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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Japan - 1925 - first flight Tokyo-Paris - from Tokyo to Paris with s.1+1/2 bilingual canc. "Tokio Osaka Asahi 25.7.1925", special postmark in red commemorative of the flight, postmark of arrival "Bourget Aviation Seine 28.7.25", other blue rectangular postmark, then charged for c.10 on arrival - A.Bolaffi (financial cert. 100% 2003) - very good quality - one of the 82 air letters carried by Japanese captains Abe and Kawatchi - Foto - (12696F)

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