U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 10-11, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1338 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1932 Umberto Nobile, correspondence to his family in Rome, four picture postcards, two registered, each addressed to Carlotta Nobile and signed "Umberto." (In 1931, Nobile left Italy to work for the next four years in the Soviet Union, where he helped with the Soviet semi-rigid airship program. Details of the Soviet Airship Program remain obscure, but there is an obvious Nobile influence in the design of the airships USSR-V5, and SSSR-V6)  | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1339 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1932 Mattern & Griffin Round-the-World flight, cover franked with U.S., German and Russian adhesives, bearing appropriate postmarks and autographed by both fliers, some light cover stains as often, otherwise v.f. The U.S. pilot Jimmy Mattern, with Lt. Griffin attempted to beat the "round-the-world" record, held at the time by Post and Gatty. After flying from New York via Harbour Grace, they landed in Berlin and later reached Moscow. Their plane crashed on the way to Siberia. Only 10 covers were carried Catalog #AAMC TO 1167 | Price Realized $900.00 |
