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Italian Airmail History<br />
5 March 2020<br />
Lot 3044<br />
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8375 F 6 € 4.000<br />
PIONIER FLIGHTS 1903-1911, unique collection of earliest cards from Belluno (1903), Rome (1904) and Milan (1906), extremely rare<br />
balloon card "Ascensione Libera del 26 Aprile 1904" (Longhi 43, only 8 copies recorded), airship "Italia", handwritten and signed<br />
by Conte Almerico da Schio and Ettore Cianetti, "Leonardo da Vinci" as well as a last handwritten letter to the ingenious inventor<br />
Gaetano Arturo Crocco, to the ILA 1909 exhibition Frankfurt, accompanied by correspondingly attractive cards. Other pieces<br />
Verona (1910), Florence (1910 + 1911) and Turin (1911) complete this historical section on 22 exhibition sheets, recommended to<br />
advanced collectors
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ITALIAN AIRMAIL HISTORY<br />
History of Italian aeronautics<br />
With the following 95 lots, we will be presenting a small but exquisite selection of covers and documents<br />
celebrating one of the greatest Italian aviation pioneers. In addition to world-famous Italian legends such as<br />
Umberto Nobile or Italo Balbo, there is one man whose peerless ingenuity has continued to be an inspiration<br />
right up to the current space travel age.<br />
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Prof. Gaetano Arturo Crocco built more than 30 airships and published over 200 scientific papers. In spite of<br />
this, his name is far less known than those of other pioneers. He is also one of just two Italians to be included in<br />
the International Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo in New Mexico. Museum-quality covers, letters, patents<br />
and even technical airship drawings relating to this aviation and rocket pioneer are presented exclusively here.<br />
Please note that a collection can also be found under lot number 8375 of the separate collection catalogue.<br />
ex 3001<br />
3001 F Longhi 5 / 7 6 € 120<br />
1898, Torino "Esposizione Generale Italia", Ticket No. 53860 to visit the Balloon Park<br />
(Parco Aerostatico) illustrated with a Godard balloon and unused coloured fotocard<br />
"Torino Panorama visto dal pallone frenato"<br />
3002<br />
3002 F Longhi 18 6 € 450<br />
1899, Belluno "Inaugurazione dell Acquedotto di Libano 24.9.1899", special<br />
illustrated card showing the aqueduct of Libano with a balloon, sent from<br />
Belluno to Milano (stamp is missing), certificate Longhi<br />
3003<br />
3003 F Longhi E/04b 6 € 200<br />
1902, Military Units, unused special card issued by the 3. Engineering Rgt with<br />
violet cachet "3°. REGGIMENTO GENIO * COMANDO"
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3004<br />
3004 F Longhi E 02/b 6 € 300<br />
1902, Military Units, unused special card printed by Borrani, Firenze and<br />
issued by the 3. Engineering Rgt with violet cachet "3. REGGIMENTO GENIO *<br />
COMANDO", signed Longhi<br />
3006<br />
3006 F Longhi E 04/c 6 € 500<br />
1903, Military Units, used special card issued by the 3rd Engineering Rgt with<br />
black cachet "3. REGGIMENTO GENIO * DISTACCTO DI ROMA" sent from<br />
Rome on May 15 to Naples<br />
3005<br />
3005 F Longhi 40 6 € 150<br />
1903, Genova, 65. Ascencione del Cap. Merighi, used fotocard by Rossi, Genova,<br />
sent to Pisa commemorating the 65th ascent of Cap. Merighi on 24.3.03<br />
3007<br />
3007 F Longhi 44 6 € 150<br />
1904, Milano Aeronautical Meeting, unused fotocard "Festa Aeronauctica - Milano<br />
2 Giugno 1904" depicting the Balloon "Genova"
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ex 3010<br />
3010 F Longhi 67, 70, 73 (2) 6 € 200<br />
1906, Milan, International Exposition, interesting lot of 4 picture cards, of which 3<br />
are coloured, all related to the aeronautical show (all used)<br />
3008<br />
3008 F Longhi 49 6 € 500<br />
1904, Udine, ascent of balloon "Il Centauro" 7.8.1904, used official special card<br />
showing the balloon and Cap. Brunnner, very rare card<br />
3011<br />
3011 F Longhi 82 6 € 400<br />
1906, Milano International Exhibition, rare sample of the Regulations for the<br />
Aeronautical Cup ("Regolamento per la Coppa Aeronautica Regina Margherita<br />
di Savoia per il passagio delle Alpi in aerostato") in Italian and French, very<br />
good condition<br />
ex 3009<br />
3009 F Longhi 54 6 € 80<br />
1905, Airship "Italia", Almerico da Schio, 2 fotocards from the first flight both with<br />
