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| Images | Description | Current Bid |
   | Lot #470 ITALY Flight Covers 1932 General Umberto Nobile, correspondence from Russia to Maria Nobile (his daughter), selection of eight picture postcards from Moscow to Rome, two registered, mostly with greetings from "Papa" message, fine-v.f. (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 are sparse, but there is an obvious Nobile influence in the design of the airships USSR-V5, and SSSR-V6 OSOAVIAKhIM. He was allowed to return to Italy to teach in December 1936, before going to the United States in 1939 to teach aeronautics at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois. When Italy went to war with the United States, he was permitted to remain in the US, but declined the offer of US citizenship and instead returned to Italy in May 1942. After a brief stay in Rome, he moved to Spain, where he remained until Italy surrendered to the Allied forces in September 1943. At that time, he returned to Rome to see to the safety of his only child Maria)  | $450.00 Bidding Closed |
    | Lot #471 ITALY Flight Covers 1932 General Umberto Nobile, selection of seven picture postcards from Moscow to Rome, all addressed to his wife Carlotta, one showing the paw imprint of his dog, generally with greetings from "Umberto" message. In addition, there is an earlier picture postcard sent in 1927 from Umberto to Carlotta from Kyoto Japan, plus incoming 1924 card from United States to Umberto and 1960 from Sweden | $475.00 Bidding Closed |
 | Lot #472 ITALY Flight Covers 1939 (21 Dec) Transcontinental flight from Rome to Brazil, attractive specially prepared card, with Pernambuco arrival | $140.00 Bidding Closed |
