5th Jun, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Stamps, Postcards & Postal History
166
Italy
Collection in three volumes: two Davo albums with a relatively basic run from classics onwards with occasional better incl. mint 1932 Garibaldi set (SG.333/E349) and 1945 parcel post set (SG.P647/P658), then a stockbook with a strong show of mint Allied and Yugoslav administrations of Trieste and Venezia-Giulia, with Trieste Zone A issues for 1947 complete incl. parcel post set (SG.P32/P43, cat. £1,000), 1949 single-line ovpt set (2) both mint and MNH (SG.103/114), airmail set MNH (SG.115/121), parcel posts 2nd set (SG.P139/P152, cat. £550), etc, through to Trieste Zone B and Venezia-Giulia/Istria only missing a handful of stamps, with Yugoslav surcharges incl. 16L on 75cts without watermark (SG.24, signed).
Sold for £350
Estimated at £200 - £250
Auction: Stamps, Postcards & Postal History, 5th Jun, 2024
Highlights of the sale include a series of Penny Blacks (lots 1-39) from a 1940s pocket album of the 240 check-letter combinations, excellent North-East China from a collector living in Manchuria in the 1930s-40s (lots 135-143), an attractive range of mint Hong Kong from SG.1 onwards (lots 153-159), Japanese Occupations of Malaya from a collector who served in the Royal Military Police in the 1950s (lots 171-174), the collection of Switzerland from a President of the Helvetia Society of Great Britain with extensive postal history (lots 180-192) and much more.
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Tuesday 4th June 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am
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