postmark "SCHIO (VICENZA) 27.6.05", the date of the third flight<br />
3012<br />
3012 F 6 € 250<br />
1906, Milano International Exhibition, booklet (20 pages) issued by the<br />
company Fernet Branca including an illustration of the Aeronautical Pavillon,<br />
a very charming item in excellent condition with many other drawings and<br />
topics
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Massimo Trenta<br />
General Gaetano Arturo Crocco was a key figure in the development of aerodynamic<br />
science in Italy and around the world. He began his research with studies on the stability<br />
of airships and concluded them in the middle of a project to take human beings into<br />
space.<br />
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GAETANO ARTURO CROCCO<br />
FROM AIRSHIP TO SPACE<br />
Gaetano Arturo Crocco (b. Naples, 26 October 1877; d. Rome, 19 January 1968) was<br />
an Italian officer, scientist and teacher and a pioneer in aeronautics and rocket propulsion.<br />
He obtained his degree as an electrical engineer in 1904. During his academic career<br />
he published 170 scientific studies, registered 30 patents ranging from aerostatics to<br />
navigation and from aeronautics to missiles, and invented approximately 50 different<br />
tools for aeronautics.<br />
As a protagonist in the story of Italian and world aviation, his journey ranged from the<br />
dawn of the airplane and airship to the time of the first space explorations. In 1956,<br />
in the last years of his career, he became a NASA consultant, planning interplanetary<br />
travel with extremely precise calculations. One of his space mission projects between<br />
Earth and Mars is known as the Crocco Grand Tour. His greatness as an aeronautical<br />
scientist is internationally recognized. The asteroid 10606 Crocco and the Crocco crater<br />
on the moon are named after him. He also had a brilliant military career.<br />
On October 3, 1908, at the experimental site of Vigna di Valle on Lake Bracciano, he made the very first test flight of the first<br />
Italian military airship, N-1, designed by then-Lieutenant Crocco and Lieutenant Ottavio Ricaldoni. The N-1 flew over Rome on<br />
October 31, 1908, making a huge impression. In 1909, in part because of this success, Crocco was promoted to the rank of captain.<br />
Crocco became a professor and then rector at the Aeronautic Engineering School at the University of Rome in 1926, which still<br />
exists under the name of Engineering School Aerospace.<br />
In 1935 he organized the Volta Congress, which saw the arrival of<br />
the world's leading aeronautics experts in Italy and which was the<br />
prototype for the great post-war aerospace congresses. He became<br />
a member of the Accademia d'Italia and the Accademia Nazionale<br />
dei Lincei.<br />
lot # 3030<br />
In the meantime, he devoted himself to academic activities, first<br />
as a teacher and then as principal of the School of Aeronautical<br />
Engineering, a position he held from 1935 to 1942 and from 1948<br />
to 1952, the year in which Luigi Broglio took over. During these<br />
years of research and teaching, Crocco invented and had numerous<br />
innovative systems and tools built, to the point that the rhyme<br />
"Everything I see or touch, invented Arturo Crocco" spread among<br />
his students.<br />
In the years following the Second World War, Crocco the aeronautical genius, who had left the air force before the conflict with the<br />
rank of general inspector, was mainly interested in missiles and astronautics. In 1951, together with the earliest Italian experts in<br />
the discipline, he founded the AIR (Italian Rocket Association), of which he was the president until 1959. Although by this time he<br />
was over 70 years old, he actively devoted himself to the dissemination of space exploration.<br />
To foster interest in space initiatives – which materialized with the International Geophysical Year, after decades of speculation<br />
that existed only in science fiction stories – an international event was organized in Rome on September 15, 1956. For the first<br />
time, in fact, on the initiative of Crocco’s AIR organization, the Congress of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) was<br />
held in Italy. It was the largest-ever assembly of scientific and technological specialists engaged in the sector, which at the time was<br />
mainly linked to missiles and only peripherally to the world of satellites and other future creations.
