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Cod. 59E3
EUR 55,00


CATALOGO UNIFICATO SUPER 2024
VOL.3 STORIA POSTALE
Italia 1861-1968

460 pp. - b/w ill. - hardbound - ed. 2023
Italian text

UNIFICATO CATALOGUE SUPER 2024
VOL.3 POSTAL HISTORY
Italy 1861-1968

Postal items and forms, stationery, imprints of value, revenue stamps used in the mail, currency stamps, accessory stamps and stamps, labels and everything that may appear on a postal document, from 1861 to 1968.
New edition of the historic volume from the early 2000s, expanded and updated with new evaluations.
Cod. 57E2
EUR 30,00


SASSONE 2024
CATALOGO DEI FRANCOBOLLI D'ITALIA E PAESI ITALIANI - SPECIALIZZATO vol.2
REPUBBLICA ITALIANA

2nd VOLUME - 636 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - 83rd ed. 2023

SASSONE 2024 - CATALOGUE OF POSTAGE STAMPS OF ITALY AND ITALIAN TERRITORIES - SPECIALIZED vol.2

The second volume of the complete catalogue deals with collections which can be updated with new issues.

Volume 2: Italian Republic
Updates with new issues include the stamps issued up to June 2023.

It was enriched by the varieties sold at post offices, varieties, but also watermark positions, proofs, essays. The cataloguing of the most common uses on cover has also been integrated, reaching the star period up to 1975.
Cod. 59E2
EUR 60,00


CATALOGO UNIFICATO SUPER 2024
VOL.2 MODERNO
Trieste A e B - Repubblica Italiana

400 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - ed. 2023
Italian text

UNIFICATO CATALOGUE SUPER 2024
VOL.2 MODERN
Trieste A & B - Republic of Italy

Catalogue and quotation of postage stamps of Trieste A and B and of the Italian Republic with thousands of new varieties including their position in the sheet when constant .
Private issues used by post have also been considered, such as Campione d'Italia and Isola delle rose.
Cod. 2847E
EUR 35,00


CATALOGO UNIFICATO AREA ITALIANA 1 2024
Regno d'Italia - Repubblica Italiana

328 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - ed. 2023
Italian text

UNIFICATO CATALOGUE ITALIAN AREA I 2024
Kingdom of Italy - Italian Republic

Simplified Catalogue and quotation of postage stamps until July 2023.
Cod. 1389E
EUR 25,00


SASSONE BLU 2024
Antichi Stati - Regno - RSI - Luogotenenza - Repubblica Italiana - Trieste A.M.G.-V.G. - Trieste A.M.G.-F.T.T. - San Marino - Vaticano - SMOM

736 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - 83rd ed. 2023
Italian text

SASSONE BLU 2024

Short edition. No quotations on cover.

Italian States - Kingdom - Italian Social Republic - Regency - Italian Republic (up to June 2022) - Trieste AMG-VG - Trieste AMG-FTT - San Marino (up to July 2023) - Vatican (up to June 2023) - Sovereign Military Order of Malta (up to June 2023).
Cod. 2802E
EUR 29,00


CATALOGO UNIFICATO - BOLLETTINI ILLUSTRATIVI 2023
Catalogazione e quotazione completa dei bollettini ministeriali e di Poste italiane
dal 1999 al 2022

624 pp. colour ill. - softbound - 2nd ed. 2023
Italian text

UNIFICATO CATALOGUE - POSTE ITALIANE
BROCHURES 2023
Complete cataloguing and quotation
of the brochures by Poste italiane

Second edition of this catalogue where all the Italian illustrative brochures are listed and catalogued, over 2,000, from the first one, issued in 1954, to 2022.
Thanks to QR-codes, it is possible to read the complete brochure.
Cod. 57EP
EUR 120,00
Special Price
EUR 96,00


SASSONE 2024
CATALOGO COMPLETO DEI FRANCOBOLLI
D'ITALIA E PAESI ITALIANI
SPECIALIZZATO vol.1 + vol.2 + vol.3

1st + 2nd + 3rd VOLUME - 3 vols. - 1200+636+744 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - 83rd ed. 2023

SASSONE 2024 - COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF POSTAGE STAMPS OF ITALY AND ITALIAN TERRITORIES - SPECIALIZED vol.1 + vol.2 + vol.3

Catalogue in three volumes: the first one is devoted to the postage stamps of Italy and the Italian territories with no more issues; the second one deals with collections which can be updated with new issues, that is the Italian Republic; the third one is dedicated to San Marino, Vatican City and SMOM postage stamps.

