Vernon W. Pickering

Country: PAPAL STATES

Condition: ROMAGNE 12 APRIL 1860 FORLIMPOPOLI INTENDENZA MILITARE flags

Description: A Special Item FROM THE ANTIQUARIAN & MODERNARIAN OF POSTAL HISTORY & PHILATELY Wrapper Sovracoperta docketed 12 April 1860 oval INDENDENZA MILITARE in bluish green, very nice signed by expert, Dr. Migliavacca

Country: LUBIANA

Condition: ITALY SLOVENIA GERMANY OCCUP LJUBLJANA 20c P Due

Description: GERMAN OCCUPATION OF LJUBLJANA PAIR of 20c. Scott NJ16 (Sassone T3) used on Postal Vaglia a similar item fetched $400 in an Italian auction signed by noted expert Dr. Migliavacca

Country: SARDINIA

Condition: 1810 104 PIGNEROLE Entire Letter (Signed Migliavacca)

Description: completa di testo

Country: PAPAL STATES

Condition: 1840 MACERATA TO FLORENCE Entire Letter

Condition: 1981 ITALY NAVY CACCIA TORPEDINIERE ARDITO La Spezia

Country: PAPAL STATES

Condition: 1767 FROM ROME SIGNED AND DRY SEAL OF CARDINAL CORSINI

Description: SIGNED BY CARDINAL CORSINI ** Andrea Corsini (1735, Florence – 1795, Rome) great-nephew of pope Clement XII and a nephew of cardinal Neri Maria Corsini. Pope Clement XIII made him a cardinal in the consistory of 24 September 1759. He was camerlengo of the college of cardinals in 1771. He was made prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and member of the commission for the suppression of the Jesuits in 1773; and vicar general for the city of Rome

Country: PAPAL STATES

Condition: AMANDOLA 1849 Roman Republic Uprising

Description: MARCH 1849 Entire Letter stamped with boxed GOVERNO DI AMANDOLA DELEG AP DI ASCOLI - also not listed in GALLENGA'S BOOK and therefore VERY RARE impressive and RARE cover from the era of the ITALIAN RISORGIMENTO which resulted in the unification of Italy - signed by noted Expert Dr. Migliavacca

Country: NAPLES

Condition: 1839 NAPLES well struck AGDP to FLORENCE

Description: *** initialled in pencil by postal historian Dr. Migliavacca

Country: PAPAL STATES

Condition: ROMAGNE 1851 2 WRAPPERS FROM FERRARA TO MESOLA 2 DIFFERENT "1/2" BAJ handstamp

Description: Superb Quality rarely seen This type of items was usually trashed, thus it is exceedingly rare, the 1/2 Baj handstamp is in two different types making this lot even more fascinating Signed by expert Dr Migliavacca

Country: SARDINIA

Condition: 1847 ENT LETTER - OLEGGIO well struck - to Torino

Country: ITALY

Condition: ITALY STATES AND EARLY KINGDOM OF ITALY CATALOGUE

Description: ITALY STATES AND EARLY KINGDOM OF ITALY CATALOGUE 2011-2012 INCL. POSTAL HISTORY *** POSTAGE STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN STATES & EARLY ITALY 1861-1900 *** The best selling Catalogue with accurate/realistic market valuations. HIGHLY SPECIALIZED AND VASTLY IMPROVED AND GREATLY EXPANDED Each State has a postal history synopsis, list of post offices, information about reprints, proofs, and a new and thoroughly researched sub-chapter on postal rates. These are followed by the listings of issued stamps, their varieties, multiples, contemporary forgeries. A chapter is devoted to the stamps, postmarks and postal history of Military Occupations and Provisional Government issues. IT IS SIMPLY AMAZING TO SEE HOW MUCH INFORMATION IS TO BE FOUND IN THIS CATALOGUE. MAPS, CHARTS, CURRENCIES & COINS, GREAT BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX *** At its 14th edition, the catalogue’s in-depth treatment is more and more comprehensive thanks to the co-operation of prominent experts. Every chapter is devoted to a specific pre-unity state and the final chapter is about the Kingdom of Italy. Market evaluations, with references to auction results and net price sales *** 496 pp. - more than 1200 colour ill. - cm 17x24 – paperback -- Italian text If you have previous editions of this Catalogue you know that the new edition is A MUST HAVE FOR ANY SERIOUS COLLECTOR OF THESE STAMPS.

Country: NAPLES

Condition: KINGDOM OF NAPLES 1841 SANTA MARIA "POSTA GIORNALI" NEWSPAPERS MAI

Description: KINGDOM OF NAPLES 1841 SANTA MARIA "POSTA GIORNALI" NEWSPAPERS MAIL red rare -- Superb Quality rarely seen -- from SANTA MARIA CAPUA VETERE -- Signed by expert Dr Migliavacca

Country: SARDINIA

Condition: 1831 ENT LETTER PORTO MAURIZIO TO France "CS2R" red ITALIE PAR ANTIBES

Description: *** initialled in pencil by postal historian Dr. Migliavacca

Condition: MAIL TO & FROM ITALY STATES 1850-1870 - IN ENGLISH 320 pages + CD * 5 POUNDS TO SHIP SEE SHIPPING COSTS before ordering

