GREENLAND 1932, 10 Ø I GRØNLANDSKE LUFTPOST, famous Rockwell Kent private airmail stamp in typical appearance used on cover, cancelled "Universal - Dr. Fanck - Greenland - Expedition", adressed to Zoltan J. Kegl in Umanak, recording engineer for the German movie "SOS Eisberg", directed by Arnold Fanck. The letters were flown between the expeditions base camp and a working camp by Ernst Udet and Franz Schriek, only 11 letters are known and remain in existance, certified Hofrichter - Certainly a key item for any Greenland collection in extremely fine condition (Image)

Start Bid € 7500

First official Aerial Post Flight worldwide, India, Allahabad 02-18-1911, picture card showing airplane and pilot, flown by Henri Pequet from Allahabad Exhibition Grounds to Naini Junctions with special magenta cancellation on ½ Annas stamp adressed to Delhi, postmarks Allahabad 18FE.11 and Delhi 20FE.11 on the frontside (Image)

Start Bid € 400

Special Flight Calcutta - Melbourne by Marchese De Pinedo, big fragment of a cover franked with 2 stamps of 1 Anna and showing a red cachet "Italian Consul General's (Melbourne) letter of 12-11-25, No. 750/11 / Calcutta to Melbourne by Seaplane, 13/5/25" and a violet cachet "ITALIAN WORLD AIR FLIGHT" on the backside, the stamps were not cancelled as De Pinedo delivered the covers personally, cert. Diena (Longh 25IBa / 1310) (Image)

Start Bid € 500

Aviation experiments in Italy, photo card from Torino dated July 15, 1908 showing the french aviator Léon Delgrange with his Voisin flying machine "Delgrange vola!!", franked with 10 Cts cancelled Torino 1908-07-05 addressed to Cuneo, cert. Longhi (Longhi 08DXg / 127) (Image)

Start Bid € 250

Rimini Air Meeting August 27 - 31, 1911, special coloured picture card by Prina e Bresciani - Milano sent from Pesaro 08-01-1911 to Rome, cert. Longhi (Longhi 11CMa / 520) (Image)

Start Bid € 200

GAETANO ARTURO CROCCO (1877-1968), famous aviation and rocket pioneer, 20 pages essay on an aircraft catapult with handwritten signature, plus accompanying sheet of technical sketches (also signed) and a contract (Image)

Start Bid € 150

Postal Flight Palermo - Napoli, small cover with 2 special stamps both cancelled "POSTA AEREA - PALERMO CONTINENTE 28.6.17" flown to Venezia, arrival Portogruaro/Venezia 1917-07-01 (Longhi 17PNb / 877) (Image)

Start Bid € 100

Polarflight airship "NORGE" Ciampino - King's Bay - Teller, cover with Italian franking cancelled TELLER ALASKA 1926-05-13, with violet cachet "VOLO TRANSPOLARE 1926 / EQUIPAGGO ITALIANO DIRIGIBILE NORGE / AMUNDSEN - ELLSWORTH - NOBILE" on special vignette addressed to and signed by Ettore Arduino, sig. Bolaffi (Longhi 26NHb / 1508) (Image)

Start Bid € 700

Military Flight, Commandante de Pinedo, Sesto Calendas - Elmas, special card with special cachet "CROCIERIA AEREA DELL'ATLANTICO - SANTA MARIA" franked on both sides, cancelled Sesto Calende 1927-02-08 and Elmas/Cagliari 02-08 (Longhi 27MOa / 1621) (Image)

Start Bid € 260

Military Flight Sesto Calendo - Massaua, Stage Sesto Calende / Milano - Bracciano / Roma, special card franked on both sides with violet cachet "AEROCENTRO IDROVOLANTI - SESTO CALENDE" from Sesto Calende 1927-02-14 to Bracciano 02-15 and back, rare item (Longhi 27NCq / 1691) (Image)

Start Bid € 300

Military Flight Sesto Calende - Rome, special cover flown by M. Infanti and S. Cagno with SIAI Marchetti S.55 and signed by both aviators from Sesto Calende 1927-04-21 to Rome with arrival "MINISTERIO DELL'INTERNO" 1927-04-21; a rare item in excellent quality (Longhi 27QAa / 1719) (Image)

Start Bid € 500

UMBERTO NOBILE (1885-1978), telegram by airship captain Nobile to his brother in Ny Alesund (Svalbard) who was charge of preparations for the arrival of the airship at Ny Alesund on its way to the Polar Region, posted 14.4.28 on the day before he left Milan, short text concerning the planned arrival, unique (Image)

