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5 gr. dark carmine, plate I, nice deep colour and good to large margins, canceled by clear central strike of boxed "ANNULATO" of Naples, which was used on uncancelled stamps on incoming mail to Naples from May 1858 till October 1860. A beautiful and very rare stamp; just 3 further stamps of Sicily have been recorded with this cancellation. Signed Alberto Diena and Colla with certificate (2011)
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1859, ½ gr. orange, plate I, Palermo paper, beautiful fresh colour and even large margins, lightly cancelled, superb. Certificate Sorani (2007) (Sassone 1)
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2 gr. ultramarine blue (azzurro oltremare), plate I, Naples paper, horizontal pair, pos. 77 and 78 with retouch, nice vivid colour and large even margins, tied to letter sheet from Messina, 20.4.1859, to Girgenti. Very fine and fresh. A rare letter. Signed Alberto Diena and Giulio Bolaffi with certificate (1969) (Sassone 6d)
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50 gr. lake-brown, nice fresh colour and clear print, large even margins all round, lightly cancelled, extremely fine. Signed a.o. Giulio Bolaffi and A. Diena, certificate Sorani (2022) (Sassone 14)
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1 gr. dark olive-green, plate III, horizontal pair and single, with single 1 gr. greyish olive-green, plate II and 5 gr. carmine, plate I, all in fresh colour, one 1 gr. just clear on one side, otherwise full to mostly large margins, tied to lettersheet with partly tying cds. "PALERMO PARTENZA 1 MAR 59" to Messina. A fine and rare entire with most unusual combination franking. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1982). (Sassone 5c,4,9a)
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10 gr. dark blue, 5 gr. carmine-rose and pair 2 gr. deep dark blue, plate III, all in fresh colours and with good to mostly large margins, tied by 'ferro di cavallo' to letter sheet with part of contents from Palermo 1859 to Florence, transported by French ship and taxed upon arrival with "6" crazie for the tuscan inland route. Very fine and rare letter to abroad. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1991) (Sassone 12,8a,9)
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½ gr. orange, plate I, Naples paper, marginal strip of 4, beautiful fresh vivid colour and good to mostly large margins including ca. 5 mm sheet margin at right, neatly cancelled on entire letter with faint (as usual) rare oval "VILLAFRATI" to Palermo with adjacent "PALERMO ARRIVO 14 DIC 59". The third stamp from left with tiny scissors cut at bottom left, tiny touching the design, otherwise extremely fine and fresh condition. A beautiful and rare entire. Signed Enzo Diena with certificate (1979), Raybaudi Masilia with certificate (1979) and Raybaudi with certificate (2019) (Sassone 1a)
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5 gr. brownish red, plate I, good to large margins, lightly cancelled, very fine. Certified Enzo Diena (1984) (Sassone 9d)
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½ gr. brownish orange, plate I, Naples paper, fresh colour and even large margins, neatly cancelled, very fine. A rare stamp. Certificates A. Diena (1967) and Colla (2016) (Sassone 1c)
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2 gr. blue, plate III, Palermo paper, corner block of 4, fresh nice colour and good to large margins including ca. 5 mm sheet margins at left and base, unused with fresh original gum, unmounted mint. Very fine and fresh. Signed G. Bolaffi, A. Diena and Raybaudi with certificate 2003 (Sassone 8d)
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