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94 European Countries: ALBANIA - YUGOSLAVIA182 Corinphila Auction · 18 - 21 September 2013597598Sassone Michel Start pricein CHF1850: 15 centesemi orange-red, hand-paper, Type I with large margins on three sides andbarely grazed at top used on 1851 registered cover to Padova with 30 c. brown, hand-paper,Type I on reverse, ample to large margins all round; the 15 c. tied by 'Este / 16 MAG' two linedatestamp and the 30 c. with framed ESTE handstamps in black. Framed 'Raccomandata'alongside and Padova arrival (17/5) on reverse. File fold well away from the adhesives, amarvellous and most unusual cover showing the usage of two 'Este' handstamps. Signed A.Bolaffi, A. Diena. Cert. G. Bolaffi (1973).Note: A very similar cover was offered in the Anton Jerger collection. (Photo = 1 93) 4+ 7 6 3'000 (€ 2'520)1850: 15 c. rose, type 2, hand-made paper in horizontal blocks of ten and of four whichhave been used originally together, reunited with hinge stabilization, regular and good tobroad margins all round, cancelled with eight strikes of two line ROVIGO / 4 NOV. Theupper stamps of the block of four and the four first stamps of the block of ten are of the firstsubtype, the other stamps are of the second subtype. A unit of remarkable rarity. CertificatesRaffaele Diena (1998) and Colla (2007) Sassone = € 27'500 for a block of four.Provenience: Collection Emil Capellaro. (Photo = 1 91) 5 7'500 (€ 6'300)Start priceapprox. €View of Milano ca. 185059959915 c. bright rose, Handpaper, Type III, a magnificent used example with huge marginsall round and showing complete Andrew's Cross / Croce di S. Andrea at base and smallportion of adjoining cross at right, neatly cancelled by MILANO 13/9 datestamp in black.Imperceptible dent in the paper on reverse and barest trace of paper loss in margin mentionedfor technical accuracy only and of no significance, this being a stamp of both great rarity andbeauty. This describer has recorded just three examples of the 15 centesemi with Andrew'sCross used in Milan (two single examples and a vertical pair) of which this is undoubtedlythe finest. A wonderful stamp for the philatelic connisseur. Signed Giorgio Colla. Cert. Colla(2000) Sassone = € 80'000.Provenance: Collection Radetzky-Soldi, Harmers, London (March 2001), lot 103. 6a 7'500 (€ 6'300)