ITALY Flight Covers - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 877 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1926 (13 Apr) S.A.N.A. official company first flight covers, selection of four, including Genova-Palermo, Genova-Roma, Genova-Napoli, Palermo-Roma, also three additional covers Genova-Roma and Ostia-Napoli, plus Roma-Palermo (with postage due added on arrival) to various markings, mostly fine-v.f., scarce group Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 888 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1933 Balbo Issue, 5,25-19,75L and 5,25-44,75L "I-TEUC" and "I-BORG" triptychs, set of two, with additional franking on back, used on registered and flown cover from Napoli to New York, numerous transit and arrival markings, appropriate Balbo handstamp, v.f., rare set on one cover, with 1982 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.51-52, €19,500) Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 883 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1932 (Amelia Earhart) autographed (facsimile) airmail cover with Italian and French stamps canceled, 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 Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 878 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1926 (13 Apr) S.A.N.A. flight cover Genova (via Palermo) to Tripoli, red departure, with arrival pmk (17 April) on back, cover with clipped corner, otherwise fine, ex-Boris Joffe ("only two covers were canceled in red at Genova") Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 889 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1934 Roma-Buenos Aires flight cover, with complete set of four, plus additional franking, appropriate cachet and arrival pmks, signed Bolaffi, with his 1966 certificate (Sass. €2,000) Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 884 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1932 (2 May) first flight from Rome to Konigsberg, Germany, v.f., with Munich and Berlin transits, Konigsberg (4.5.) arrival on back Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 814 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1941 (5 May) cover from Rome to New York, sent from American Express Company, handstamped "Via Yankee Clipper", opened by censor and resealed, with "Subject to executive Order" handstamped on arrival Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 809 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1926 (19 March) flown cover "Citta di Verona" to Milano, with appropriate cachet, Pilot "Maggiore Leone", fine and scarce Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 810 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1930 (10 July) first flight cover from Rome to Geneva, with Milano transit and Geneva (11.VII.30) arrival pmk, returned back to Rome, v.f., scarce Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
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 Lot 811 - ITALY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1931 (25 Jan) registered cover from Seregno, franked with 5L "Roma-Buenos Aires" overprint, with additional franking, flown to Buenos Aires, with corresponding cachet, transit and arrival pmks Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryITALY Flight Covers |