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lot # 3015<br />
Experimental Shipyard of Vigna<br />
di Valle, 3 October 1908; flight of<br />
the first Italian Military Airship,<br />
designed by Arturo Crocco and<br />
Ottavio Ricaldoni<br />
On this occasion Crocco, now in his eighties, presented his memoir entitled "One year exploratory tour Earth Mars Venus Earth",<br />
which hypothesized the exploitation of the gravitational fields of Mars and Venus to reduce interplanetary travel time. His study<br />
proved important, and was a first contribution to the famous “gravity assist” or “swing-by” manoeuvre, which NASA began to<br />
use on some interplanetary missions in the 1960s. Here, the gravitational force of a planet was exploited through a close transit,<br />
properly calculated, which served to relaunch a space probe to the next destination: it was a boost of energy that allowed the spacecraft<br />
to explore the solar system in more depth.<br />
On 31 October 1908, Crocco made<br />
a round trip from Vigna di Valle to<br />
Rome, covering 80 km in about 1:30<br />
minutes and its airship became the<br />
first aircraft to fly over the capital,<br />
at 500 meters above sea level,<br />
making a great impression.<br />
lot # 3015<br />
The study remained famous, and Americans referred to it as the Crocco<br />
Mission and Crocco's Multi-planet Trajectory. For Crocco, this was his<br />
last, but once again relevant, contribution to the nascent field of space<br />
science.<br />
The name of Gaetano Arturo Crocco, almost unknown in our schools, is<br />
inscribed in the Space Hall of Fame in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Crocco<br />
is one of the very few Italians, together with Enrico Fermi, for whom this<br />
honour has been reserved.<br />
Commemorative stamp to celebrate the event issued by Poste Italiane.<br />
Postcard with special cancellation of the 7th International<br />
Astronautics Congress. Coll. U. Cavallaro
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3013<br />
3013 F 6 € 300<br />
1907, lettercard "BRIGATA SPECIALISTI ROMA" written by Maj. Mario<br />
MORRIS, commander of the engineering brigade "Brigata Specialisti<br />
del Genio" to Gaetano Arturo CROCCO concerning technical aspects of<br />
aerodynamic questions<br />
ex 3015<br />
3015 F Longhi E 6 € 400<br />
1908, Military Airship M 1 constructed by Crocco-Ricaldoni, 2 unused picture<br />
cards "Cantiere Sperimentale / Vigna di Valle (Bracciano)", one with 2<br />
authentic signatures of Gaetano Arture Crocco plus used and unused picture<br />
card depicting the airship above Rome during its flight on October 31<br />
3014<br />
3014 F 6 € 200<br />
1908, official letter paper "MINISTERO DELLA GUERRA" from Rome January 8<br />
addressed to Ottavio RICALDONI and Gaetano Arturo CROCCO concerning the<br />
approval to continue their works on the airship<br />
3016<br />
3016 F Longhi E / 11c 6 € 1.000<br />
1908, Military Airship M 1 constructed by Crocco-Ricaldoni, coloured picture<br />
card signed Longhi with blue "BATTAGLIONE DIRIGIBILISTI / CANTIERE<br />
AERONAUTICO DI VIGNA DI VALLE (BRACCIANO)" and "IL COMMANDANTE<br />
DEL CANTIERI", with authentic signature Mario Migoni, probably a unique<br />
item, plus a contemporary fotocard showing the airship above Castello<br />
Odescalchi
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3019 F Longhi 174 / 177 6 € 350<br />
1909, Brescia, First International Air-Circus 5.-20.9.09, used special card<br />
postmarked "BRESCIA * STAZ.E CIRCUITO AEREO 8-SET.09" addressed to<br />
Busalla, as per Longhi 60 items with this postmark are known; in addition<br />
2 coloured postcards commemorating the Circus and the International<br />
Exposition for electrical appliances<br />
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ex 3017<br />
3017 F Longhi E / 11c 6 € 250<br />
1908, Military Airship M 1 constructed by Crocco - Ricaldoni, 3 contemporary<br />
fotographs (17x12 cm) from October 1908 plus 2 unused picture cards "Cantiere<br />
Sperimentale / Vigna di Valle (Bracciano)" showing the Airship M 3<br />
3018<br />
3018 F € 100<br />
1909, Airship M 1, ticket No. 2011 for Ceppetelli Ernesto to visit the airship at<br />
Ciampino Airport near Rome<br />
