1857, 6½d. scarlet-vermilion, mainly fesh colour with slight oxidation, close to full margins, thin spot repairs, neatly cancelled. Certificate Holcombe. SG £4.750 (Image)

1927 May 20: THE PINEDO & PRETE FLIGHT - Envelope with 1927 60c black tied by St. John's machine cancel (May 20 - 10 AM) with Trepassey cds (My 21 - 27) adjacent, SIGNED BY PINEDO (only one known!), Rome Centro arrival (19-20 22 VI 1927) on reverse with boxed "Le Piu Belle Terme Del Mondo - Salsomaggiore Periodo Di Cura Marzo - Novembre", backflap missing otherwise fine and rare. Certificate Fiorenzo Longhi (2014). ÷ 1927 May 20: DE PINEDO ATLANTIKFLUG 1927, 60 C Überdruckmarke auf prachtvollem Flugbrief ST. JOHNS, NFLD. MAY 20 1927 via Trepassey und Rom nach London, zusätzlich mit eigenhändiger Signatur "F.de Pinedo" in roter Tinte! Fotoattest Fiorenzo Longhi: "bis heute mir einzig bekannter Beleg mit Unterschrift von Francesco de Pinedo". (SG 163, Muller 13, Scott C4, Yvert A4) (Image)