ITALY 1863 RONCHI ESSAY 15c black imperf on bright emerald green paper, CEI S7s, very fine mint with no gum as issued. Wonderful fresh vibrant colour for this scarce essay.

ITALY ITALIAN SOCIAL REPUBLICUBLIC 1944 30c brown with black Fascio OVERPRINT DOUBLE ONE DIAGONAL variety, Sassone 492Afa, superb never hinged mint lower marginal BLOCK of 4, very fresh, all stamps signed Raybaudi and Caffaz in pencil and with Caffaz photo-certificate for the original block of 8. A great display item, cat 2,200 Euro = £1,900+. (4 stamps)