Description: VERY IMPORTANT * WHEN BUYING THIS BOOK IGNORE THE AUTOMATIC $10 charge [we will send you a Paypal invoice or equivalent for the exact amount] -THIS IS a 5 Pounds PACKET- *** SHIPPING COSTS: TO USA $24 ** TO CANADA $43 ** TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS & EUROPE $55 ** AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, ASIA & FAR EAST $65 ******* FINALLY!!! LETTER MAIL FROM AND TO THE OLD ITALIAN STATES 1850-1870 - by Mario Mentaschi & Thomas Matha; 320 pages * 717 illustrations in b & w (repeated in color in the CD) - HARDBOUND A4 - ENTIRELY IN ENGLISH This is possibly the most useful postal history book published in Italy in recent years MAIN FOCUS: postal rates and routes of mail addressed to the Italian States in the years that saw the Risorgimento wars which resulted in its unification (1861); similarly mail from the Italian States to various countries all over the globe is examined in great detail. The 1850-1861 period is extended to 1866 for Austrian Venetia and to 1870 for the Papal States. In a nutshell this is the postal history of the fall of the colonial eagles in the Italian peninsula Well researched, magnificently illustrated, a true eye-opener and a pleasure for the eyes and the mind Incoming mail to Italy and outgoing: to from... to from AUSTRIAN EMPIRE ALGERIA ARGENTINA BAHAMAS BELGIUM BRAZIL CHILE CHINA IONIAN ISLANDS GREECE MALTA INDIA FRANCE GERMANY you name it.... THIS IS A MUST HAVE bibliophile publication. very heavy and large book weighing 5 pounds when packed to ship Once sold out this book's price will skyrocket ***************************** VERY IMPORTANT * WHEN BUYING THIS BOOK IGNORE THE AUTOMATIC $10 charge [we will send you a Paypal invoice or equivalent for the exact amount] -THIS IS a 5 Pounds PACKET- *** SHIPPING COSTS: TO USA $24 ** TO CANADA $43 ** TO OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE AMERICAS & EUROPE $55 ** AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, ASIA & FAR EAST $65 *******

Country: SARDINIA

Condition: 1845 ENTIRE LETTER GENOA LIVORNO oval VELOCIFERI CURTI RISSETTI Genoa

Description: Sent from Freight Forwarders Company CURTI & RISSETTI VELOCIFERI * oval handstamp

Country: PAPAL STATES

Condition: 1813 PODESTA DI CASTEL FRANCO NEL RENO nice COAT OF ARMS

Description: ENTIRE LETTER JANUARY 1813 FROM MAYOR CASTELFRANCO (under Napoleon's rule) BEAUTIFUL DRY SEAL EMBOSSED ON BACK FLAP in magnificent condition also nice entete of Text Page very fine and of great interest signed by noted expert Dr. Migliavacca

Country: ITALY

Condition: 1894 TPO FUCECCHIO (Tuscany) to PISA Railway postmark

Country: ALBANIA

Condition: 1902 ALBANIA POSTCARD 20 PARA MINT VERY FINE

Country: PAPAL STATES

Condition: 1847 GOVERNO POGGIO RENATICO ENTIRE LETTER fine

Description: ENTIRE LETTER LETTERA COMPLETA DI TESTO 1847 very fine and of great interest signed by noted expert Dr. Migliavacca

Country: ITALY

Condition: NAVY SHIP "C T INDOMITO" + TARANTO ARSENALE cds 1981

Country: ITALY

Condition: NAVY SHIP "C T IMPETUOSO" + TARANTO ARSENALE cds 1981

Description: CACCIA TORPEDINIERE (CT)

Country: ITALY

Condition: INTRA 1838 to SWITZERLAND (SVITTO) 4 clear POSTAL RATES

Description: Nice small Entire Letter (Lettera con Testo) 1838 with INTRA date stamp and postal rates "3" "6" "8" very clearly handwritten for this piece of mail bound for SWITZERLAND; another handwritten postal rate on back flap - Signed Migliavacca

Country: SARDINIA

Condition: SICILY 1861 10 cent SARDINIA CANCELED LERCARA on Wrapper VERY FINE

Description: WRAPPER SOVRACOPERTA 19 SEPTEMBER 1861 elusive LERCARA cds SARDO ITALIANO TYPE well struck -- Sassone 375 Euro on 10c SARDINIA GRIGIO OLIVASTRO (OLIVE GREY) very fine SASSONE 14C 300 Euro IMPRESSIVE ITEM FROM VERY FAMOUS COLLECTION signed by noted expert Dr. Migliavacca

Country: SICILY

Condition: SICILY 1862 10 cent SARDINIA CANCELED ARAGONA

Description: LARGE PART OF WRAPPER SOVRACOPERTA QUASI COMPLETA 23 FEBRUARY 1862 rare ARAGONA cds SARDO ITALIANO TYPE wonderfully struck Sassone 8 points rarity 1,000 Euro on SARDINIA 10c BRUNO CIOCCOLATO CHIARO (LIGHT CHOCOLATE BROWN) SASSONE 14Cea (300 ++ euro on cover) good margins IMPRESSIVE ITEM FROM VERY FAMOUS COLLECTION signed Alberto Diena signed by noted expert Dr. Migliavacca

Country: SICILY

Condition: 1864 15c DE LA RUE CANCELED CESARO' rare COLLA CERTIFICATE

Description: LETTER (NO TEXT) LETTERA SENZA TESTO FEBRUARY 1864 15 c ITALY DE LA RUE (SASSONE LONDON PRINTING L18) CANCELED BY SARDO-ITALIAN cds CESARO' (Sassone 9 points) VERY RARE especially this quality 1,250 Euros CLEAN COLLA CERTIFICATE STATING CLEARLY THAT STAMP AND COVER ARE IN VERY FINE CONDITION ("perfetto") AND THE ITEM IS GENUINE IMPRESSIVE ITEM FROM A VERY FAMOUS COLLECTION signed by noted expert Dr. Migliavacca