1933 (31 May) first flight cover from Rome to Berlin, attractive franking, with appropriate markings, minor toning, with arrival pmk, only 48 carried (Longhi 2844) Estimate: $150
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1931 (16 Jan) special first flight card from Rome to Venice, with arrival pmk, only 12 carried (Longhi 2305) Estimate: $200
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1933 (20 May) first flight card (picture postcard) from Rome to Zurich, special cachet and arrival pmk, only 60 carried (Longhi 2835) Estimate: $200
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1934 (9 Nov) Rome to Mogadiscio flight cover with Vatican only franking, cancelled 9.11.34, with special "Volo Postale Roma-Mogadiscio" cachet, addressed to Tobruk, but without the arrival postmark, v.f., rare Estimate: $2500
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1929 (2 Aug) first flight cover "Poste Vaticane", all-Vatican franking to Vienna, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (5 Aug), only five carried Estimate: $1000
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1935 (29 July) first flight cover, mixed franking with Italian adhesive, Inaugural flight to Lyon, v.f., only 10 carried Estimate: $250
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1931 (7 Mar) first flight cover, mixed franking with Italian adhesives to Assiut, Egypt, v.f., with Alexandria transit and Asyut arrival pmks, v.f., only 10 carried Estimate: $500
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1950 official diplomatic mail "Nunciatura Apostolica" corner cachet cover from Lima Peru to New York, appropriate cachets, tape stains, otherwise fine Estimate: $150
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1932 (29 Apr) first flight cover, mixed franking with Italian adhesives (30 Apr) Rome to Gibraltar, fine, only 14 carried Estimate: $500
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1933 (31 May) first flight, all Vatican franking to Salonika, faint Greek cachet on front, Athens transit and Salonika arrival pmks, v.f., only 51 carried Estimate: $500
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