Description
ITALY
Umberto I (1878–1900). Medal, First Postal and Philatelic Exhibition in Milan, Italy, by F. Grazioli, 1894.
Obverse: AI GRANDI INNOVATORI DELLE COMUNICAZIONI POSTALI / DANT NOVAS MERCURIO ALAS. In the centre, three crowns with garlands, flanked by three figures: VITT. EM. I – SARD. R. 1818; H. V. STEPHAN – BERN 1874; and R. HILL – LONDON 1840. Below, a 50-centesimi stamp featuring a horseman. Signatures: ANNONI INV. – GRAZIOLI INC.
Reverse: PRIMA ESPOSIZIONE POSTALE FILATELICA IN ITALIA / * MILANO 1894 *. In the field, in ten lines: PRESIDENTE / F. GNECCHI / VICE PRESIDENTI / L. B. CAPPELLO G. DAPINO / COMITATO / A. ANNONI – C. GIBELLINI / G. ARNABOLDI – A. MONCHICOURT / G. BADER-MULLER – T. PINI / C. FINO – G. ROSSINI / E. GHISI – C. TEDESCHI.
numismatica-italiana.lamoneta.it W-ME546/118; Silver – 74.82 g – 51 mm – 12 h
From the private collection of the House of Savoy and H.R.H. Princess Marie Gabrielle of Savoy, daughter of Humbert II.
Special strike with finely worked reliefs. Not recorded in silver. With a lovely collector’s patina. Superb, in mint condition.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU are required to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, the successful bidder from the EU must also pay 5.5% VAT on this lot.
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