Autumn Auction

USAGE OF THE 45 CENTS ON THE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
1850 Folded letter sheet from Venice to Milan, franked 1850 30 cents, brown, Type I from the first printing, clear to good margins, tied by 2-line VENEZIA/1.GIU (1850) date stamp of the first day of issue, an outstanding usage, an important postal history rarity of Lombardy Venetia, showpiece (Sassone 7a, € 235'000)
Note: The Diena certificate states that he knows of only one other cover
Expertise: Signed Raybaudi & Renato Mondolfo, cert. Enzo Diena (1977), Enzo Diena (1984)
Estimate: € 20'000 - € 30'000