China - 1925 - Francesco De Pinedo - Raid Sesto Calende-Australia-Philippines-China-Japan-Rome - Lap Shanghai-Kagoshima-Tokyo (Japan) - from Shanghai to Nagasaki of 12.9.1925 with c.3 overprint. on c.4, China (Yvert n.208) - violet special postmark on two lines "First Airmail China-Japan" - alongside, signature of De Pinedo - A.D. - F.Longhi (cat. n.1339, cert. AIEP 2017 "not disfiguring vertical crease, in very good condition") - dispatch of 52 ex. but only 9 with Commander De Pinedo signature - Foto - (12712F)

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