Volume 1: Italian States - Kingdom of Vittorio Emanuele II - Kingdom of Italy - Italian Social Republic - Regency - Trieste AMG-VG - Trieste AMG-FTT - Trieste B - Local issues - Independent issues - C.L.N. issues - Polish Corp - World War 1 (Foreign Occupations of Italian territories + Liberated territories) - World War 2 (Italian Occupations + Foreign Occupations of Italian territories) - Post Offices abroad - Colonies - Foreign Occupations of the Colonies.

Volume 2: Italian Republic
Updates with new issues include the stamps issued up to June 2023.

Volume 3: Republic of San Marino - Vatican City - Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Updates with new issues include the stamps issued up to June 2023.
Cod. 2277E
EUR 38,00

MULTI-YEAR CATALOGUE



Marcello Manelli
CATALOGO 2018 DELLE SPECIALIZZAZIONI
FRANCOBOLLI DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA

582 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - format cm 17x24 - printed 2017
Italian text

CATALOGUE 2018 OF SPECIALIZATIONS
ITALIAN REPUBLIC POSTAGE STAMPS

Complete catalogue of the postage stamps of the Italian Republic: ordinary issues, air mail, express, pneumatic mail, authorised delivery, parcel post, authorised carriers parcel post, postage due labels, sheets, mini sheets, fast delivery service, postage stamps and sheets on foil, bar and alphanumeric codes, not issued, booklets, unofficial editions, designs, sheet corners with writing, albums, ministerial sheets, essays, brochures, proofs, forgeries.
Detailed analysis of paper, watermark, print, perforation, perforators.
Cod. 2696E
EUR 39,00


edited by Franco Filanci
CIF/UNIFICATO - IL NOVELLARIO
VOLUME 5
LA PRIMA REPUBBLICA IN POSTA
1949-1993

352 pp. - colour ill. - hardbound - printed 2018
Italian text

CIF/UNIFICATO - IL NOVELLARIO
VOL.5
THE FIRST ITALIAN REPUBLIC IN POST
1949-1993

Postage stamps - Postal stationery - Pre-Stamps - History - Services - Postmarks & relevant valuations

By Franco Filanci - Accademia Italiana di Filatelia e Storia postale.

The series of the "Novellario", relevant to the Italian State, ends with this 5th volume devoted to "The first Italian Republic in Post 1949-1993", that narrates all the postage stamps and the high values appeared in the latest 44 years of the Italian Post Office, including the various aspects of the postal service and of the Italian and international history.

A way to enable all, including those who are not collectors, to understand the values that most people know but only outwardly and marginally.
An introduction of philately of this period, by whom has lived it personally, with valuations of the subject matter, including different rarities all to be discovered.

CONTENTS

* Return at full capacity
* Time of Stars
* Mechanically Italian
* A castle of gap
Cod. 2842E
EUR 30,00


Ketty Borgogno - Massimo Giuliani - Giulio Paravagna
CATALOGO DELLE VARIETA' DI RIPORTO NEI FRANCOBOLLI DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
1964-2014
Vol.3 Anno 2024

128 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2023
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text

CATALOGUE OF THE TRANSFER VARIETIES OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC POSTAGE STAMPS
1964-2014
Vol.3 Year 2024

By Associazione Filatelia Italiana Specializzata

In this catalogue the varieties are described in detail and individually quoted, with points ranging from 0 to 4 based on the importance of the defect. For those with points equal to 1 and 0, the generic indicative quotations are shown.

The prices have been determined taking into consideration the catalogue value of the standard copy and the conspicuousness of the defect.

For each postage stamp, next to the image of the "normal" example, some of the most significant varieties are sometimes shown, also chosen from among those recently discovered.

For each variety, the group it belongs to and its position within the group itself is reported.

This vol.3 shows the issues from 1964 to 2014. The series is completed by vol.1 from 1945 to 1955 and vol.2 from 1956 to 1965.
Cod. 2841E
EUR 30,00


Ketty Borgogno - Massimo Giuliani - Giulio Paravagna
CATALOGO DELLE VARIETA' DI RIPORTO NEI FRANCOBOLLI DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
1956-1965
Vol.2 Anno 2023

116 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2023
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text

CATALOGUE OF THE TRANSFER VARIETIES OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC POSTAGE STAMPS
1956-1965
Vol.2 Year 2023

By Associazione Filatelia Italiana Specializzata

In this catalogue the varieties are described in detail and individually quoted, with points ranging from 0 to 4 based on the importance of the defect. For those with points equal to 1 and 0, the generic indicative quotations are shown.

The prices have been determined taking into consideration the catalogue value of the standard copy and the conspicuousness of the defect.

For each postage stamp, next to the image of the "normal" example, some of the most significant varieties are sometimes shown, also chosen from among those recently discovered.

For each variety, the group it belongs to and its position within the group itself is reported.

