Lot no. 10284
386th Auction
Condition
Catalogue no.
Opening2.000 €
Sold for3.000 €
52 PHOTOS
1851-1862, a well-developed mint & used collection in two large stockbooks, comprising 1851 Vittorio Emanuele II imperforates through to 1862 printings, carefully-arranged and frequently annotated by the collector, noting postmarks, varieties, etc, replete with a striking range of shades, particularly among the later issues an impressive collection that took tremendous effort to assemble, some questionable or faulty examples to be expected in a holding of this size and nature, selection of forgeries/reprints mounted on page and included for reference, but uncommonly fresh and far better quality than usually encountered, an ideal nucleus for an expansive study of this fascinating area.