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 -…

Added on 7 June 2008

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

Added on 27 January 2005

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

Added on 24 January 2005

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…

Added on 24 January 2005

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…

Added on 24 January 2005

1968 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 25 Lire Siracusana (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 1073), used and with the perforation shifted downwards (Cat. CEI 1089a)

Added on 24 January 2005

1968 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 20 Lire Siracusana (Cat. Unificato/Sassone 1072) with the perforation shifted in both directions, on a used cover fragment (Cat. CEI 1088a)

Added on 24 January 2005

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.

Added on 24 January 2005

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).

Added on 24 January 2005

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…

Added on 23 January 2005

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…

Added on 13 January 2005

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…

Added on 13 January 2005

1911 - GREECE - 40 l. blue (Cat. Yvert 187). Used, with the perforation strongly shifted vertically. A sound example

Added on 27 January 2005

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.

Added on 3 February 2005

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…

Added on 4 February 2005

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

Added on 3 September 2005

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…

Added on 3 September 2005

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

Added on 28 August 2005

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).

Added on 12 July 2005

LUXEMBOURG - A group of 7 values with shifted overprints, and one with a set-off - to be catalogued.

Added on 9 May 2005