Italy, France, Europe & Overseas – The Ing. Pietro Provera Collection

THE ING. PIETRO PROVERA COLLECTION

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THE ING. PIETRO PROVERA COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

First Day Covers

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TO BE OFFERED 2020-2022 Tuscany – Provisional Government 1 January 1860, 10 centesimi deep-brown used on First Day Cover “EMPOLI 1 GEN 60”.

Provenance: Shanahan Auction (1959)

1851, 10c orange brown on First Day Cover postmarked July 1, 1851 in New London, New Hampshire.

One of the finest existing first day covers from the second postage stamp issue of the United States.

View of Apalachicola, approx. 1857

1851, 1c blue horizontal top margin pair tied by “Apalachicola Apr 12” on cover to Boston.

Provenance: Judge Robert Emerson S.G. Cohen Dr. Leonard Kapiloff

View of Grenoble, approx. 1850

Boston from the Dorchester Heights, approx. 1840

1857, 1c blue well centered single used on an envelope locally addressed in Boston.

Provenance: Sir Nicholas Waterhouse Dr. Leonhard Kapiloff France 1 January 1849, 20 centimes black used on First Day Cover “GRENOBLE 1 JANV 49”.

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THE ING. PIETRO PROVERA COLLECTION Italy, France, European & Overseas Countries “Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears”.

(Edgar Allan Poe)

Upon viewing the Ing. Pietro Provera Collection, it is immediately apparent that every single cover was specifically selected for its beauty. Even the more “common” material is represented here in exceptional condition — added to which are colourful mixed frankings, uncommon destinations, rates and routes; unusual cancellations. Every item in the collection had a purpose and a place. It was the work of a determined and methodical collector.

The importance of beauty in a philatelic collection cannot be overstated. Sometimes beauty can be measured empirically — for example, in the case of mathematically-balanced margins. Other times beauty is something which cannot be quantified — rather, it must be innately felt, as is the case when one initially views the Ing. Pietro Provera Collection.

Experience a first selection of philatelic beauties from the Ing. Pietro Provera Collection for yourself on the following pages. While it may or may not “excite your soul to tears”, we are confident that the quality and aesthetic appeal throughout will serve as a reminder of why many of us began collecting stamps and covers in the first place.

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Lombardy-Venetia

Milan Cathedrale, approx. 1860

1858/62, 5 soldi + 10 soldi + 15 soldi used on cover from Milano to France.

1850, Postal Forgery 15 centesimi from Verona used on cover to Roveredo.

1850, 5 centesimi sandwiched between two 30 centesimi used on cover from Mantova to Torino.

View of Verona, approx. 1850

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Naples

Naples, approx. 1860

1858, 2 grana strip of four used on cover from “FOGGIA 10 MAG. 1861” to Naples.

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Provisional Government 1860, 1/2 tornesi blue used on printed matter to Barrafranca, Sicily.

1858, 2 grana strip of five used on cover from “TRANI 15 DIC. 1860” to Naples.

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Parma

1852, 10 centesimi interpanneau (interspazio de gruppo) strip of three used on cover from Piacenza to Genova.

Parma, approx. 1850

Provisional Government 1859, 40 centesimi single franking used on cover from “PARMA 20 GENN 1860” to Milano.

Romagna

1859, 6 bajocchi black on green, used on cover from “BOLOGNA 8 GEN 60” to Ravenna.

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1859, 8 bajocchi black on rose, used on cover from “FERRARA 15 DEC 59” to Rovigo.

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Papal State

1852, 4 bajocchi, quarter used as 1 bajocchi on cover from Copparo to Ferrara.

Breslau Town Hall, approx. 1850

1852, 50 bajocchi used with 4 bajocchi on Foreign destination cover to Prussia.

1852, 1 scudo used with 5 bajocchi pair on Foreign destination cover from Rome to Camillo Cardinal di Pietro in Lisbon, Portugal.

Provenance: ‘The Court’ Collection (1970)

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Camillo Cardinal di Pietro was apostolic delegate to Portugal 1844-1858.

Since June 1856 ordered Cardinal by Pope Pius IX. Due to a diplomatic conflict he returned to Rome in 1858.

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Sardinia

1851, 5 centesimi pair used with 20 centesimi pair on cover from “THONON 13 NOV. 1852” to Paris, France.

