U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 10-11 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1414 Italian Air Post 1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Trans-Polar flight, special vignette, sheet of 20, lower left stamp with inverted frame, gum somewhat disturbed, otherwise fine-v.f.  ** | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1415 Italian Air Post 1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Trans-Polar flight, special vignette, imperf. single (rare), used in combination with 1,25L regular franking, tied by Ciampino (Roma) 8.4.26 pmks and addressed to Oslo, Norway, with fiveline cachet stating that this is one of 51 covers carried on the Dirigible "Norge" to Oslo and Kingsbay, retrieved in March, 1935, v.f., signed Fiorenzo Longhi  | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #1416 Italian Air Post 1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron, 7.70L Prussian blue and gray, natural inclusion, l.h., v.f. (Sass.25) * Catalog #C27 Catalog Value Euro 450 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1417 Italian Air Post 1933 Balbo Trans-Atlantic Flight, 12 unmatched sets of triptychs, six n.h., balance hinged, some toning, mostly fine-v.f. *\** Catalog #C48-49 Catalog Value Euro 6,200+ | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1418 Italian Air Post 1933 Balbo, 5,25+19,75L triptich, without overprint, sheet margin at left, n.h., folded between stamps at left, post office fresh and v.f., signed Longhi, with his 2005 and 2006 Raybaudi certs. The stamps were issued for the Trans-AtlanticFlight of Gen. Balbo and his squadron. The stamps were overprinted "Apparechio" with an abbreviation of each pilot's name. Only two sheets of 20 were issued without overprint. A great air post and world-class rarity ** Catalog #Sass.51b Catalog Value Euro 45,000 | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
 | Lot #1419 Italian Air Post 1933 "Italian Air Cruise New York-Roma" Balbo flight cover paying $3.62 from New York and Philadelphia, appropriate "Crociera Aerea Del Decennale Italia-Nord America" cachet, stained, fine appearance | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1420 Italian Air Post 1934 Roma-Mogadiscio flight ppc from Torino via Rome to Tobruk, returned to sender, with appropriate pmks and cachets, little toning, otherwise fine | Price Realized $230.00 |
| Lot #1421 Italian Air Post Zeppelin Flights. 1933 ppc franked with 3L Zeppelin, Barcelona drop, with Roma cachet, additional franking on front of card, arrival pmk, v.f. | Price Realized $160.00 | |
 | Lot #1422 Italian Air Post Special Delivery. 1943 G.N.R. Special Delivery Stamps, overprinted type II, two sets, fine-v.f. * Catalog #Sass.19-20II Catalog Value Euro 560 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1423 Italian Air Post Special Delivery. 1943 G.N.R. Special Delivery Stamps, 1,25L green, block of four overprinted in red, n.h., fine ** | Price Realized $90.00 |
