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Italy 1918 Military Mail Picture Postcard to France
Picture Postcard written from Foggia addressed to France cancelled by Military cachet "108 Regt. Inf. Mission Francaise Foggia (Italle) / Le Commandant du Detachement". Very fine and scarce item from the French Detachment in Italy. (pt)
Italy 1916 Military Mail Picture Postcard to France
Picture Postcard written from Venice addressed to France cancelled by "Aviation Francaise Venise / Le Commandant" in violet with handstamp "Detachement de L'Aiation Francaise a Venise". Very fine. (pt)
Italy 1917 Military Mail Picture Postcard to France
Postcard written from Livourne addressed to French cancelled by Military cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise / Hopital D'Evacuation de Livourne" in violet with handstamp "Franchise Postale". Very fine. (pt)
Italy Vatican 1930 Registered cover to Dublin Franking
Registered envelope to Dublin bearing Yvert 33, 80c red and Yvert 35, 2lire brown tied by Vaticano Poste double ring with registered label and Miltown and Rathmines arrival on reverse. Scarce single franking. (pt)
Italy 1918 Military Mail Postcard to France
Early Picture Postcard written from Milan cancelled by Military cachet "Base Francaise D'Italie / Le Commissaire Militaire" double-ring in Red. Very fine. (pt)
Italy 1918 Military Mail Postcard of Boats
Picture Postcard written from Rome cancelled by Military mail cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Brigade de Rome Termini / Detachement de Gendarmerie" double-ring in Blue addressed to France. Very fine & scarce. (pt)
Italy France 1918 Military Mail Postcard Rome
Early Picture Postcard of Roma Piazza S. Pietro, from Rome cancelled by Military cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise de Ravitaillement en Italie" addressed to France. Very fine. (pt)
Italy 1918 Military Postcard Milan to France
Military Mail Picture Postcard Cunardo Panorama e Laghetto di Ponte Nativo (boat, mountain), written from Milan cancelled by Military Cachet "Base Francaise D'Italie / Le Commissaire Militaire" double-ring in Red. Very fine. (pt)
Italy Destination Mail 1906 Cover to Reunion
envelope bearing Yvert 67, 10c Carmine and Yvert 75, "15 on 20c" orange, tied by Suliano squared circle with St. Denis arrival on reverse. (pt)
Italy / Red Cross Postcard 1917 to France
Early Red Cross Picture Postcard bearing Yvert 76, 5c green mixed with Milan 1917 Red Cross label tied by Milano datestamp. Very fine. (flowers). (pt)
Italy / Red Cross Postcard 1917 to France
Early Red Cross Picture Postcard (Nurse), bearing Yvert 77, 10c red mixed with Milan 1917 Red Cross label tied by Milano datestamp. Very fine. (pt)
Italian Colony Libya 1911 Patriotic Postcard
Early Coloured Picture Postcard (Derna Dopo la vittoria) to Tunisia bearing Italy Yvert 76, 5c green tied by Tripoli di Barberia squared circle. Nice card. (pt)
Italian Colonies LIBYA 1920 "CAMERA" Postcard
Early Illustrated Picture Postcard for the Lottery in Aid of the War Orphens bearing Libya Yvert 3, 5c green cancelled by Bengasi (Arrive) datestamp with illustration of the "Camera" as the prize. Nice item for the thematic collector. (pt)
Italian Colonies LIBYA 1920 Illustr. Postcard
Early Illustrated Picture Postcard for the Lottery in Aid of the War Orphens bearing Libya Yvert 3, 5c green cancelled by Bengasi (Arrive) datestamp with illustration of the "Hundred Thousand Lira" as the prize. Nice item for the thematic collector. (pt)
Italian Colonies Libya 1920 Lottery Postcard
Early illustrated Picture Postcard for the Lottery in Aid of the War Orphens bearing Libya Yvert 3, 5c Green cancelled by Bengasi (Arrive) datestamp with illustration of the "Bronze Statue" as the prize. Nice item for the thematic collector. (pt)
Italian Colonies Libya 1920 Illustr. Postcard
Early Illustrated Picture Postcard (Automobile Fiat Mod. 501 Car) for the Lottery in Aid of the War Orphens bearing Libya Yvert 3, 5c Green cancelled by Bengasi (Arrive) datestamp with illustration of the "Bonatti automobile" as the prize. Nice item for the thematic collector, (pt)
Italian Colonies Libya 1920 Lottery Postcard
Early Illustrated Picture Postcard for the Lottery in Aid of the War Orphens bearing Libya Yvert 3, 5c Green cancelled by Bengasi (Arrive) datestamp with illustration of the "Catacome Romane" at the prize. (pt)
Italy 1911 Lake Steamer Envelope to Argentina
Cover bearing Yvert 69, 25c Blue and Yvert 73, 1 lira Green & Brown, tied by "Tomaso di Savoia / Piroscafo Postale Italiano" double-ring Lake Steamer cachet in Violet with arrival on reverse. Very attractive. (pt)
