Petite Treasures – May 2026

1951, 80 years hungarian stamps, souvenir sheets 60 f-2 ft. imperforated complete, mint never hinged, tiny gum creases, otherwise fine

1958, FIP Exhibition Flowers S/S perf. and imperf on two FDC, fine

1973/82, Three souvenir sheets, 100 years UPU missing center perf, IBRA, FIFA 1982, all mint never hinged

1871, LOSONCZ 29/11/71, centered and clear ideal strike on a very nice full-perforated and fresh-colored block of four of the 2nd issue, 5 kr. Franz Joseph copperplate print in beautiful collector's quality

1924/25, Frederik VIII, values of 25 a. orange, 50 a. lilac red and 1 k. yellow of the 1912 design, ovpt. with '2/kronur' and 'Kr.10' in black, respectively, three fine and fresh examples, well embossed. Cert. Raybaudi (Facit SEK 18.500) (Facit 121-123)

1939, First Glider Flight transporting mail Samskeid - Reykjavik 30.7.1939, illustrated card with special cachet, very fine (Scott C1)

1931, Iceland Return Flight, 1 kr. brown/blue and 30 a. red/green tied on registered postcard from REYKJAVIK, 30.VI.31, via Friedrichshafen, Zeppelin cachet in green alongside, addressed to Berlin, very fine

1876/98, 20 a. green, horizontal block of 15, mnh, vf

1923, þjónusta 20 aur on 10 aur in block of 4, one stamp with variety ‘M and E connected’, mint never hinged

1930, Allthing complete official overprinted set of 16 stamps, unused, tiny hinge remains, otherwise very fine. (Mi.** 2.000€).

1922, 1 p. carmine-rose, Booklet Pane of three stamps and labels, clear cancelled, well-centered for this, fresh color and fine (SG 72)

1927/37, two stationery registered letter 5 p. violet, size 152x96mm, both used uprated registered, one to England and one to Holland with arrival mark on front, fine pair.

1923, George V stationery registered letter 5 p. olive-green uprated with 1922 (Dollard) 1d . red, canceled with 24/AP/23 and used from DUBLIN to Berlin with arrival mark CHARLOTTENBURG 27/4/23 on reverse, fine.

1961/64, two stationery registered letter 1/- sh. 1 p. blue and 1/- sh. 5 p. olive-green, both unused, H&G no.24 with violet cachet on reverse ‘The Minimum registration fee is now 1/-s’ reverse, fine pair.

1961/64, two stationery registered letter 1/- sh. 5 p. green, size 134x84mm and 204x128mm, both used registered, large envelope with red imprint on reverse ‘The Minimum registration fee is now 1/-s’ from Cork to New Rochelle USA with arrival mark on reverse, the small one to Bruxelles, fine pair. (Michel EU8aFIII)

1854, RIETI oneliner on folded envelope with imprint inside and clear mark ‘Delegazione Apostolica Di Rieti Segreteria Generale’ on front, usual file fold, very fine.

1858, Entire letter from Ancona 9.3.58 to Cesena with arrival mark oneliner on reverse, endorsed ‘Ferma a la Posta’ on top, Taxe crossed out and “8” b. for retournement to Ancona, inside two pages long business corrospondence, file folds, fine

1884, "Carteggio di S.M." framed violet cachet on stampless envelope from Rome to Alexandria, on reverse red/gold label "casa di s.m. la regina", on reverse transit mark Napoli (29/2) and arrival mark Alexandrie (5/3), vertical fold and stains, tiny pin hole, scarce Royal cachet and unusual, certificate du Vachat (2009)

1862, 40 c. rose-carmine, unused, good perforation, fine and fresh, signed und certificate Terrachini (2009) (Sass. 1.700€) (Sassone 3)

1864, Vittorio Emanuele II pair 30 c. brown on cover Taranto to London via France, paying the 60 c. single rate by the French route, both tied by crisp “TARANTO / 22 OTT 64” cds., with two boxed “P.D.” strikes and a red circular “LONDON / PAID / OC 26 64” exchange marking on face, reverse with indistinct backstamps, light edge wear only, otherwise fine and attractive.

1879, 25 c. blue, unused, fresh color, fine. Certificate Terrachini (2009).

1900, 50 c. violet, unused with original gum, fresh color, fine (Sassone 1.100). (Sassone 76)

1944, set of 9 revenue stamps 5 c. to 6 l. tied by "HERCEGNOVI 14.IX.44" cds. to registered cover with arrival mark on reverse, 2 l. slightly stained, otherwise fine and scarce.

1849, Entire cancelled CIVITAVECCHIA 12/FEB/49 (three days after Mazzinis proclamation), adressed to 'G.Sarandari Athen per Hydronissia' with arrival marks Athens and Pierus (Hellas Type I) on reverse, taxe ‘30’ in red crayon, file fold otherwise fine

1855, Entire letter from Ferrara 5/GI/55 to Milano, struck with framed "P / Stato Pontificio" handstamp in black, on reverse boxed “Porto Lettere I Distribuzione” and Milano 7/6 arrrival mark, several tax ms. to austrian border. Light vertical file fold otherwise fine and an attractive letter.

1852, Four stamps ½ b. showing shades of grey, reddish violet and rose, all well-margined, unused, one stamp no gum, fresh colours, fine, signed HK, Diena, Raybaudi, Vespermann BPP, Sorani BPP

1852, ½ b. grey, a well-margined single, unused, fresh colour, very fine, signed G. Bühler

1852, Three stamps 1 b. blueish-green, deep green and deep blueish-green, all unused, lightly hinged, one signed Sorani, fresh and fine trio

1852, Pair ½ Baj. black on grey, plate flaw at left “A” in “BAJ”, unused, wide margins on two sides, fine, signed Ez. Diena

1852, ½ Baj. black on reddish violet, good margins, unused regummed, signed Vespermann BPP

1852, Four stamps 1 b. to 4 b., well-margined, unused, fresh colours, fine, signed Bühler, Diena, Raybaudi, Friebe BPP, Vespermann BPP

1858, 3 baj on brown, slightly touched at left with double separation lines, tied to pre-printed letterhead of the Ministry of Finance ‘MINISTERO DELLE FINANZE DIREZIONE GENERALE DEI LOTTI’ from Rome with full content to Spoleto, fine letter with grid stamp, tiny vertical fold. (Sass. 4Ac, 1,750)

1860, 3 baj on brown, slightly touched on left with separation lines on three sides, tied by grid stamp to envelope from PIGLIAPOCO to Ascoli, light horizontal file fold, otherwise fine. (Sass. 400,-). (Sassone 4a)

1852, 3 b., 4 b., 5 b. and 6 b. four unused stamps. all unsused lightly hinged, fresh and fine, three signed Bühler and Raybaudi

1852, 5 baj. on pink, full margins, tied to envelope by ‘CIVITAVECCHIA’ oneliner in black, on reverse arrival postmark ‘LIVORNO 9/GEN 1852’, usual file fold, otherwise fine, signed Diena. (Sassone 61)

1866, 8 baj. black on white, two pairs on cover front only from Rome to New York via England, each tied by diamond grill cancels with ROMA / 1 FEB 66 double-circle cds. alongside, endorsed “via d’Angleterre” on top and struck with green oval forwarding agent cachet “Ditta Freeborn & Co / Paid / Roma” and boxed “P.P.” denoting full prepayment, with red French transit (5 Feb) and faint red New York "Paid All" arrival on face, light edge wear but clean strikes and fresh multiples to a scarce destination.