1853, 20 centesimi blue used with 40 centesimi rose pair on June 1854 cover from Nizza (Nice) to Britain.

Provenance: R.Lowe, Basle (1965)

1854, 5 centesimi green, pair, used with 40 centesimi rose on cover from Nizza (Nice) to Paris, France.

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Nice, approx. 1855

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Sicily

King Ferdinand II

1859, 1/2 grana orange used on newspaper.

1859, 10 grana used with 5 grana (2) and 1/2 grana pair on cover from “MESSINA 12 GIUG 1859” to Ferrara, Tucany.

Messina Cathedral, approx. 1850

1859, 50 grana dark brown red used with 2 gr., 5 gr. and 20 gr. on cover from “MESSINA 21 FEB.” (1859) to Genova.

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Toscana

Marseille

1851/52, printings on bluish to gray paper, 1 soldo used with 2 soldi pair and 6 crazie pair on September 1851 cover to France.

Florence

1857/59, printing on white paper, 1 soldo used on August 1858 printed matter from Firenze.

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Kingdom of Italy

Last Sardinian Issue 1855/63 Vittorio Emanuele II, imperforated, 5+10+20+40+80 centesimi, Five-ColourFranking from “PALERMO / ARTENZE 16 GIU 61” (inverted year slug “19“ used for “61”!) used on cover to Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden. Extremely rare franking used from the Sicilian Provinces to a very unusual destination.

Reference: Illustrated in “Catalogo Storico Descrittivo dei Francobolli Vittorio Emanuele II” (2004), page 451

Vittorio Emanuele II

Last Sardinian Issue 1855/63 5 centesimi green, a pair used with First Italian issue 1862, 10 centesimi ochre on cover from Palermo to St. Petersburg in Russia.

First Italian Issue: 1862 Vittorio Emanuele II, perforated, 80 centesimi single franking used on cover from “NAPOLI 31 DIC. 62” to Alexandria in Egypt.

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France

1849, Ceres 20 centimes tête-bêche pair used on cover from Nantes to Bordeaux.

1849, Ceres 1 franc vermilion used on cover from “SEDAN 12 SEPT. 50” to Lannion. One of the finest covers extant of the 1 franc vermilion!

Valparaiso, approx. 1860

1853/60, Empire Franc Napoleon III 1 franc (2) used with 10 centimes on cover from Paris 31 Mars 1854 to Valparaiso, Chile.

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France

Ballon starting in Paris

1870/71, PAR BALLON MONTE, 20 centimes on cover carried by Ballon “Le General Renault” with very rare “DARTOIS & YON - AERONAUTES DU GOUVERNEMENT” blue handstamp on reverse to Boulogne sur mer.

1869, 5 franc grey, strip of three and a single used with Ceres 40 centimes (3) on “dix mille francs” insured registered cover

French Post Office Abroad

Port of Vera Cruz

1872/75, Ceres 30 centimes obliterated by dotted anchor obliteration used in combination with Mexico 1874/80, 10 centavos black on cover from Vera Cruz to Havana.

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Austrian Levant

The first boat trip from Vienna to Budapest with the steamer “Franz I”, 1830

Danube Steam Ship Company 1866, 17 kreuzer tied by “AGENTIE D.D.S.G. SISTOV” oval handstamp used in combination with Austria Shield issue 1863/64, 5 kreuzer rose cancelled “ALT ORSOVA 16/10” on cover to Vienna.

Provenance: Dr. Anton Jerger Reference: Illustrated in “Mischfrankaturen”, Dr. Anton Jerger, page 320

Alexandrien

Levant Shield issue 1864/65, 10 soldi blue tied by “ALEXANDRIEN 4. 4.” datestamp used in combination with Egypt 1867, 1 piaster rose-red on cover from Cairo to Trieste.

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Great Britain

Queen Victoria

1840, One Penny Black, the rare plate 11 (only 700 sheets printed on February 1 & 2, 1840) used on cover from London 13 March 1841 to Warwick.

Provenance: “Gaunt“ Collection(2002)

Henry Barrington

1847, 1 shilling green, corner marginal single used on cover to Henry Barrington, Knysna, Cape of Good Hope.

Provenance: “Major General Sir Leonard Atkinson” (1990)

British Commonwealth: Mauritius

Copenhagen, Customs House, approx. 1856

1859, “Lapirot” 2d. blue, used on printed matter to Copenhagen, Denmark.

