1933 (11 Aug) flown cover from Brioni to Switzerland, attractively franked with 5L Air Post and four additional regular issues, Trieste transit, faint adhesive toning, otherwise v.f., cat. $325 (Cat No. C9) (Image)

Cat. $325, Est.US$150

1926 (13 May) first flight over the North Pole with airship "Norge" (pilot Amundsen), carried from Ciampino Roma 8.4.26 to Nome, Alaska, franked with Italy 1.25L, also with special Nobile label (variety frame inverted) overprinted "Norge", bearing oval cachet "Volo Transpolare 1926 Amundsen - Ellsworth - Nobile Equipaggio Italiano Dirigibile Norge", with arrival pmk, bearing signature of "Precerutti", v.f., with 1997 Raybaudi certificate (Image)

Est.US$750

1926 (13 Apr) S.A.N.A. official company first flight covers, selection of four, including Genova-Palermo, Genova-Roma, Genova-Napoli, Palermo-Roma, also three additional covers Genova-Roma and Ostia-Napoli, plus Roma-Palermo (with postage due added on arrival) to various markings, mostly fine-v.f., scarce group (Image)

Est.US$500

1926 (13 Apr) S.A.N.A. flight cover Genova (via Palermo) to Tripoli, red departure, with arrival pmk (17 April) on back, cover with clipped corner, otherwise fine, ex-Boris Joffe ("only two covers were canceled in red at Genova") (Image)

Est.US$500

1930 (12 Dec) Roma-Tripoli, ppc with attractive franking and appropriate cachet, v.f., with arrival pmk (Sass.179a, Euro 700) (Image)

Est.US$250

1930 (12 Dec) Roma-Massaua, ppc with attractive franking and appropriate cachet, little toning at bottom of the card, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk (Sass.179b, Euro 700) (Image)

Est.US$250

1930 (12 Feb) flown card Roma-Tripoli-Massaua-Mogadiscio by Francis Lombardi, franking on picture side, with arrival pmk, v.f. (Sass.179, Euro 850) (Image)

Est.US$250

1930 Rome to Rio de Janeiro flight cover franked with 7.70L, autographed by Italo Balbo, v.f., with arrival cds on front, signed Caffaz, with their 1993 certificate, cat. $2000 (Cat No. C27) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$500

1932 (Amelia Earhart) autographed (facsimile) airmail cover with Italian and French stamps canceled, respectively, at Milano (Posta Aerea 8.6.32 cancel, Roma Aeroporto del Littorio 9.6.32 receiver), and aboard the ship bringing the aviatrix back to US (Le Havre a New York 17.6. 32 cancel, Rome I VII 32 receiver). After her record-breaking Transatlantic flight in May 1932, the aviatrix had spent three weeks in Europe, before departing for US on June 15. On her visit to Italy, she was greeted by Italo Balbo in Milano on June 8, then flown as the guest of honor in the Italian military plane to Rome for an official reception and a small number of covers were prepared to commemorate the occasion, the addressee, Commodore Giuseppe Colianchi, was one of the pioneers of Italian aeronautics, stamps close to the edge of the cover, otherwise v.f. and rare (Image)

Est.US$1,000

1932 (2 May) first flight from Rome to Konigsberg, Germany, v.f., with Munich and Berlin transits, Konigsberg (4.5.) arrival on back (Image)

Est.US$150

1932 (2 May) first flight from Rome to Tilsit, Germany, v.f., with Munich and Berlin transits, Tilsit arrival on back (Image)

Est.US$150

1933 (18 Oct) flown cover from Merano, via Athens to South Africa, with transit and Cape Town arrival pmks, roughly opened on back, otherwise fine cover to uncommon destination (Image)

Est.US$150

1933 Balbo Issue, 5,25-19,75L and 5,25-44,75L "I-QUES" and "I-MIGL" triptychs, set of two, with additional franking on back, used on registered and flown cover from Napoli to New York, numerous transit and arrival markings, appropriate Balbo handstamp, v.f., rare set on one cover, with 1982 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.51-52, Euro 19,500) cat. $6000 (Cat No. C48-49) (Image)

Cat. $6000, Est.US$2,500

1933 Balbo Issue, 5,25-19,75L and 5,25-44,75L "I-TEUC" and "I-BORG" triptychs, set of two, with additional franking on back, used on registered and flown cover from Napoli to New York, numerous transit and arrival markings, appropriate Balbo handstamp, v.f., rare set on one cover, with 1982 Raybaudi certificate (Sass.51-52, Euro 19,500) cat. $6000 (Cat No. C48-49) (Image)

Cat. $6000, Est.US$2,500

1934 Roma-Buenos Aires flight cover, with complete set of four, plus additional franking, appropriate cachet and arrival pmks, signed Bolaffi, with his 1966 certificate (Sass. Euro 2,000) cat. $1600 (Cat No. C52-55) (Image)

Cat. $1600, Est.US$500

1934 Roma-Mogadiscio flight cover addressed to Tobruk, with 2L franking and additional stamps, v.f., with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, cat. $240 (Cat No. C74) (Image)

Cat. $240, Est.US$150

1934 Roma-Mogadiscio flight cover addressed to Mogadiscio, with 4L franking and additional stamp, v.f., with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, cat. $550 (Cat No. C75) (Image)

Cat. $550, Est.US$250

1937 (13 Oct) flown cover from Rome to Montevideo, attractively franked with "Ministerio Popolare Della Culture" cachet and arrival pmk on back, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.US$300

1939 registered and flown cover from Genova to Sao Paolo, Brazil, franked with a combination of regular issues and 2L Air Post, German forwarding cachet, with arrival pmk, fine cover (Image)

Est.US$350