USA - 1933 - Italo Balbo - Decennial North Atlantic Cruise - Lap return flight Chicago-Rome - registered letter from Chicago to Rome of 18.7.1933 with USA c.10+50+$1+2 (Yvert n.237+245+246+247), for a total of $3,60, rate to Europe - on the front, the 2 circular special postmarks, black "Italian Air Cruise Chicago-Roma" and blue "Crociera Aerea del Decennale - Italia-Nord America" - on the back, Cruise arrival special postmark in green, Lido di Roma of 12.8.1933 and the postmarks of return to sender in Canada of 30.8.1933 and of Sydney of 1.9.1933 - E.D. (cert.1981) - F.Longhi (cat. n.2943, cert.2017 "220 air letters were carried in the lap, 107 addressed to Rome or to Europe and 113 in transit in Rome to be forwarded to the USA or Canada") - one of the 113 covers of this lap in transit in Rome - very good quality - Foto - (12740F)

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USA - 1933 - Italo Balbo - Decennial North Atlantic Cruise - Lap return flight New York-Rome - from New York to Pinerolo of 23.7.1933 with 4 ex. USA for a total of $3,60, rate to Europe - on the front, the 2 circular special postmarks, violet "Italian Air Cruise New York-Roma" and blue "Crociera Aerea del Decennale - Italia-Nord America" - on the back, Cruise arrival special postmark in green, Lido di Roma of 12.8.1933, again postmark Rome 13.8.1933 and of arrival in Pinerolo of 14.8.1933 - A.D. - E.D. (cert.1979) - F.Longhi (cat. n.2946, 492 covers of this lap) - central vertical crease not touching the postage stamps and the main canc./postmarks - Foto - (12741F)

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USA - 1929 - "First Flight Air Mail International, F.A.M. 5, Miami-Canal Zone" - pilot Charles Lindberg - air letter carried in this first flight, with c.2 + pair c.10 (Unificato n.A7+373) on postal stationery of c.5, sent from Miami on 4.2.1929 to Cristobal-Canal Zone on 6.2.1929 and finally to Balboa on 7.2.1929 - inside advertising flier - signature of Charles Lindberg - handwritten on the cover "Ex collezione Otto Kallir" - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 100% 2000, inversion of dates) - very good quality - Foto - (12702F)

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USA - 1935 - non-stop flight New York-Rome, crash in New York - the flight to Rome was scheduled for the 14.6.1935 but then departure was postponed to 22 June, due to bad weather - 2 Air Mail ex. c.6 + c.2 (Unificato n.A19+373), Brooklyn departure canc. of 2 types on 22.6.1935 + notarial authentication dry postmark applied on the 500 covers aboard Bellanca Wright called "Francesco De Pinedo" piloted by De Monteverde brothers and crashed due to fire at a few dozen metres height - on the back, canc. of arrival in New York of 14.6.1935 - cat. n.3283 - very good quality - Foto - (12709F)

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USA - 1986 - world letter "Voyager", n.534 out of 750 issued and carried on the occasion of the first world non-stop flight, 25,012 miles in 9 days and 3 minutes - franked with c.44, canc. of Edwards (California) air base of 14.12.1986, departure date, and of 23.12.1986, arrival date - signatures of the pilots D.Rutan and J.Yeager - authenticity and record cert. enclosed - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 100% 1987) - very good quality - Foto - (12685F)

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USA/Antarctica - 1929/1930 - first Antarctic expedition and first flight to the South Pole - Commander Richard E.Byrd - one of the 50 air letters carried aboard the airplane "Floyd Bennet" that was the first to fly over the South Pole on 28.11.1929 as attested by the special postmark in violet and date in black "Byrd Antarctic Expedition South Pole Air Mail Nov 28 '29" - Air Mail c.5 (Unificato n.A11), canc. 19.2.1930 of the support ship "City of New York" when the expedition was about to return to the United States - signatures of the whole crew: R.E.Byrd, pilots B.Balchen and H.June and photographer Mckingley - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 70% 2003) - good quality - Foto - (12699F)

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USA/Antarctica - 1934/1935 - second Antarctic expedition and fifth flight to the South Pole - Commander Richard E.Byrd - air letter carried on 23.11.1934 in the fifth exploratory flight of the second expedition to the South Pole - Air Mail c.8 + c.3 block of 4 commemorative of the mission (Unificato n.A17+536), canc. of the special Post office created at the base camp "Little America Antarctica" on 12.1.1935 and commemorative postmarks - on the back, canc. of San Francisco of 25.3.1935 - signatures of commander R.E.Byrd and of pilot H.June (not contemporary) - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 70% 2003) - good quality - Foto - (12700F)

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