First Flight England to Australia November 10, 1919 - January 26, 1920, Capt. Sir Ross Smith together with his crew Lt. Keith M. Smith (brother) and Sergts. W.H. Shiers and J.M. Bennett flew from London to Port Darwin, thus flying 11,500 miles in 29 days; the Australian Government issued a special stamp which, by order of the Post Office Dept., was affixed to the mail at Melbourne and cancelled "First Aerial Mail, Great Britain to Australia. Received 26 Feb. 1920", whereas the cover shows some faults, the stamp is in adequate condition, only 130 covers of this very important intercontinental flight were carried, certified Bolaffi

NEWFOUNDLAND, 1919, First Transatlantic Air Mail Attempt, 3 Ct Caribou overprinted FIRST TRANS ATLANTIC AIR POST April, 1919, backside manuscript initials J.A.R. of postmaster J. A. Robinson, mint n.h. in perfect condition, Bolaffi certificate (SG 142). 0

NEWFOUNDLAND, First Transatlantic Air Mail Attempt, Flight effected on May 18, 1919 by Harry Hawker and Maj. MacKenzie Grieve in a Sopwith plane from St. Johns to Ireland. After flying about 1100 miles they were forced down in the sea near a Danish tramp steamer "Mary" whose crew rescued them. Cover with 3 Ct. "Caribou" stamp overprinted "FIRST TRANS ATLANTIC AIR POST April, 1919" cancelled St. Johns April 12, backstamped London May 30, 1919 on official UK post label "found open (or torn) and officially secured"; a great rarity of pioneer airmail, cover with minor faults, stamp in superb condition, Bolaffi certificate, additionally signed Diena (SG 142)

NEWFOUNDLAND, second Transatlantic Air Mail Attempt, Flight effected by Capts. Raynham and Morgan in a Martinsyde plane crashed on May 18 at take off; cover (one of 25) with handwritten Aerial Atlantic Mail J.A.R. on a 3 Ct. Caribou stamp cancelled St. John's 04-19, while the first three lines were written by W. C. Campbell, secretary at the Post Office, the initials J.A.R. were written by Dr. J.A. Robinson, Postmaster General in order to authorize the airmail-stamp; the mail was then held for further transatlantic flight attempts and finally a mail bag was shipped to London and the covers were backstamped London January 7, 1920; a great rarity of pioneer airmail in superb condition, Bolaffi certificate (SG 142a). 6

NEWFOUNDLAND, Transatlantic Flight from Trepassey / Newfoundland to Rome / Italy by Commander Francesco de Pinedo in Seaplane Santa Maria II, Ministers Office Cover with 60c "Cabot" overprinted in red "AIR MAIL DE PINEDO 1927" cancelled "St. Johns May 20, 1927 adressed to Milano, Italy, usual faint strike of "Trepassy Newfld MY 21, 1927" datestamp (2), Rome arrival cancellation 06-22 on the backside, great rarity (only 225 items known) in superb condition; certified Bolaffi (SG 163, Muller 13, Scott C4, Yvert A4, Longhi 1641-27MPc)

NEWFOUNDLAND, Second "Columbia" Transatlantic Flight from Harbour Grace / Newfoundland by Capt. Errol Byrd and Lt. Harry Connor, who were forced down on the beach at Tresco Island, 25 miles from Lands End / England; the following day they completed the flight to Croydon Airport; one of 65 covers with 36 Cts "Caribou" overprinted "Trans-Atlantic/Air Mail/By B.M./ Columbia/September/1930 /Fifty Cents" from St. Johns September 25, 1930 via Harbour Grace 10-09 to London 10-13; an important and very rare item of transcontinental airmail in very good condition; signed Raybaudi plus certificate Diena (SG 191)

Balbo Squadron Flight "Crociera Aerea del Decenniale Italia - Nord America", beautifully franked (CA$ 1,45) special cover from Shediac 1933-07-4 flown by Italian Air Cruise to Chicago 07-15, 289 covers were flown on this stage, Sorani certificate (Longhi 33SHa)