3020<br />
3020 F Longhi 234 6 € 150<br />
1910, Florence, Flying Circus 28.3. - 4.7.1910, double card "AVIAZIONE FIRENZE<br />
1910" showing Airplane Voisin and Henry Rougier, certificate Longhi<br />
3021 Longhi 357 / 10 BIga 6 € 70<br />
1910, Flying Week Milan, coloured double card "Ricordo della Settimana<br />
d'Aviazione Milano..." showing Cattaneo and his Bleriot flying over the cathedral of<br />
Milan, used from Bergamo 5.10.10 to Jüterbog, Germany<br />
3022<br />
3022 F Longhi 357 6 € 100<br />
1910, Aero Meeting Milano 24.9.-3.10.10, lovely coloured picture card "Ricordo del<br />
Concorso d'Aviazione Milano Settembre - Ottobre 1910 RAID BRIGA - MILANO",<br />
postmarked Milano October 2, addressed to Paris<br />
ex 3019
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3025<br />
3025 F Longhi 406 6 € 500<br />
1911, Airship N. 1, private advertising card Mario Durando, Torino, used as<br />
local card in Vercelli 24.2.1911; Durando had a production facility in Vercelli<br />
and was an enthusiastic amateur of aeronautics, as per Longhi's certificate<br />
this card is unique<br />
3023<br />
3023 F € 350<br />
1910, US patent for Gaetano Arturo CROCCO and Ottavio Ricaldoni for car<br />
suspension for airships, issued on November 8, 1910<br />
3027<br />
3027 F Longhi A/1 6 € 800<br />
1912, Italian-Turkish War, picture card "Aviatori Militari Italiani/Nella Guerra<br />
Italo-Turca" franked with 5 C. green (Sassone 81) postmarked TRIPOLI<br />
D'AFRICA - SEZIONE RIUNITE - 12.2.12 10 further "TRIPOLI - HOMS / MOIZO -<br />
Ore: 1,15 / GAVOTTI -": 1,40, detailled certificate Longhi<br />
3024<br />
3024 F Longhi 415 6 € 200<br />
1911, Airship "Ausonia-bis", Raid Verona - Boscomantico 28.1.1911, unused picture<br />
card showing the airship and its constructor Nico Piccoli, further foto card showing<br />
the airship M.3 sent by Cap. Tullio Benigni to Nico Piccoli in Padova on February 16,<br />
1914<br />
3028
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3028 F Longhi 568 6 € 200<br />
1912, Genova, ascent of balloon "Aquila" June 16, unused foto card edit. I.C.C.<br />
showing the ballon with cat. Paul Spiegel, certificate Longhi<br />
3031 F Longhi E/12/b 6 € 400<br />
1912, Military Units, postally used (1912-07-07) special card printed by<br />
Liebman, Roma and issued by the Special Engineering Batt., with blue cachet<br />
"BATTAGLIONE SPECIALISTI DEL GENIO * COMANDO", very rare item<br />
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3032<br />
3032 F 6 € 250<br />
1912, official letter paper "3° REGG. GENIO DISTACCAMENTO DI ROMA"<br />
written by Maurizio MORIS and addressed to Gaetano Arturo CROCCO<br />
congratulating him for his success at the university of Liège<br />
3029<br />
3029 F Longhi 595 - 597 6 € 250<br />
1912, receipt issued by the Roman Committee "per la flotta aerea d'Italia"<br />
dated 24.6.12 for a donation of Lit 25,00; unique item, signed Longhi<br />
3030<br />
3030 F Longhi E/13n 6 € 600<br />
1912, Military Units, unused special card printed by Liebman, Roma<br />
with violet cachet "STABILIMENTO DI ESPERIENZE E COSTRUZIONE<br />
AERONAUTICHE - (DIREZIONE)", signed Longhi<br />
3033<br />
3033 F € 250<br />
GAETANO ARTURO CROCCO (1877-1968), ca. 1911, member of III. Rgt. Genio,<br />
which undertook military trial flights with Italy's first airship "N1", nine<br />
original large size and small size brass uniform buttons in three different<br />
effectuations with inscription "Gento militare", plus two picture postcards "III.<br />
Genio" from 1905, and one of the lieutenant's telegrams from 1906<br />
3031
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3026 F € 15.000<br />
1912, exceptional and complete set of the construction plan of the military airship P4 built in Vigna di Valle in 1912, of the semi-rigid<br />
type Crocco-Verduzio, length 63 meters, diameter 12 meters, volume 4700 mc, two Fiat engines of 80 hp each operating a propeller,<br />
cruising speed 60 km/h. Assigned to Cantiere Dirigibili di Campalto, under the command of Captain Valle, took part in war operations<br />
in the Adriatic, carrying out numerous bombings in Pula, Muggia and Trieste. In August 1915 it was used as a pilot school for the Regia<br />
Marina....
