U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 5-6, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1011 ITALY Flight Covers 1919 (3 Apr) picture postcard sent by official military air post from the Italian Mission in Vienna to the 33rd Aircraft Squadron in Italy, with Austrian 1918 10h (defective) cancelled by Posta Militare 129 cds and Italian 1906 5c and 10c tied by Trento pmks, violet "Regio Estero Italiano Comando Supremo" and censor handstamp, fine and rare usage, with 1990 Diena certificate  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1012 ITALY Flight Covers 1928 (26 May) First Italian Air Trans-Mediterranean Service flight from USA to Torino, fine cover, with appropriate cachet, Genova transit and boxed "Torino 1928 Esposizioni" arrival pmks | Unsold |
 | Lot #1013 ITALY Flight Covers 1928 (29 Oct) first flight Milano Taliedo Airport to Rome, fine, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1014 ITALY Flight Covers 1929 (19 Mar) registered (U.S. 5c stationery entire) and flown cover to Adelaide, Australia, with 3,70 Lire franking, cancelled by Rome departure cds, with 13 April G.P.O. Adelaide arrival datestamp alongside, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1015 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (12 Feb) Rome to Tripoli first flight (Francis Lombardi), boxed "Raid Delle Colonie Italiane Roma-Tripoli-Massau-Mogadiscio" cachet, v.f., with arrival postmark | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1016 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (12 Feb) Rome to Massaua first flight (Francis Lombardi), boxed "Raid Delle Colonie Italiane Roma-Tripoli-Massau-Mogadiscio" cachet, v.f., with arrival postmark | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1017 ITALY Flight Covers 1930 (6 Sep) three covers posted on board S.S. Conte Biancanano for the experimental flight between Gibraltar and Genova, each with 50c franking, tied by "Piros Postale It. Conte Biancanano", minor toning, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1018 ITALY Flight Covers 1931 (28 May) first flight Rome-Brindisi-Alexandria, special Ministero dell'Aeronautica envelope addressed to Italo Balbo care of Trieste Lloyd agency in Egypt, red cachet and arrival pmks, some toning, otherwise fine, with 1992 Diena certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #1019 ITALY Flight Covers 1932 (2 May) first flight cover from Rome to Estonia, with Munich and Berlin transit and Tallinn arrival pmks, v.f., signed Bayer | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1020 ITALY Flight Covers 1932 (19 Feb) first flight cover from Rome to Port Darwin, Australia, by Flight-Lieutenant Leslie Hamilton and Flying-Officer R.K. Coupland, who were attempting to break the record for a flight from England to Australia, forced down by bad weather at Grosseto, with Ruvo di Puglia (Bari) transit pmk at bottom, signed by both pilots, with 2002 Fiorenzo Longhi certificate (rare cover, only 8 recorded) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1021 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 (20 May) round trip flight (Mittelhozer) cover Zurich-Tunis-Rome-Zurich, with corresponding cachet, addressed to Assen, Netherlands, backstamped on arrival, accompanied by a letter from Sam Bayer describing the flight | Unsold |
 | Lot #1022 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 (14 July) Italian Good Will Tour, flown cover from Montreal to Chicago, with appropriate cachet, signed by general Italo Balbo and Aldo Pellegrini (second in command), with Roma-Chicago label and arrival pmk on back, fine | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1023 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 (2 June) Balbo Flight from La Spezia to Iceland, franked with triptych 5,25L-19.75L "Apparecchio I-Borg", central stamp variety "Ciuffo sulla fronte del sovrano" (hair of the sovereign arranged in a tuft), appropriate Balbo Squadron cachet, autographed by pilots, Captains Bruno Borghetti and Ottavio Fraili, with Rome transits and Reykjavik arrival pmks, v.f. and rare cover, signed Bolaffi, Kessler and Diena, with his 1984 certificate (Sass.51Da) Catalog Value €40,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1024 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 (1 July) Balbo Flight picture postcard (actual aircraft) from Rome to Iceland, appropriate Balbo Squadron cachet, Reykjavik arrival pmk, fine, signed Bolaffi, with his 1974 certificate (Sass.GP29) Catalog Value €4,250 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1025 ITALY Flight Covers 1933 (1 July) Balbo Flight picture postcard (depicting the entire fleet) Rome to Reykjavik, Iceland, with "Crociera Aerea Del Decennale" cachet and 5 July (18:00) arrival cds, signed by Balbo alongside, minor card creases, fine and scarce card, handstamped Gappe (Sass.GP29) Catalog Value €4,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1026 ITALY Flight Covers 1934 (17 Aug) Rome-Dublin-New York Trans-Atlantic flight by Pond and Sabelli, crashed at Newport (Wales), with 19 August cds alongside, v.f., autographed by Cesare Sabelli | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1027 ITALY Flight Covers 1936 (18 May) first flight from Rome to Addis Abeba, attractive franking, v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1028 ITALY Flight Covers 1937 (15 May) two special first flight Ala Littoria cards Venice-Prague and return Prague-Venice, v.f., with appropriate markings | Unsold |
