Polar Expedition Umberto Nobile with the airship Italia. Picture post card (Tower Bridge London) to Rome with straight line cachet R.N.C. di Milano. Sped. Artica 1928, very fine. Added 2 stamps backstamped Esplorazione Polare NOBILE Dirigibile Italia 1928 , cover from Germany send to Nobile at Kings Bay and photograph of the Italia.

Commemorative picture postcard Balbo Flight 9-7-1931 with green vignette Squadriglia Verde, very fine

Transatlantic Flight New York-Kaunas with the Lituanica flown by Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas 15-7-1933. Cover with the relevant cachets and the autographs of both pilots, very fine. The flight of the Lituanica went very well but on July 17th, only 400 miles from Kaunas the plane crashed near Pszcelnik (Poland) killing both the pilots.

Transatlantic Flight of the Lituanica II. Cover from Brooklyn, New York to Kaunas carried by Lieutenant Felix Vaitkus during his attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean on September 21st 1935, very fine with autograph of the aviator. Vaitkus was forced to change the original plan to reach Lithuania in one run due to bad weather conditions. He had to make a forced landing in Ireland thereby damaging the plane severely. The remnants of the Lituanica were crated and send by ship to Lithuania where Vaitkus and the wreckage received a heroes welcome.