355 / Oktober 2013

1930, First flight from Calcutta to Rangoon as part of the ENGLAND - AUSTRALIA flight, franked cover from "PARK STREET CALCUTTA 31 OCT 30" with boxed violet cachet "ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA FLIGHT. WITH MR. OSCAR GARDEN, ACROSS THE BAY OF BENGAL." and special airmail label ""AIR MAIL* CALCUTTA TO RANGOON.", signed by the Pilot Oscar Garden, scarce with only 11 pieces carried, very fine (Muller.-Nr. 80)

1932,  Pioneer airmail cover, carried by "The Flying Carpet" on the first attempt to fly over Mount Everest, franked cover cancelled on return to Calcutta by  cds. " 13 JAN 32 PARK STREET / CALCUTTA", front with "MOUNT EVEREST TRIP" and flight route description labels and purple two line cachet 'American Fliers / In "Stearland", Biplane', a very scarce and interesting flight cover with only 50 pieces flown, signed by aviator Halliburton and Steven Smith, very fine

1927, De Pinedo Air Mail 60 c. black, tied by machine cancel "ST. JOHN'S. NFLD. MAY 20 1927" to cover to England with adjacent Trepassy date stamp of May 20 and Rome arrival mark of June 22; a fine and rare cover, signed Calves and Enzo Diena certificate

1930, Miss Columbia 50 on 36 c. sage-green, mint never hinged, very fine, extremly rare, signed Sanabria and PF certificate

Miss Columbia 50 cents on 36 c. sage-green, position 2, tied by cds. "HARBOUR GRACE OC 9 30" to cover to Lowestoft,  only about 50 stamps where available directly at Harbour Grace the other 250 where sold at St. Johns, a fine and rare cover, signed Holcombe with certificate

1930, Air/Sea Survey Flights of North Borneo, 1$ tied by black framed cachet "AIR MAIL NORTH BORNEO" to cover to Kudat, there redirected to Jesselton with arrival mark, few creases, otherwise fine

1926, First Airmail Flight Singapore - Kuala Lumpur, cover from "SINGAPORE 23 AU 1926" to Kuala Lumpur with adjacent straight line "BY AIR MAIL" and arrival mark on reverse, very scarce only 5 covers were carried (Muller.-Nr. 1; Newall 26.13 d.)

1929, Albin Ahrenberg's attempt to cross the Atlantic: registered cover from "RYKJAVIK -9.VI.29" to New York, special three line cachet on reverse "Par aviators Ahrenberg Floden Iceland New York", franked with 2 kr. on 25 a. orange as horizontal pair and additional franking, scarce with only 65 pieces flown, openend out for display, otherwise very fine (Muller.-Nr. 5)

1931, 2nd Survey Flight by Wolfgang von Gronau with plane 'Grönland-Wale', cover from Berlin to List on Sylt, then via Reykjavik, Scoresbysund and Godhaab, Port Harrison, Hudson's Bay and Longlac, Ontario to its final destination Chicago, all postmarks and cachets on front, signed by the pilot Wolfgang von Gronau, fine and scarce with only about 20 items flown (AAMC-Nr. 1147; Muller-Nr. 455)

1933, Hopflug 1-10 kr., unused, very fine, Grᴓnlund certificate

1930, special aerogramme, 7.70 and 1,25 l. tied by special postmark "POSTA AERA CROCIERA ITALIA-BRASILE 15 DEC. 1930" to flown cover to Rio de Janeiro, signed by Italo Balbo and the other piltos, fine (Muller 254)

Crociera 7-70 l., imperforated horizontal pair on chalky paper, ungummed as issued, very fine, signed Sanabria and Raybaudi with certificate

1933, Balbo flight, 5,25L+19,75 L. "RECA" with clear cds., fine, Sorani certificate

Balbo flight, 5,25L+19.75 L. "ARAM" tied by cds. to registered cover to Düsseldorf,  torn at lower left and two punch holes, otherwise fine

Balbo flight, 5,25L+19.75 L. "BIAN" tied by cds. to registered express cover to Eisenach, slight toning, otherwise fine

