VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Stamp Auctions

Lot 1307 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1307 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1931 (1 Apr) first flight cover, mixed franking with Italian adhesive to Berlin, fine, only 48 carried
Estimate: $150

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Lot 1302 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1302 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

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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Lot 1313 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1313 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1935 (23 Feb) first flight cover to Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, card with attractive franking, registered and flown via Rome and Marseille, with green cachet applied on each side, backstamped on arrival, signed Victor Nawratil
Estimate: $150

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Lot 1308 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1308 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

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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Lot 1303 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1303 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1929 (10 Dec) first flight cover to Tunisia, mixed franking with Italian adhesives, v.f., only 55 flown
Estimate: $150

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Lot 1314 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1314 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

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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Lot 1309 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1309 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

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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Lot 1304 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1304 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1930 (12 Mar) first flight cover to Genova, mixed franking with Italy 50c Air Post (First Day of Issue), v.f.
Estimate: $150

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Lot 1315 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1315 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1939 (21 Dec) first flight cover Rome to Rio de Janeiro, via "Lati", with New York transit, Pernambuco arrival pmks, fine, apparently the only known cover carried on this flight
Estimate: $250

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Lot 1310 - VATICAN CITY  Flight Covers  -  Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

Lot 1310 - VATICAN CITY Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers

1934 (7 July) cover franked with 25c and additional Italian Air Mails, canceled Rome, intended for inclusion on the Zeppelin voyage to Rio de Janeiro, placed instead on the Condor Catapult in Stuttgart (7.7.34), with arrival in Brazil on 12 July, some toning, otherwise fine, undoubtedly rare
Estimate: $500

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VATICAN CITY Flight Covers