Italy Postcard 1918 Military Mail to France
Early Picture Postcard (Mountains, stag, deers), cancelled by Roma datestamp with Military cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise Detachement de Gendarmerie / Brigade de Rome-Terminal" in blue. Scarce Military mail cancel. (pt)
Italian Colonies / Libya 1916 Postage Dues
envelope to Italy bearing Libya Yvert 3, 5c green tied by Tripoli (Corrispondenze) datestamp with Crown / Tripoli Censor in Red, underpaid with TAX handstamp and Italian Postage Dues Yvert 5, 5c orange and Yvert 7, 20c orange applied and tied on arrival by Milano datestamp. (pt)
Italian Colonies / Libya 1916 Postage Dues
envelope to Italy bearing Libya Yvert 3, 5c green tied by Tripoli (Corrispondenze) datestamp with Crown / Tripoli Censor in Red, underpaid with TAX handstamp and Italian Postage Dues Yvert 5, 5c orange and Yvert 7, 20c orange applied and tied on arrival by Milano datestamp. (pt)
Italy France 1891 JM Thomas Cook Fine Advertising Card
from Mount Vesuvia bearing Yvert 34, 10c brown red tied by straight-line handstruck "Vesuvia" addressed to France with Seine arrival. Very fine & attractive item. (pt)
Italy / Italian PO in Tunisia 1857 Stampless
Italian Post Offices in Tunisia Stampless Envelope written from Genova, charged 6 in manuscript and routed via Marseille with Tunisi Poste Sarde arrival in blue on reverse. (Tchil Fig 26). Scarce item in Very fine condition. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Libya) 1916 Registered & Censored cover
envelope to Italy bearing Libya Yvert 19, "20 on 5c" Grey (3), tied by Tripoli D'Africa Raccomandate datestamp with Tripoli Gezion Biunite registered handstamp with Crown Tripoli Censore No.13 in Red and Censore label. Very fine item. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Libya) 1916 Registered envelope to Italy
cover bearing Libya Yvert 14, 10+5c Red and Yvert 16, 20+5c Orange (Pair) tied by Tripoli D'Africa Raccomandate datestamp with Tripoli Gezio Biunite registered handstamp with red Reccomandate label. Very fine item. (pt)
Italy 1893 Postal Stationery Card 25c Claret / Overland Postage Due
PSC cancelled by Genova squared circle addressed to the East Indies with Sea Post Office transit, underpaid with TAX handstamp and manuscript 0.5 with circular "Overland Postage Due" and arrival in Ootacamund and Kotagiri. Very fine item of destination mail. (pt)
Italy 1862 Mourning envelope to Germany, "Torino"
written from Lingat and cancelled by Torino datestamp endorsed par Geneve-Bale with Boxed Swiss transit Schweiz N.T.T. (Van der Linden 2551a), various manuscript charges erased with Bellinzona and Frankfurt transits on reverse. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Tripolitania) 1912 PPC from Homs of the Turkish Artillery Division
black & white Picture Postcard (Sezione Artiglieria nell'antico ospedale turco), bearing Italy Yvert 76, 5c Green tied by Homs Tripolitania datestamp (Tchill 134) with Military cachet "Nave Ospedale Militare / Regina D'Italia" in Violet addressed to Paris. A spectacular item of Military mail for the exhibitor. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Eritrea) 1918 Military mail PPC (Wreck Mail - only 3 recorded)
Picture Postcard (Dal Mar Rosso Al Mare Di Libia Sventola Il Tricolore), cancelled by Asmara (Eritrea) datestamp addressed to France with Naufragio (WRECK CACHET) in Black and Censor damage. A rare item of Wreck Mail, ONLY 3 RECORDED. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Bengasi) 1911 Military mail
from the Italian-Turkish War cancelled by Field Post Office Posta Da Campo Div. Ne. Speciale (Tchill Fig. 196) Violet rubber handstamp with adjacent Bengasi Cirenaica straight line (Tchill Fig. 186) sent on Italian Steamer cancelled R. Nave Etruria datestamp in Green. Rare. (pt)
Italian Colony Tripolitania 1912 Milita. Mail
from the Italian-Turkish War. Cancelled by handstruck Comando Del Corpo D'Occupazione Della Tripolitania with adjacent double-ring cachet in Violet and receiver on reverse. Scarce. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Homs) 1913 Military mail
Military mail envelope to Italy from the Italian-Turkish War cancelled by Homs Tripolitania datestamp (Tchill Fig. 134) with 3rd Battaglione Volontari Indiceni Tripolitania comando Military unit cachet in Red (Scarce) addressed to Italy. A rare item from this Military campaign. (pt)
Levant (Italian) 1910 Picture Postcard of the Bulgarian Army
written by an officer and posted from the Italian Post Office Constantinople bearing Yvert 51, "5c on 10 para" Green tied by Constantinople Poste Italiane double-ring addressed to Paris. Superb Postcard. (pt)
