Session 1 - Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC

EUROPE AND COLONIES: Italian Area391 Italy, Balbo Trans-At lan tic Flight, cov ers & col lat eral. Three items: 1). A 5.25L+44.75L Balbo trip -tych (C49) tied by Mi lan air mail c.d.s.s, 29 May 1933, on reg is tered cacheted Balbo Flight cover, Rome to NewYork, backstamped Rome (30 May & 2 June), and New York (19 July); in cludes the orig i nal en clo sure in which thesender, one Alfredo Dorlatti, tells of send ing two iden ti cal cov ers to the re cip i ent, a Mario Cremona, so thatCremona can re turn one to Dorlatti; stamp with a heavy pre-use crease, cover is Fine. 2). A cacheted Balbo Re -turn Flight cover from New York to Rome, franked with $3.62 post age, can celed 23 July and backstamped Rome(12 Aug); the cover is signed by Balbo and is ac com pa nied by a let ter from the Sec re tary of the Italian Air Ministry,A. Pischedda, and the cover in which Pischedda re turns the flight cover to the sender, the same Mario Cremona towhom the first cover (item 1) was sent; the let ter, ap par ently in re sponse to Cremona's re quest, ac knowl edges thatPischedda has had Balbo sign the cover. 3). New York's Of fi cial Sou ve nir Pro gram, a 24-page B&W mag a zinewith a 3-color cover, that de picts the Ital ian pi lots and flight crews, their planes and var i ous dig ni tar ies; over all Finecondition. A fascinating group. Scott C49. Sassone 52 var. Estimate $2,000 - 3,000392 Ital ian Oc cu pa tion of the Ionian Is lands, Air mail, 1941, Cefalonia over print on 1L//100L singles(NC3-4, NC6-8, NC10 vars.), o.g., lightly hinged, ex cep tion ally fresh, F.-V.F., rare. Only 245 pairs of the 100L wereis sued. Michel val ues sin gles at one-third of the pair price. Michel 19b, 20bII, 22b, 23, 24, 26; €880 ($1,150). Scott$4,290 as pairs. Estimate $300 - 400Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions LLC www.kelleherauctions.com Sale 638 - Aug. 19, 2013 89