Balbo flight, 5,25L+19.75 L. "BISE" tied by cds. to registered cover to Reykjavik, from there returned to Genova, fine

Balbo flight, 5,25L+19.75 L. "RANI" tied by cds. to registered cover via Reykjavik to Milan, fine

Balbo flight, 5,25L+44.75 L. "LEON" tied by cds. to registered card to Zürich, slightly unclean, otherwise fine

Balbo flight, 5,25L+44.75 L. "MIGL" tied by cds. to registered cover to Chicago, slightly unclean, otherwise fine

Balbo flight, 5,25L+44.75 L. "RECA" tied by cds. to registered cover to New York, slightly unclean, otherwise fine

Balbo flight, 5,25L+44,75 L. "TEUC" with clear cds., fine, Sorani certificate

Balbo flight, 5,25L+44.75 L. "TEUC" tied by cds. to registered cover to Chicago, fine

Italo Balbo's visit to Chicago: Admission ticket to Balbo reception at Soldier Field, creases, interesting item!

OFFICAL STAMPS: 1933, Balbo flight 44.75 l. + 5.25 l. "SERVIZIO DI STATO", from the lower right sheet corner, unused, very fine, signed Sorani with certificate 

Balbo flight, mail from Cirenaica, 19,75 l. airmail stamp with additional franking on registered cover from "BANGASI 10.6.33" via Reykjavik to Cincinnati, tiny part of lower right corner missing, otherwise fine 

Balbo flight, mail from Netherland, 2.50 gld.  orange with additional franking on cover from "AMSTERDAM 16.6.33" to Rykjavik with special red two line cachet "Transatlantische Vlucht van Italiaansche Vliegtuigen 1933" alongside, fine and scarce, certificate E. Diena

Balbo flight, mail from Netherland, cover from "WASSENAAR 16.6.33" to New York with special red two line cachet "Transatlantische Vlucht van Italiaansche Vliegtuigen 1933" alongside, fine

Balbo flight, mail from Newfoundland, 4,50$ yellow-brown on cover from "ST. JOHN'S 26 JUL 33" to London with special blue arriving mark "CROCIERA AEREA DEL DECENNALE 12 8 33  LIDO DI ROMA" on reverse, fine

Balbo flight, mail from the U.S, cover from "NEW YORK JUL 24" to St. John's, Newfoundland, with special violet cachet "ITALIEN AIR CRUISE NEW YORK-ROMA" alongside, fine

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1934, Flight Roma-Mogadiscio 25 l. brown-carmine, unused, very fine, signed Sorani with certificate

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1934, International colonial exhibition, 25 c. blue/red-orange with overprint "11. Nov. 1934 - XIII / SERVIZIO AEREO / SPECIALE", unused with full original, only slightly toned gum, very fine, signed Kessler

OFFICIAL STAMPS: 1934, International colonial exhibition, 25 c. blue/red-orange with inverted overprint "11. Nov. 1934 - XIII / SERVIZIO AEREO / SPECIALE", unused with full original, only slightly toned gum, very fine, signed Sanabria

1933, Africaflight 10 s. - 100 s. on 25 s. tied by cds. "RIGA-LIDPASTS 28.5.33" to registered flown cover to Staten Island, USA, one of the about 600 recovered covers from the wreck which crashed in Neustettin/Szczecinek and which where forwarded through the german Reichspost, one stamp slight paper-clip dent, otherwise very fine and rare, signed Mikulski with certificate

1921, artist sketch (195x117mm) on thick carton, propably submitted for the proposed 80 Sk. Airmail stamp, this design was, however, not accpeted, corner crease at upper right, otherwise fine, very interesting

1931, Pattist flight Amsterdam - Batavia - Australia: Mail from Ireland: registered cover with special diamond shaped cachet "ABEL TASMAN 11. MEI 1931 BATAVIA-CENTRUM", dispatched from Dublin via Amsterdam and Batavia to Melbourne, with transit and arrival marks on the reverse, very rare, only 2 covers (both registered) from Ireland are known, very fine

1920, The 'Nationen' Airmail cachet on red on cover to Kristiania, fine, Moldenhauer certificate