Extremely unusual destination and possibly unique as a printed matter.

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British Commonwealth: New Brunswick

St. John, approx. 1851

1851, 6d. olive-yellow quadrisect used with normal 6d. for the 7½d. rate on May 1860 cover from St. John to England.

European Countries

Wiborg Castle

Finland 1856, 10 kopecks carmine used on cover from “WIBORG 8 / 12 /1857” to Helsingfors.

Denmark / Slesvig-Holstein 1854/57, imperforate 2s., 8s. and 16s. used with rouletted 4s. and tied by “170” Holstein Railway cancellation to cover to Amsterdam, Netherlands

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European Countries Luxembourg 1865/71, rouletted 4 centimes yellow, pair, used with 1865/74 rouletted in color 1 centime pair on cover from “LUXEMBOURG 26 JUIN 1874”.

Elzbietow Sugar Factory

Russia 1857, 10 kopecks with right sheet margin tied by dotted “1” to cover addressed to the “Zucker Fabrik Elzbetow in Sokolow”.

Russia Local City Issue for St. Petersbourg and Moscow 1863, 5 kopecks on local St. Petersbourg August 1864 cover.

Provenance: Fabergé collection

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South America Argentina 1862/64, 5 centavos rose red used with 1864/67, Rivadavia perforated 15 centavos on cover from Rosario to Santa Fe. Extremely rare Mixed Franking.

Reference: Illustrated in Kneitschel handbook page 264

Rio de Janeiro harbour

Brazil 1843, Bull Eye 60 reis tied by S.JOAO DEL REI” handstamp to cover to Rio de Janeiro.

Montevideo Panorama, approx. 1864

Uruguay 1858, 120 cent blue used on cover from Montevideo to Goya.

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THE ING. PIETRO PROVERA COLLECTION OF UNITED STATES STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

First Day Covers

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TO BE OFFERED 2020-2022 Tuscany – Provisional Government 1 January 1860, 10 centesimi deep-brown used on First Day Cover “EMPOLI 1 GEN 60”.

Provenance: Shanahan Auction (1959)

1851, 10c orange brown on First Day Cover postmarked July 1, 1851 in New London, New Hampshire.

One of the finest existing first day covers from the second postage stamp issue of the United States.

View of Apalachicola, approx. 1857

1851, 1c blue horizontal top margin pair tied by “Apalachicola Apr 12” on cover to Boston.

Provenance: Judge Robert Emerson S.G. Cohen Dr. Leonard Kapiloff

View of Grenoble, approx. 1850

Boston from the Dorchester Heights, approx. 1840

1857, 1c blue well centered single used on an envelope locally addressed in Boston.

Provenance: Sir Nicholas Waterhouse Dr. Leonhard Kapiloff France 1 January 1849, 20 centimes black used on First Day Cover “GRENOBLE 1 JANV 49”.

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HEINRICH KÖHLER Germany’s Oldest Stamp Auction House

- ITALY - FRANCE - EUROPE & OVERSEAS

The Global Philatelic Network Sell your stamps where your stamps sell best

CORINPHILA AUKTIONEN AG

CORINPHILA VEILINGEN B.V.

Wiesenstr. 8 8032 Zurich Switzerland

Mortelmolen 3 1185 XV Amstelveen / Amsterdam Netherlands

phone +41 44 3899191 fax +41 44 3899195 info@corinphila.ch www.corinphila.ch

phone +31 20 6249740 fax +31 20 6249749 info@corinphila.nl www.corinphila.nl

H.R. HARMER

HEINRICH KÖHLER AUKTIONSHAUS GMBH & CO. KG

JOHN BULL STAMP AUCTIONS LTD.

45 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 2607 New York, NY 10111 U.S.A.

Hasengartenstr. 25 65189 Wiesbaden Germany

7/F, Kwong Fat Hong Building 1 Rumsey Street Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

phone +1 929 436 2800 fax +1 714 389 9189 info@hrharmer.com www.hrharmer.com

phone +49 611 341490 fax +49 611 3414999 info@heinrich-koehler.de www.heinrich-koehler.de

phone +852 2890 5767 fax +852 2576 5110 info@jbull.com www.jbull.com

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