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September 11-12, 2013

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #842
ITALY Air Post
1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Trans-Polar flight, special vignette, sheet of 20, lower left stamp with inverted frame, n.h., gum somewhat disturbed, minor perf. separations, v.f.
Box **
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #843
ITALY Air Post
1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile Trans-Polar flight, special vignette, sheet of 20, lower left stamp with inverted frame, n.h., gum somewhat disturbed, minor perf. separations, v.f.
Box **
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #844
ITALY Air Post
1926 Amundsen-Ellsworth-Nobile flight, cover franked with the special "Volo Transpolare Norge" vignette, error frame inverted (or center inverted) cancelled Ciampino, Rome, 8.4.26 and addressed to Nome, Alaska, signed by crew member (Maresciallo Ettore Arduino), with appropriate Italian franking and oval cachets, overall toning and minor cover faults, extremely rare inverted frame variety on cover
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #845
ITALY Air Post
1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron, v.f. single used on flown cover (addressed to General Italo Balbo) to Rio de Janeiro, signed by various pilots (Sass. 25b)
Envelope
Catalog #C27
Catalog Value €2,500
Unsold
Lot #846
ITALY Air Post
1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron, v.f. single used on flown cover (addressed to General Italo Balbo) to Rio de Janeiro, signed by various pilots, signed Bolaffi (Sass. 25b)
Envelope
Catalog #C27
Catalog Value €2,500
Unsold
Lot #847
ITALY Air Post
1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron, v.f. single used on flown cover (addressed to General Italo Balbo) to Rio de Janeiro, with arrival pmk, signed Bolaffi, with Diena certificate (Sass. 25b)
Envelope
Catalog #C27
Catalog Value €2,500
Unsold
Lot #848
ITALY Air Post
1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron, v.f. single used on flown cover (addressed to General Italo Balbo) to Rio de Janeiro, signed by various pilots, small tear at bottom of the cover (Sass. 25b)
Envelope
Catalog #C27
Catalog Value €2,500
Unsold
Lot #849
ITALY Air Post
1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron, v.f. single used on flown cover (addressed to General Italo Balbo) to Rio de Janeiro, signed by various pilots (Sass. 25b)
Envelope
Catalog #C27
Catalog Value €2,500
Unsold
Lot #850
ITALY Air Post
1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron, v.f. single used on flown cover (addressed to General Italo Balbo) to Rio de Janeiro, with arrival pmk, signed Diena (Sass. 25b)
Envelope
Catalog #C27
Catalog Value €2,500
Unsold
Lot #851
ITALY Air Post
1933 Balbo Triptychs, two sets ("I-Rovi" and "I-Teuc"), n.h., v.f.,
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Catalog #C48-49
Catalog Value $1,150
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #852
ITALY Air Post
1933 Balbo Triptychs, set of vertical strips (I-Rani, I-Calo, I-Aram, I-Bise), sheet margin imperforate at bottom, n.h., v.f., signed Bolaffi, with 1966 Bolaffi and 1983 Diena Certificates. A World Class rarity, this being the only known for these overprints (Sass. PA51c-52c)
Box **
Catalog #C48-49var
Catalog Value €140,000
Price Realized
$55,000.00

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