Italy 1952/1972 - 100+ First Day Covers (FDC) 1952-1972 and +100 Internationally Travelled Covers (1930-1970)
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Italy, 1952–1972, over 200 mail covers including complete Michelangiolesca FDC series and travelled covers with high values, all used for postal purposes and mostly bearing original postmarks and labels.
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Description from the seller
Over 100 FDC envelopes traveled, including Registered mail, the complete Michelangiolesca Series, High Values (500 Lira, 900 Lira) from 1952 to 1972 ,
More than 100 commercial and personal covers, all regularly mailed in a Post History and Airmail binder including international exchanges, including technical correspondence to the Nuclear Research Center C.E.N. and EURATOM in Belgium.
A total of over 200 FDC postal envelopes, commercial mail and Airmail.
Top issues of the lot
- Free Territory of Trieste (A.M.G. - F.T.T.): Issues of 1952 and 1953 with overprints and original special cancellations.
- CEPT Europe Theme: multinational issues of 1959 (Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg) and continues with the 1960s issues of Italy and San Marino.
- Italian Republic (1956-1972): Many commemoratives and regular series including the complete Michelangiolesca Series on FDC, and the presence of High Values (e.g. 500 Lire, 900 Lire Divine Comedy).
- Republic of San Marino (1968-1970): Art-themed series (Raphael, Tiepolo, Botticelli, Lorenzetti) and the picturesque Zodiac series.
Most of the envelopes were produced by the renowned philatelic publishers Venetia Club and Capitolium.
As for the Traveled Postal Envelopes:
Many traveled as Registered mail (with corresponding labels) and bear Original Origin Cancellations (e.g., Roncole Verdi, Courmayeur, Pisa).
Among these, notably:
- Zeppelin Flight (1932): Airmail envelope from Brazil to Italy bearing on the back the unmistakable transit stamp "Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin Befördert" (Friedrichshafen, 3.11.32).
- 1954 letter from Germany "Taxed" on arrival in Italy with a 20 Lire tax stamp; pre-war correspondence from Albania (1930); envelopes traveling from Portuguese Angola, Burma (Loikaw, 1952), India and Egypt.
South American Immigration:
- A substantial core of airmail from the 1940s and 1950s from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela to Southern Italy.
- Special Rates and High Franking: "Special Delivery" and "Express" from Great Britain with rich multiple frankings; airmail parcels from the USA;
- Registered and Italian Express mail with complex rate combinations (e.g., CEPT Europe blocks and World Ski Championships).
Overall excellent condition and consistent with natural postal travel (transit marks, original labels, arrival cancellations). View the photo gallery for details.
Tracked shipping and carefully packed
Over 100 FDC envelopes traveled, including Registered mail, the complete Michelangiolesca Series, High Values (500 Lira, 900 Lira) from 1952 to 1972 ,
More than 100 commercial and personal covers, all regularly mailed in a Post History and Airmail binder including international exchanges, including technical correspondence to the Nuclear Research Center C.E.N. and EURATOM in Belgium.
A total of over 200 FDC postal envelopes, commercial mail and Airmail.
Top issues of the lot
- Free Territory of Trieste (A.M.G. - F.T.T.): Issues of 1952 and 1953 with overprints and original special cancellations.
- CEPT Europe Theme: multinational issues of 1959 (Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg) and continues with the 1960s issues of Italy and San Marino.
- Italian Republic (1956-1972): Many commemoratives and regular series including the complete Michelangiolesca Series on FDC, and the presence of High Values (e.g. 500 Lire, 900 Lire Divine Comedy).
- Republic of San Marino (1968-1970): Art-themed series (Raphael, Tiepolo, Botticelli, Lorenzetti) and the picturesque Zodiac series.
Most of the envelopes were produced by the renowned philatelic publishers Venetia Club and Capitolium.
As for the Traveled Postal Envelopes:
Many traveled as Registered mail (with corresponding labels) and bear Original Origin Cancellations (e.g., Roncole Verdi, Courmayeur, Pisa).
Among these, notably:
- Zeppelin Flight (1932): Airmail envelope from Brazil to Italy bearing on the back the unmistakable transit stamp "Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin Befördert" (Friedrichshafen, 3.11.32).
- 1954 letter from Germany "Taxed" on arrival in Italy with a 20 Lire tax stamp; pre-war correspondence from Albania (1930); envelopes traveling from Portuguese Angola, Burma (Loikaw, 1952), India and Egypt.
South American Immigration:
- A substantial core of airmail from the 1940s and 1950s from Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela to Southern Italy.
- Special Rates and High Franking: "Special Delivery" and "Express" from Great Britain with rich multiple frankings; airmail parcels from the USA;
- Registered and Italian Express mail with complex rate combinations (e.g., CEPT Europe blocks and World Ski Championships).
Overall excellent condition and consistent with natural postal travel (transit marks, original labels, arrival cancellations). View the photo gallery for details.
Tracked shipping and carefully packed
Details
Geographic origin
Italy
From (Year of oldest stamps)
1952
To (Year of most recent stamps)
1972
Condition
Postal used
Title
100+ First Day Covers (FDC) 1952-1972 and +100 Internationally Travelled Covers (1930-1970)
Has certificate
No
Has expert signature
No
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