Lot
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Italy, Mint Comprehensive Collection, 1862-1951, superior all mint collection of many hundreds of singles and sets on well designed pages and a number still on original auction lot sheets all housed in two thick binders, replete with an abundance of scarce and rare singles and sets which catalog into the thousands of dollars each, provenance is excellent as purchases were made from well know auction houses and dealers and we note certificates on some key stamps, begins with the Kingdom issues of King Victor Emmanuel of 1862 with various shades noted, Turin printing with better items including the 10c buff with Oliva certificate, 1878 surcharges with A.P.S. certificate, Victor Emmanuel III to the 5 lira with Raybaudi certificate for 50c, 15c Slate rare booklet pane of six, Philatelic Congress, Manzoni to 5 lira, incredible selection of mint and a number n.h. advertising labels of 1924-1925 including Scott 87d n.h. with Sismondo certificate and a Scott total for these popular issues alone is over $14,000 followed by the Virgil, Dante, World Cup, Risorgimento and all better sets with airmail issues, surcharge and perforation varieties are often present, a nice selection of Romulus errors, strong back-of-the-book with Semi-Postals and a selection of B.L.P. overprints including rarities, Air Post with Trans-Atlantic Squadron, impressive complete set of 20 of the popular Balbo Triptychs, Pneumatic Post issues, Special Delivery, Postage Dues with key sets, Officials, Newspaper stamps, Parcel Post including better items such as Q76 "Cavalino" plus much more; condition is well above average and the 20th century quality is exceptional with few faults, earlier issues will have a few faults however overall the collector had an excellent eye for fresh and sound material, one of the finest collections of Italy that we have had the pleasure to offer, catalog value is primarily based on Scott but unlisted items were valued by Sassone and the total is in excess of $125,000, ex-Windsor. Estimate $15,000 - 20,000.
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Realized: $26,000