Italy. ★/⊙. Impressive collection - also colonies - with thousands of stamps mint and used, housed on album leaves from an old time collection with considerable merit throughout there are lots of better stamps requiring a very careful viewing. Comprehensive Italian East Africa, similarly Somaliland from early 20th century with plenty of back of the book, Italy from classics with very strong with plenty of good 20th century inc better sets of the 1930s including occasional MNH, as well as strong back of the book especially airmails, zeppelins, laughing boys and much more ending with good postage dues, parcel posts and officials, as well as much unlisted. Then follows Pos abroad inc Offices in China, Offices in Turkish Empire with lots of high values with page after page of interesting material, finally ending in Aegean Islands inc never hinged zeppelins, good Rhodes and African sphere inc Libya, Oltre Guiba and so much more. A delightful collection full of good items that gets better on each careful inspection.