Auction 321 - 332 Europe & Overseas Asia / Africa, Europe A –Z, Collections & Accumulations - Day 4

1850/64c.: Collection 240 covers and hundreds used stamps / pieces collected with emphasis on their cancellation interest, nearly exclusively from the first issue, each item with its noted Müller points, mounted on 80 sheets and presented the last time at the Philatec exposition 1964 in Paris. Including ANTIGNATE on strip of three 1850 5 c. orange, BASSANO, BADIA, MONTICELLO & MILANO on first rayon cover with 5 c. orange / yellow & 10 c. black; BERGAMO mute cancellation on detached 15 c. vermillion, signed E. Müller (Müller = 500 points), CENEDA used to obliterate 3 kr. vermillion, CASTIGLIONE DELLE STIVIERE and handwritten cancellation on first rayon cover with 5 c. lemon-yellow & 10 c. black, COMO & POLESELLA covers using St. Andrew's Crosses cut in an interesting ways to close the cover, CONSELVE in blue on stamp, "Imp = Reg = Vapori" handstamp ('Muschelstempel') (Tchilinghirian fig. 353 / Müller 3421a) on 5 c. & 10 c. directed to Verona and on 3 kr. red from Peschiera to Desenzano, a usage of an Austrian stamp on the southern shore of Lake Garda, MILANO strip of 3 kr. used in Lombardo, mute cancellation on adhesive, cert. Matl, two covers to Napoli, LEGNANO on a vert. strip of 5 c., PADOVA in red on 15. red, SONDRIO local registered letter with the 15 c. registration stamp tied by RACCOMANDATA handstamp, SABBIONETTA two line datestamp in red on 15 c. red on piece, struck in June 1850, the only month where one can find this elusive cancellation on stamps (Sassone = R4), cert. Matl, in black on strip of three 5 c., SALO two line datestamp in italcs on 3 kr. on piece, SOMMA on registered cover to Eszek in Croatia-Slavonia, VENEZIA with 25 soldi franking on cover to the Netherlands bearing 1858 15 s. blue and pair 1861 5 so. red, VERONA on 1858 2 kr. journal fiscal stamp, and VICENZA on 1852 pre-LEGA cover to Ferrara with FRONTIERE handstamp. An appealing old-time collection.