This vol.2 shows the issues from 1956 to 1965. The series is completed by vol.1 from 1945 to 1955 and vol.3 from 1964 to 2014.
Cod. 2840E
EUR 30,00


Ketty Borgogno - Massimo Giuliani - Giulio Paravagna
CATALOGO DELLE VARIETA' DI RIPORTO NEI FRANCOBOLLI DELLA REPUBBLICA ITALIANA
1945-1955
Vol.1 Anno 2023

118 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2023
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text

CATALOGUE OF THE TRANSFER VARIETIES OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC POSTAGE STAMPS
1945-1955
Vol.1 Year 2023

By Associazione Filatelia Italiana Specializzata

In this catalogue the varieties are described in detail and individually quoted, with points ranging from 0 to 4 based on the importance of the defect. For those with points equal to 1 and 0, the generic indicative quotations are shown.

The prices have been determined taking into consideration the catalogue value of the standard copy and the conspicuousness of the defect.

For each postage stamp, next to the image of the "normal" example, some of the most significant varieties are sometimes shown, also chosen from among those recently discovered.

For each variety, the group it belongs to and its position within the group itself is reported.

This vol.1 shows the issues from 1945 to 1955. The series is completed by vol.2 from 1956 to 1965 and vol.3 from 1964 to 2014.
Cod. 59E
EUR 35,00
Special Price
EUR 24,50


CATALOGO UNIFICATO SUPER 2023
ITALIA e ANTICHI STATI
SAN MARINO - VATICANO - SMOM

764 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - 49th ed. 2022
Italian text

UNIFICATO CATALOGUE SUPER 2023
ITALY and ANCIENT STATES
SAN MARINO - VATICAN - SMOM

This catalogue puts together all the countries of the Italian area, from the Ancient States up to June 2022.

Catalogue and quotations for the postage stamps of Italian Ancient States - Kingdom of Italy - Republic of Italy - San Marino - Vatican - SMOM (Sovereign Military Order of Malta) - Local issues - Trieste A and B - Rijeka - Occupations - Offices abroad - Colonies - Somalia AFI.

Thanks to a new and more rational layout, it was possible to reduce the number of pages to make the volume more manageable while maintaining the same contents, as well as of course the necessary annual updates.

Enriched by 221 interesting articles that appeared in the monthly "L'Arte del Francobollo", available simply by framing the QR code with a smartphone. A unique opportunity to read (or to reread) what is written by the important pens of the magazine (in Italian).
Cod. 2206E
EUR 15,00


Alessio Franco
CATALOGO 2009 VALORI GEMELLI
DI REGNO - R.S.I. - LUOGOTENENZA
POSTA AEREA - PUBBLICITARI

168 pp. - colour ill. - softbound - printed 2009
POINT VALUATIONS
Italian text

ALSO AS FREE BOOK (class A)

CATALOGUE OF TWIN ISSUES 2009
KINGDOM - R.S.I. - REGENCY
AIR MAIL - ADVERTISING

Catalogue of Italian twin values, that is postage stamps with the same face value but different subject, divided by type and period of issue. The author has included only the ordinary mail and commemorative issues, as being part of the same postal service, thus excluding any possible combination with air mail, express, postage-due, parcels, as they are generally considered as "non-natural twins".
The catalogue presents Kingdom of Italy from 1901, Italian Social Republic, Regency, Air Mail and Advertising. As to Air Mail, there are not the specific issues for first flights, special flights, cruises, air express, any possible combination.

CONTENTS

Author's Notes
Point tables
CHAP.I - Kingdom of Italy - Vittorio Emanuele III: Ordinary mail from Floral 1901 to Rossini 1942
CHAP.II - Italian Social Republic: Ordinary mail from G.N.R. 1944 to Bandiera 1944
CHAP.III - Regency: Ordinary mail from Lupa 1944 to Novara 1945-46
CHAP.IV - Kingdom of Italy - Vittorio Emanuele III: Air mail from Effigy 1926-28 to Empire 1938
CHAP.V - Kingdom of Italy - Vittorio Emanuele III: Advertising
Cod. 2451E
EUR 7,00


Marcello Manelli
CATALOGO 2021 DELLE SPECIALIZZAZIONI
FRANCOBOLLI DELLA
REPUBBLICA DI SAN MARINO

40 pp. - softbound - format cm 17x24 - printed 2020
Italian text

CATALOGUE 2021 OF SPECIALIZATIONS
POSTAGE STAMPS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO

Specialized classification of the postage stamps of the Republic of San Marino from 1877 to 1962, which considers those varieties useful to differentiate similar postage stamps, printing or types, to be considered as constant varieties: paper, watermark, print, overprint, perforation and perforators. Occasional varieties have not been included.

Ordinary mail, air mail, express, parcel post, postage-due labels, miniature sheets, corners of sheet with inscription.

As far as valuation relevant to watermark position is concerned, there are only used items, often the only ones known.

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