Centenario di Repubblica 100 lire dark brown on registered picture postcard Intra 28-5-1949 to Schöningen, Germany, very fine

Trans-Polar Flight Expedition with the airship Norge by Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth and Umberto Nobile 1926. Envelop to Nome, Alaska with inverted vignette and special cachet in blue violet, very fine

Squadron Fligh to Brasil of General Italo Balbo 1931. Special cover with the 7,70 lire special stamp and the autographs of all pilots, fine/very fine

Transatlantic Flight 1933 with the Leonardo da Vinci by George Pond and Cesare Sabelli. Cover from the return flight with nice Soccer World championship franking and the autographs of both pilots, very fine

Crash of the Savoia Marchetti SM 83 near Mogador (Morocco) on 24-12-1939. Envelop from Rio de Janeiro 20-12-1939 to Amsterdam with official letter and envelop from the Dutch Postal autorities. (VH -G 110B, not mentioned in Nierinck). The plane was hit by lightning in a severe storm near the Moroccan coast. All the crew and passengers were killed and only a small part of the mail was salvaged. Recovered mail from the plane is therefore rare. Recovered letters to the Netherlands are seldom seen.