50th Auction Anniversary Auction - Day 5

Italien - Ganzsachen: 1879-1960: THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THE UPU SAMPLES OF ITALIAN POSTAL STATIONE
1879-1960: THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THE UPU SAMPLES OF ITALIAN POSTAL STATIONERIES THAT WERE FORMERLY PART OF A FAMOUS SCANDINAVIAN POSTAL MUSEUM. It shows all the Italian, Italian Colonies, San Marino and Vatican postal stationeries that the Scandinavian postal administration received from the UPU. Some still show in pencil the year of receipt and an archival number. The collection was stored in the archives of the postal museum. It contains in total 227 different items almost all in outstanding very fresh condition (they have never been in collectors hands). It particularly interesting to show which postal stationeries of Italy were distributed by the UPU to its member states, at which date and from which printing (maybe some special printings for the UPU are to be discovered). The manuscript notes on some of the postal stationeries demonstrates their UPU specimen status. It includes several better items with Saggio overprint and from the REPUBBLICA ITALIANA period rarities like Filigrano 1946 C132 (500€), 1948 C135 (1200€), 1948 C137 (1300€), 1948 C138 (1200€), 1949 C140 (4500€), 1956 C157 (1200€) all in extremely fine condition. To our knowledge it is the first time ever that such a UPU postal stationery collection has been offered. A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESEARCH.