). Very fine. Signed L. Gazzi - Lotto/40525 WE WELCOME OFFERS

3/7/1852 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 centesimi rose, plate III, subtype IIB, on handmade paper of July 1851 (Cat. Sassone 5), on a folded letter with the horizontal-lines postmark "Carate" (today Carate Brianza), addressed to Morbegno (SO). On the reverse, the straight-line postmark "Morbegno 4 Lug". Very fine. Signed Raybaudi - Lotto/40527 WE WELCOME OFFERS

3/7/1852 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 centesimi red, plate 4 type III (Cat. Sassone 6), on a folded letter with the slanted block-letter postmark "Rovigo 24 Ago", addressed to Padua. On the reverse, the straight-line postmark "Padova 25 Ago" - very handsome - Lotto/40528

26/10/1852 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - Posting receipt for a registered letter addressed "Al Sommo Pontefice Pio IX" (To His Holiness Pope Pius IX), with the straight-line Milan postmark in red. Very fine and rare - Lotto/40530 WE WELCOME OFFERS

23/2/1853 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 centesimi bright red (Cat. Sassone 6b) on a folded letter from Palma (today Palmanova) to Gorizia. Superb condition - Lotto/40531 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1854 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 cent. light rose, machine-made paper, plate A, type III (Cat. Sassone 20e), a used stamp with large margins - Lotto/40547

11/2/1854 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 30 centesimi reddish brown (Cat. Sassone 8b) on a letter from Milan to Mantua. Superb condition (Cat. Sassone Euro 160.00) - Lotto/40548 WE WELCOME OFFERS

28/11/1855 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 45 centesimi bright blue, plate 3, Type 3 (Cat. Sassone 12a) on a letter from Milan to Trento. Superb condition. Signed L. Gazzi (Cat. Sassone Euro 400.00) - Lotto/40549 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1859 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 3 soldi black (Cat. Sassone 29). Used stamp with an original cancellation. A superb and faultless example with excellent centering (Cat. Sassone Euro 250.00) - Lotto/40562 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1859 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 5 Soldi vermilion-red (Cat. Sassone 30), stamp used with an original postmark of Verona, a superb and faultless example, excellent centring - Lotto/40563

1859 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 10 Soldi RED BROWN (Cat. Sassone 31). A used stamp with an original Udine cancellation - Lotto/40564

1859 LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 15 soldi blue (Cat. Sassone 32). Used stamp with an original Treviso cancellation, excellent condition (Cat. Sassone Euro 300.00) - Lotto/40565 WE WELCOME OFFERS

22/11/1859 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 5 Soldi vermilion red, 2nd type (Cat. Sassone 30), stamp used on piece with the original three-ring postmark of Lonigo. A superb and faultless example, excellent centring - Lotto/40566

14/7/1859 - LOMBARDY-VENETIA - 10 soldi light brown, 2nd type (Cat. Sassone 31a). A used stamp on a fragment of a cover with an original Venice cancellation - a superb and faultless example with excellent centring - Lotto/40567