Aeroespresso del Levante set of 2, 3, 5 and 10 Drachmas and additional franking on registered airmail cover from Athens 11-22-1926 flown to Brindisi 11-24 and then by train via Lecce-Foggia 11-24 and Bologna 11-26 to Nürnberg 11-26, very fine cover, Sorani certificate

Zeppelin Trip to Italy, registered cover from Athens/Greece franked with the set of special Zeppelin and 2 further stamps, postmarked on May 27,1933 flown to Rome and from there with the airship LZ 127 to Brasil; the cover bears the special red cachet from Athens, the special blue cachet from Rome, the machine postmark Roma "Crociera Zeppelin" from May 29 and the arrival postmark Rio June 7, vertical crease not affecting the stamps; Sorani certicifate (Sieger 210 y, Longhi 386)

Aeroespresso airmail set cpl. mint n.h., v.f.

August 17, 1910 First Air Mail ever to be carried by heavier-than-air-craft in Great Britain, Flight Blackpool - Southport had to be abandoned after 7 miles due to bad weather, the flown cards were overprinted in red on the backside and posted in London 08-26, lovely sample of this rare flight franked with ½ Penny stamp, certified Bolaffi

Coronation Flight 1911, First UK Aerial Post by sanction of H.M. Postmaster General, First Flight London - Windsor - London, printed card (green-olive) franked with 2 x ½ Penny green and cancelled with special aerial postmark London 09-14 flown to Windsor and addressed to Sialkot/India, arrival cachet 10-08, some imperfections but very unusual destination, certified Bolaffi

Coronation Flight 1911, First UK Aerial Post by sanction of H.M. Postmaster General, First Flight Windsor - London effected on 09-17, printed cover (green-olive) franked with 1 Penny red and cancelled with special aerial postmark Windsor 09-16 addressed to West Ham, arrival cachet 09-18, certified Bolaffi

Charles A. Lindbergh Latin American Goodwill Tour February 6 - 8, 1928, Special cover flown from Port au Prince 02-07 to Havanna 02-09 by Lindbergh with his "Spirit of St. Louis"; the Santo Domingo - Port au Prince - Havana mails are the only official mails ever carried in the "Spirit of St. Louis", the largest holding of mails posted from Haiti to Cuba was destroyed by a 1931 hurricane

First official Aerial Post Flight worldwide, India, Allahabad 02-18-1911, cover flown by Henri Pequet from Allahabad Exhibition Grounds to Naini Junctions with special margenta cancellation on 2 Annas stamp adressed to Calcutta, on the backside Allahabad 02-18 and Calcutta 02-20, beautiful item, certified Bolaffi

Balbo Squadron Flight Rome - Chicago, registered card from Iceland franked with set "Hópflug Italia 1933" from Reykjavik 1933-07-07 to NewYork with arrival cachet 07-22 on the backside, splendid item, certified Bolaffi (Longhi 33SFe)

First Italian Airmail Datestamp "Stazione Aerea / Esp. Torino 31..98" on the occasion of the General Italian Exhibition, postcard showing the Godard Balloon over the exhibition ground, handwritten note "31 luglio 1898 Domenica 19 ore", very rare item in outstanding quality, certified Bolaffi (Longhi 98AAa)

Polar Flight of the dirigible "Norge", flown on the entire trip to Teller, Alaska, flight vignette tied to flown cover by the oval flight cachet, this has two Italian adhesives tied by the "Teller/Alaska/May 13, 1926" four-bar c.d.s. that was applied on the front of all covers that made the entire trip, this also has a scarce boxed cachet for the flight and is signed by Ettore Arduino, very fine and rare cover (only 35 known), certified Bolaffi

7,70 L Balbo Squadron Flight mint n.h., perfect condition, signed and certified Bolaffi (Sass. PA 25)

Balbo Squadron Flight Italy - Brasil, "PRIMO VOLO TRANSATLANTICO IN FORMAZIONE DI STORMO", cover from Rome 1930-12-15 addressed to Rio de Janeiro 1931-01-22 and signed by 19 pilots (without Gen. Balbo) franked with airmail stamp 7,70 blue, certified Bolaffi (Longhi 30VAb, Sass. GP25a)