U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 13-14, 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1491 Italian Air Post 1926 Transpolar Flight "Norge", special vignette used on cover to Leningrad, overall toning and discoloration, nevertheless with markings and vignette intact, signed by the pilot, very rare  | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1492 Italian Air Post 1926, April 8 Transpolar Nobile "Italia-Alaska", franked with two Italian adhesives, canc. Ciampino Roma 8.4.26 to Kingsbay, Alaska and later to Norway, with special Nobile label overprinted to state that 51 letters addressedto Oslo were misplaced and eventually found nine years later, fine and scarce cover, illustrated in Luning (page 171), Muller FFr 10,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1493 Italian Air Post 1926, April 8 Transpolar Nobile "Italia-Alaska", franked with two Italian adhesives, canc. Ciampino Roma 8.4.26 to Nome, Alaska, with special Nobile label, signed by a crew member | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1494 Italian Air Post 1926, April 8 Transpolar Nobile "Italia-Alaska", franked with 1,25L St.Francis on front, canc. Ciampino Roma 8.4.26 to Kingsbay, Alaska and later to Norway, with special Nobile label (variety imperf. at right) added on back & overprinted toindicate that 51 covers addressed to Oslo were misplaced and eventually found nine years later, fine and scarce cover, especially franked with the variety | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1495 Italian Air Post 1926, April 8 Transpolar Nobile "Italia-Alaska", franked with 1,25L St.Francis on front, canc. Ciampino Roma 8.4.26 to Kingsbay, Alaska and later to Norway, with special Nobile label (horiz. pair imperf. between), overprintedto indicate that 51 covers addressed to Oslo were misplaced and eventually found nine years later, fine and scarce cover, especially franked with the variety | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1496 Italian Air Post 1926, May 13 first flight over the North Pole with airship "Norge" (pilot Amundsen), carried from Ciampino Roma 10.4.26 to Kingsbay, Alaska, franked with Italy 1.25L, also with special Nobile label (horiz. pair imperf. between), all on front (another single label on back overprinted "Norge"), bearing oval cachet "Volo Transpolare 1926 Amundsen - Ellsworth - Nobile Equipaggio Italiano Dirigibile Norge", addressed to Milano and bearing signature of "Precerutti", v.f. | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1497 Italian Air Post 1926 Transpolar "Nobile" vignettes, selection incl. four imperf., two with missing colors, one apparently a proof in black and light gray only, vertical pair imperf. between, horizontal pair imperf. at bottom, tete-bechepair, one with inverted frame, plus another pair imperf. vertically, some colors missing (creased), h.r. or n.h., fine and scarce lot * | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1498 Italian Air Post 1930 Virgil, gray card with nine diff. color proofs of 7.70+3.30L, each imperf. amid simulated perfs, v.f. and probably unique item, with Diena cert. P Catalog #C25P | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1499 Italian Air Post 1930 7,70L Trans-Atlantic Squadron, n.h., v.f. (Sass.25) ** Catalog #C27 Catalog Value Euro 900 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1500 Italian Air Post 1930 7,70L Trans-Atlantic Squadron, two copies, l.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.25) * Catalog #C27 Catalog Value Euro 900 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1501 Italian Air Post 1933 Balbo Triptychs, sheets of 20 showing all names of the pilots, n.h. and post office fresh, folded between stamps, without the usual toning and faults that normally plague this issue, couple of minor gumdiscolorations (natural), v.f. and exceptional set of sheets (photographed on the back cover) (Sass.51-52)  **Catalog #C48-49 Catalog Value Euro 17,750+ | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
 | Lot #1502 Italian Air Post Zeppelin Flights. 1933 Rome Flight card, mixed franking with Germany, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1503 Italian Air Post Zeppelin Flights. 1933 Rome flight franked with 5L Zeppelin issue, flown from Bolzano, fine Catalog #Si.208B | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1504 Italian Air Post Zeppelin Flights. 1933 Rome flight ppc with 5L Zeppelin issue, machine canc. addressed to Vienna, v.f. Catalog #Si.208H | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #1505 Italian Air Post Air Post Special Delivery. 1933 gray card with 12 diff. color proofs of 2,25L, each imperf. amid simulated perfs, v.f. and probably unique item, with Diena cert. P Catalog #CE4P | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1506 Italian Air Post Air Post Officials. 1933 Servizio di Stato triptich, n.h., v.f. (Sass.1) ** Catalog #CO1 Catalog Value Euro 4,800 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1507 Italian Air Post Air Post Officials. 1933 Servizio di Stato triptich, n.h., fine (Sass.1) ** Catalog #CO1 Catalog Value Euro 4,800 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1508 Italian Air Post Air Post Officials. 1934 Servizio di Stato, n.h., fine (Sass.2) ** Catalog #CO2 Catalog Value Euro 1,700 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1509 Italian Air Post Air Post Officials. 1934 Servizio di Stato, l.h., fine (Sass.2) * Catalog #CO2 Catalog Value Euro 850 | Price Realized $375.00 |
