Auction 333-341 Europe & Overseas - Day 5

1859: Newspaper stamp 1 Kr. black, type I, a well margined example showing the complete frame-line of the neighbouring stamp on the right tied to the magnificently illustrated front page of the Leipzig "Illustrierte Zeitung" by a small fiscal "I.R. UFFIZIO DI COMMISURAZIONE" used in Verona. Some very minor ageing not detracting from the appearance of this rare franking, Albert Matl estimating the number of surviving newspapers bearing a full margined example of this stamp at ten to twelve. Cert. Matl (1983).  Sassone = € 45'000.