U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
February 23-24, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #898
ITALY Flight Covers
1932 (Amelia Earhart) autographed (facsimile) airmail cover with Italian and French stamps cancelled, respectively, at Milano (Posta Aerea 8.6.32 cancel, Roma Aeroporto del Littorio 9.6.32 receiver), and aboard the ship bringing the aviatrix back to US (Le Havre a New York 17.6. 32 cancel, Rome I VII 32 receiver), After her record-breaking Transatlantic flight in May 1932, the aviatrix had spent three weeks in Europe, before departing for US on June 15. On her visit to Italy, she was greeted by Italo Balbo in Milano on June 8, then flown as the guest of honor in the Italian military plane to Rome for an official reception and a small number of covers were prepared to commemorate the occasion, the addressee, Commodore Giuseppe Colianchi, was one of the pioneers of Italian aeronautics, stamps close to the edge of the cover, otherwise v.f. and rare
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Price Realized
$900.00

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