Catalogue

Modiano No 41

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano Unknown Modiano No 41 David Coxhead


Early colorful booklet.

Club No 864

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano Unknown Club No 864 Ralph Heinzelmann


Early colorful booklet.

Champion

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Austria S. D. Modiano 1925 - 1940 Champion Jurgen Frahm

Flat Folder style booklet with closing tag.
Several variations of design and colour.
Champion.
S. D. Modiano.
(Trieste).
Variation: Best Cigarette Paper;  C C Interlaced with 2 cigarettes.  Gummed Edges on closing tab.
Made in Austria.  Color variation.
Original patent taken out for this brand was 17.09.1925.
 

Centauro No 9

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1903 Centauro No 9 Unknown

Packet style booklet (or possibly outter box).
Several variations in design, color and format.
Centauro No 9
S. D. Modiano
(Trieste).

 

Centauro No 9

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1903 Centauro No 9 Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancich

Wrap-around folder style booklet.
Several variations in design, color and format.
Centauro N0 9
S. D. Modiano
(Trieste).
 

Papier Francais No 319

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1897 Papier Francais No 319 Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancich

Colorful Folder strip style booklet.
Papier Francais No 319.
S. D. Modiano.
(Trieste).
One of a series of booklets depicting women in costume (Zoe) on one pane and a flower on the other.

Les Graces No 912

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1895 Les Graces No 912 Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancich

Folder style booklet.
Les Graces No 912
S. D. Modiano
(Trieste).

Balilla No 7

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano Reg: 26.02.1948 Balilla No 7 Paul Ellis

Wrap-around folder style booklet.
Several variations in design color and format.
Balilla No 7 (Little Boy)
S. D. Modiano
(Trieste).
Balilla was the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a young boy from the Italian city of Genoa. 
He started the revolt of 1746 against the Habsburg forces occupying the city in the War of the Austrian Succession by throwing a stone at an Austrian official. (Balilla means "little boy".) 
He has remained a symbol of Italian unity ever since, particularly in regard to the Austrian Habsburg Empire, who ruled Trieste until the end of WWI, in 1919.
 

Masaniello.

 

Balilla No 7

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano Reg: 26.02.1948 Balilla No 7 Paul Ellis

Wrap-around folder style booklet.
Several variations in design color and format.
Balilla No 7 (Little Boy)
S. D. Modiano
(Trieste).
Balilla was the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a young boy from the Italian city of Genoa. 
He started the revolt of 1746 against the Habsburg forces occupying the city in the War of the Austrian Succession by throwing a stone at an Austrian official. (Balilla means "little boy".) 
He has remained a symbol of Italian unity ever since, particularly in regard to the Austrian Habsburg Empire, who ruled Trieste until the end of WWI, in 1919.

Masaniello.

Lega Nazionale

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1919 Lega Nazionale Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancich

Folder style booklet
Several variations in design.
Lega Nazionale.
S. D. Modiano.
(Trieste).

Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancichspan

Balilla

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano Reg: 26.02.1948 Balilla Marco Valiante

Flat folder style booklet.
Several variations in design color and format.
Balilla (Little Boy)
S. D. Modiano
(Trieste).
Balilla was the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a young boy from the Italian city of Genoa. 
He started the revolt of 1746 against the Habsburg forces occupying the city in the War of the Austrian Succession by throwing a stone at an Austrian official. (Balilla means "little boy".) 
He has remained a symbol of Italian unity ever since, particularly in regard to the Austrian Habsburg Empire, who ruled Trieste until the end of WWI, in 1919.
 

Marco Valiante

Masaniello.

Redenta

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1918 Redenta Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancich

Folder style booklet.
Redenta
S. D. Modiano
(Trieste).

Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancich

Aujan

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano Reg: 08.10.1927 Aujan Ralph Heinzelmann

Folder style booklet.
Aujan
S. D. Modiano
(Trieste).
 

Papier Surfin No 14

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1920 - 1930 Surfin No 14 (P) Paul Ellis


Another common branded name with many styles and variations.

Lega Nazionale

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1897 Lega Nazionale Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancich

Wrap-around folder style booklet
Several variations in design (3 variations shown).
Lega Nazionale No 951.
S. D. Modiano.
(Trieste).
Depicts 3 Italian poets and scholars; Torquato Tasso, Dante Alighieri and Francesco Petrarca.

Pietro Egidi & Claudio Grisancichspan

Pique Verge (Figurines)

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1906/1908 Pique Verge (Figurines) Brian Mansfield


Pique Verge (Figurines)
Many variations of this set of booklets.

Pique Verge (Figurines)

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1906/1908 Pique Verge (Figurines) Sean Sweeney


Pique Verge (Figurines)
Many variations of this set of booklets.

Pique Verge (Figurines)

Country Manufacturer Year Brand Source
Italy S. D. Modiano 1906/1908 Pique Verge (Figurines) David Coxhead


Pique Verge (Figurines)
Many variations of this set of booklets.

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