U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 5-6, 2015

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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)
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Catalog Value €40,000
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