Levant Italian 1913 Turkish Picture Postcard
Coloured Picture Postcard to Genova of Vue de Top-Kopou, from the Italian Naval Ship R.N. San Marco with Violet cachet, written from Constantinople with Italian Post Office Constantinople double-ring. Very fine. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Derna) 1912 Military mail
from the Italian-Turkish War bearing Italy 5c Green Yvert 76 (3), tied by Posta Militare IV Divisione Tripolitania (Tchill Fig. 221) from the Military Post Office to the Fourth Division Based at Derna. Scarce with stamps. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Libya) 1917 envelope to Marseille
bearing Yvert 3, 5c Green, and Yvert 6, 20c Orange tied by Tripoli D'Africa Sezioni Riunite (Tchil Fig. 85) datestamp with Crown Tripoli visto-del Censore in Red. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Eritrea) 1938 Registered envelope to France
sent by Marine Commander during the Italian Occupation bearing Eritrea Air Mail 1 lire Blue (3) tied by Massaua-Vaglia with registered label and Paris arrival. Mail should have been sent at marine privileged rate but as envelope was insured postaged had to be paid. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Libya) 1917 Registered envelope to Italy
bearing Libya Yvert 7, 25c Blue and Yvert 17 "20 on 5c" Grey tied by Tripoli D'Africa datestamp with matching label and Tripoli Censore No.1 in Red. Attractive item. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Libia) 1939 Censored envelope to Egypt
bearing Cirenaica 1 lire Grey mixed with Libia Yvert 61, 1 lire 25 Blue and Air Mail 50c Violet Yvert 3, tied by Posta Aerea Bengasi with Censor label, censorship cachet in Red and Heliopolis arrival. Fine item. (pt)
Italian Colonies (Libya) 1930 Illustrated envelope from the Majestic Hotel Tunis
bearing Yvert 29, 50c Black and Grey tied by Florio Societa Italiana di Navigazi Paquebot in Violet. Addressed to Tripoli with receiver on reverse. Very attractive. (pt)
Italian States (Papel) 1869 envelope to Marseille, France
bearing Sassone 26, 10c Red and Sassone 29, 40c Lemon Yellow tied by grid cancel with P.D. in Black and rome ambulant on reverse with French entry cachet Rome St. Michel with Marseille arrival. Very fine. (pt)
Italy 1866 envelope written from Naples to Paris
bearing Italy Sassone 20, 40c Red cancelled by 2240 gross chiffres of Marseille with Boxed P.D. and Italie Marseille French entry cachet in Red. Fine quality item. (pt)
Italy 1883 Unstamped envelope to France from Venafro
with various L.P.O. cachets on reverse routed via Paris, Taxed on arrival with French Postage Due 10c Black Yvert 15 (Pair) and 30c Black Yvert 18, tied by Dreux Eure-Et-Loir double-ring. Scarce. (pt)
Italy 1918 Military mail Picture Postcard from San Remo to France
PPC of Santa Margherita Ligure (Ships/Boats), cancelled by Military cachet Vag. Etapes No.1 Secteur 604 / Poste Militaire in Blue from the French Division in Genova. Very fine. (pt)
Italy 1869 envelope to France from Pisa
bearing Sassone 20, 40c Carmine, cancelled on arrival at Marseille by gross chiffres 2240 of Marseille with Boxed P.D. and Italie-Marseille entry cachet in Red. Very fine. (pt)
Italy 1918 Military mail Picture Postcard from San Remo to France
cancelled by Military cachet Vag. Etapes No. 1 Secteur 604 / Poste Militaire in Red from the French Division in Genova. Very fine. (pt)
Italy 1913 Registered envelope to France + Express stamp
bearing Express 30c Blue Yvert 2, 1c Brown Yvert 64 (Pair), 2c Red Brown Yvert 65 (Pair), 5c Green Yvert 76, 15c Slate Yvert 78, and 25c Blue Yvert 79, tied by Brindisi Centro Distribuzione double-ring with registered label. Attractive. (pt)
Italy 1940 Censored envelope to the International Red Cross, Geneva
cancelled by Longcondi datestamp with "Verificato per Censura" label and Boxed "Examined by No 21 / A.C.S." in Violet with "Crown / Opened by Examiner / 9431" and "Opened by Examiner / 4875" with German Censor label and cachet. Very fine item of censored mail. (pt)
Italy 1916 Military mail envelope to Algeria, North Africa
cancelled by Livourne datestamp with Military cachet "Mission Militaire Francaise / Hopital D'Evacuation de Livourne" in Violet and double-ring "15th Section Infirmiers Militaire Francaise / Detachement Principal D'Italie / L'Officer Commandant le Secteur Nord Ligne Ventimille-Tarente" Fine item signed by the Commandant. (pt)
Italy 1881 Mourning envelope to France, "Torino"
cancelled by Torino datestamp bearing Italy 25c Blue Yvert 36, tied on arrival by Malesherbes Paris double-ring with adjacent French entry cachet in Blue. A rare and unusual item. (pt)