382nd Auction

JEAN BART No. 1: Lauré 20 c. tied by star cancel to an entire letter to Dieppe, adjacent "PARIS 13 OCT. 70" with arrival "DIEPPE 18 OCT. 70", from there redirected to a poste restante in Bruxelles, all appropriate transit cancels, fine and scarce redirected balloon mail, certificate B. & P. Behr (2014)

NOBILE "ITALIA" ARTIC EXPEDITION: 1928, official folded lettersheet with crowned imprint at top left, graced with a selection of seventeen Italian adhesives neatly tied by cds. "R.N.C. DI MILANO * SPED. ARTICA 1928 * 25 5 28", alongside with straight two-line handstamp and the company black wax seal; May 25th was the day when the balloon Italia crashed. A fine and eye-appealing document, very scarce  

1930/1938 selection of seven Sikkim Rocket Experimental mailings, comprising two cards, two envelopes and three single sheets, all signed by Stephen H. Smith, with a variety of labels and special event cachets, also comes with eight covers flown by the famous pilot Mrs Victor Bruce, a number of other rocket mail items, pigeongram envelope with message enclosed and a balloon flight cover front, a scarce and useful lot in good to fine condition.