1863 (May 9) Entire from Genoa to Switzerland with 1863 15c pair, just cut into at top and creased, underpaid with "FRANCOBOLLO / INSUFFICIENTE" hs and "Complemento di tassa Ital." cursive hs, reverse with Luzern and Aarau arrival, a fine and rare insufficiently paid mail sent abroad. (Image)

1866 (Jul 21) Entire from Palermo to the USA with 1865 20c on 15c (3) and 1862-65 10c pair, tied by "21" boxed numerals, being 40c underpaid for the 1L20c single rate, with "FRANCOBOLLO / INSUFFICIENTE" hs, French transit and New York due markings, a very scarce insufficiently franked transatlantic mail; signed Vaccari. (Image)

1866 (Aug 24) Entire from Milan to Austria with 1865 20c on 15c pair tied by dotted box numeral with despatch cds adjacent, underpaid with framed "FRANCOBOLLO / INSUFFICIENTE" and "DEBITO ITALIANO CENT." straight-line hs and various due markings, reverse with St. Gallen-Chur, Vienna and Klagenfurt arrival cds's, a fascinating usage. (Image)

1931 Balbo unissued design, unique large artist work by Corrada Mezzana in grey, black and white ink and pencil, depicting Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings of a wing and a flying machine, 40.8x26cm, a beautiful essay. (Image)

1933 (July 25) "Crociera del Decennale" New York-Rome, cover with spectacular U.S. franking with 26 stamps for 3$60c, with large "ITALIAN AIR CRUISE/NEW YORK ROMA" cachet , illustrated "Crociera" blue cachet and "Lido di Roma" arrival on 12.8; cert. G. Bolaffi (1965); Sassone 2'000. (Image)

1934 (Jan) Direct Flight Rome-Buenos Aires, three covers showing the complete sets of four values for Italy, Cirenaica and Tripolitania, each with "PRIMO VOLO POSTALE DIRETTO/1934-XII/ROMA BUENOS AIRES", incl. Italy (Jan 27) and tripolitania (Jan 24) with Pan American Airways large violet framed hs on back, Cirenaica (Jan 28) with "Perduta coincidenza" cachet on back; certs. G. Bolaffi (1966). (Image)