Start Bid € 600

NORTH POLAR EXPEDITION of airship ITALIA 1928 under captain Umberto Nobile, new attempt by this celebrated Italian aeronaut to reach the North Pole, unique and authenic documents including three original telegrams sent from the airship, one posted at the German airship port of Seddin close to Stolp containing an account of predeparture preparations for the northwards journey, the next still upbeat message from the passage Stockholm - Finland with "… distante circa 60 Km da Stoccolma, … ha sorvolato la citta, … Helsingfors, vari aviatorii finlandesi … incontro al dirigibile Italia", eventually from North Sweden the message "… tutto procede benissimo, siamo vicini ad Hasparanda." In the further course of the journey the airship landed at the outpost on Svalbard already known from the 1926 expedition. From there it headed for the archipelago of Sewernaja Semlja and on the last leg of the journey reached the North Pole but was unable to alight due to strong winds. The airship crashed on its return flight to Svalbard and its salvaging cost the lives of several crew members including Roald Amundsen (Image)

Start Bid € 1500

Spedizione Polare 1928 by Italian captain UMBERTO NOBILE, vignettes in four colours red, green, blue, and brown, each as MNH complete sheets of 25, centrally lightly folded and slight imperfections, single copies of these vignettes are already considered rare, complete set in sheets is a unique rarity of Italian airship philately (Image)

Start Bid € 2500

Special Flight "Via Ali Sovietiche" Rome - Marignane/France, illustrated cover from Rome "ROMA AEROPORTO DEL LITTORIO"1929-07-26 to Marignane 1929-07-30 (Longhi 29RCb / 1959) (Image)

Start Bid € 100

Record Flight Capt. Frank Hawk LONDON - ROME - LONDON, Cover from Rome 1931-06-15 to London Croydon Aerodrome 06-15, the cover bears on the backside the violet "AMERICAN EMBASSY - LONDON - 16 JUN 1931 - MAIL ROOM". 14 items known, ex Newall Collection, sign. Longhi (Longhi 31HAa / 2400) (Image)

Start Bid € 300

1931, First Flight KNILM Amsterdam - Bangkok via Rome, cover from Rome 1931-10-31 with attractive franking to Bangkok 11-08, signed Longhi (Longhi 31UAm / 2516) (Image)

Start Bid € 80

1931, First Flight KNILM Amsterdam - Bandoeng via Rome, cover from Rome 1931-10-31 with attractive franking to Bandoeng 1931-11-09; signed Longhi (Longhi 31UAp / 2519) (Image)

Start Bid € 80

First Flight Imperial Airways London -Brindisi - Città del Capo - Capetown, cover from Rome 1932-01-22 via Brindisi 1932-01-22 with attractive franking to Capetown 1932-02-02; signed Longhi (Longhi 32DGa / 2563) (Image)

Start Bid € 80

Special Military Flight Sesto Calende - Constanza; rare cover from Sesto Calende - Varese 1932-04-28 to Constanza/Romania 1932-04-30 signed by Cap. Borescu with red "ESCADRILLA 1 N - HIDRO - AVIATIE" (Longhi 32Xa / 2606) (Image)

Start Bid € 250

First Flight SAM Rome - Frankfurt/Main, cover from Rome 1932-05-12 to Frankfurt with red flight confirmation postmark, only 16 items known (Longhi 32RBc / 2657) (Image)

Start Bid € 100

First Flight SAM Rome - Köln; cover from Rome 1932-05-12 to Cologne with red flight confirmation postmark, only 16 items known (Longhi 32RBd / 2658) (Image)

Start Bid € 100

Special Flight "COLLEGAMENTO AEREO EXTRA - RAPIDO ROMA - MOGADISCIO 13-2-1933-XI", cover from Rome Ferrovia 02-13-1933 via Rome Posta Aerea 02-15-1933 flown with "Breda 33 da turismo" to Mogadishu, somewhat stained but nevertheless a rare item, cert. Longhi (Longhi 33MEa / 2787 "R") (Image)

Start Bid € 350

Balbo Squadron Flight "Crocieria Aerea del Decenniale", shortened cover (left side) with Italian franking (50 Cts) from supporting Marine Unit "R. SOMMERGIBILE-BALILLA" 1933-08-31 via New York 1933-09-15 with US 5 Cts franking added to Rimini, extremely rare item, detailed cert. Longhi (Longhi 33BDj / 3001) (Image)

Start Bid € 250

Balbo Squadron Flight "Crocieria Aerea del Decenniale", letter from supporting Marine Unit "R. NAVE VESPUCCI" 1933-08-22 via New York 1933-08-25 with US 3 Cts franking to Chilton, Wis. (Longhi 33BDe / 2996) (Image)

Start Bid € 80