Philatelic Varieties

1950 - ITALY - 15 Lire, Italia al Lavoro (Italy at Work), with the wheel watermark type I in the shifted upper-right position (Specialised catalogue 108). Mint never hinged with full original gum (MNH) - faultless - (Cat. Euro 285.00). Lotto/6122DA WE WELCOME OFFERS

IRAN - 1889 - 5 chahis (Cat. Yvert 59) - a group of two examples with a marked shift of the perforation - uncommon

UKRAINE - 1921 - 100 g. grey green - unissued - an example with the " recto-verso print " variety, heavy hinge - but a handsome variety, uncatalogued?

1975 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 180 LIRE, the Holy Year (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 1288), with an original cancellation and the variety of a vertical white line.

1980 - ITALY - Italian labour in the world (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 1494 - 1495). A group of two triptychs, mint with full original gum (AGF). The whole block shows conspicuous lines of colour (smears) which continue onto the margin as well - an occasional, uncatalogued variety.

1983 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 300 Lire, Folklore (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 1644). Mint with full original gum, with a conspicuous line of yellow across the upper part of the stamp, caused by a smear of the yellow ink. An occasional, uncatalogued variety.

1968 - REPUBBLICA - 25 LIRE SIRACUSANA (UNIF/SASS. 1073) USATO E CON DENTELLATURA SPOSTATA VERSO IL BASSO (CEI.1089a). 

1968 - REPUBBLICA - 20 LIRE SIRACUSANA (UNIF/SASS.1072) CON SPOSTAMENTO DELLA DENTELLATURA NEI DUE SENSI - SU FRAMMENTO DI BUSTA USATO (CEI.1088a ). 

1971 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 180 L. SIRACUSANA with the perforation badly shifted in both directions (Cat. Unificato 1160A - CEI 1092B) - shifted perforations, on a small fragment of a cover.

1976 - ITALY - 150 Lire Siracusana (Cat. Unificato 1327Ba) with the perforation shifted horizontally. Mint never hinged with full original gum (MNH) (Cat. Unificato Euro 105.00).

1947 - 25 Lire Airmail, the swallows (A133). A pair with the sheet margin at the top, one example showing a conspicuous stripe (a surgical cut) that crosses the sheet margin completely and half of the stamp. An uncatalogued variety.

Italy, Republic - 15 lire of the Siracusana set (Cat. Unificato No. 1071). A superb block of 10 examples in a very pale grey, with a "Cadelbosco di Sopra (RE)" cancellation. The colour of the stamps differs markedly from the standard colour of the issue, and is not the result of fading. An uncatalogued variety

Kingdom of Italy - A small piece of cover franked with a 50c. (Cat. Unificato 85) plus an Express stamp of 60 on 50c. (Cat. Unificato E6) with the perforation strongly shifted downwards, showing the start of the stamp below.

GRECIA -1911- 40 l. blu  (Cat. Yvert.187) usato con dentellatura Fortemente spostata in senso verticale- Esemplare ben conservato

1950 - BRAZIL - 60c., the Microbiology Congress (Cat. Yvert 486), with an original cancellation - variety: imperforate at the right corner, with margins of over 3 mm.

1903 - ERITREA - 2 cent. red brown (Cat. 20), mint never hinged with full original gum. Sheet margin at the top; the overprint is shifted to the right, so that the last letter is missing and appears at the left of the stamp.

PANAMA CANAL ZONE - 5 cent. blue (Cat. Yvert 12A), cancelled - a variety with the PANAMA overprints set close together on the right-hand side of the stamp instead of on both sides of it - uncommon

Panama 1904 - 10c. orange (Cat. Yvert 16A) with the perforation shifted and part of the overprint (Panama) on the margin. A most interesting postmark, "3/dic.1904 Panama Administracion General de Correos", of the general administration of the post office.

1980 - 1000 Lire, the castle of Montagnana (1527), mint - a variety with an offset of the word " Italia " on the reverse - uncatalogued.

1921 - 10 bani, charity issue (Cat. Yvert 301), imperforate at the left and showing the start of the adjoining stamp (a variety not catalogued by Yvert).