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3026 F € 15.000<br />
.... Further unique construction plan of the military airship P 5, of the semi-rigid type Crocco-Verduzio, 4400 mc,<br />
two Fiat engines of 180 hp each allowing a cruising speed of 60 km/h. Assigned to Regio Esercito di Campalto,<br />
under the command of Captain Seymandini, withdrew from the operational line in 1915. The lot includes large<br />
boards with dozens of folded drawings. Unique and of great interest, the plans could be used to rebuild the<br />
entire aircraft, almost a twin of P4. Great rarity of the Italian and World Airships.<br />
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3034<br />
3034 F € 150<br />
GAETANO ARTURO CROCCO (1877-1968), beret (cap) most likely from his time as<br />
constructor of various airships and military aircraft around 1912, usual signs of<br />
wear and tear<br />
ex 3036<br />
3036 F Longhi 556 / 557 6 € 1.000<br />
1913, Raid Torino - Milano, Airship USUELLI - BORSALINO, Dirigibile U1, only<br />
known picture card written and signed by T. Borsalino showing the airship<br />
in 1911 over the Milan cathedral, the card was later posted in Allessandria<br />
1913 - 01-09 and sent to Barranquilla/Columbia where it arrived on 1913-02-01,<br />
certificate Longhi<br />
3037<br />
3037 F 6 € 150<br />
1913, card printed by "SOCIETA DEGLI INGEGNERI E DEGLI ARCHITETTI ITALIANI,<br />
ROME" inviting to an evening conference on May 1, 1913 with Gaetano Arturo<br />
CROCCO and his presentation on "new technique in aerial navigation", added<br />
unused picture card showing the Airship M1, printed by Ediz. F. Felicetti, Rome<br />
3035<br />
3035 F € 200<br />
1913, patent for Arturo CROCCO and Ottavio Ricaldoni for a mechanism to reinforce<br />
the outer layer of an airship's bow, Rome January 9, 1913<br />
ex 3038
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3038 F Longhi E 13/k 6 € 200<br />
1913, unused coloured postcard "Battaglione Aviatori per aspera ad astra" and<br />
cachet "Battaglione Aviatori Circolo Ufficiali"<br />
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ex 3039<br />
3039 F 6 € 250<br />
1915-1918, group of 4 telegrams, 3 addressed to Gaetano Arturo CROCCO,<br />
among the senders are Cap. Giuseppe VALLE, Ottavio RICALDONI, Tenente<br />
MUNARI and one addressed to Maj. Maurizio Mario MORIS<br />
3041<br />
3041 F 6 € 300<br />
1917, official letter paper "COMMANDO SUPREMO / COMMANDO CANTIERI<br />
DIRIGIBILI" written on August 24 by the Unit Commander Giuseppe VALLE<br />
to Gaetano Arturo CROCCO, highly interesting text about a trip he made<br />
"yesterday night from 22:00 until 1:00 with the Airship M 14"<br />
3042<br />
3040<br />
3040 F € 200<br />
1916, Italian patent for Arturo Gaetano CROCCO, Eugenio Passone and Anastasio<br />
Anastasi for a finder sight apparatus for shots from ground to aircrafts and vice<br />
versa, highly interesting documentation<br />
3042 F 6 € 200<br />
1917, order concerning a new group of airships based in Ferrara dated October 30,<br />
by "COMMANDO SUPREMO, COMMANDO CANTIERI DIRIGIBILI" signed Maggiore<br />
Commandante VALLE, a very rare document<br />
3043 € 200<br />
1917, Italian patent with detailled description and designs for a recording apparatus<br />
for velocity and navigation on aircrafts, invented by Gaetano Arturo CROCCO
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3044 F Longhi 1054 6 € 1.500<br />
1918, Airship M.1, special fundraiser flight for a children's<br />
tuberculosis sanatorium in Ariccia on 27.5.18, special card<br />
issued for this event, flown on board of the airship and<br />
addressed to Rome, according to Longhi this is a unique<br />
item and it is illustrated in his handbook<br />
3044<br />
ex 3045<br />
3045 F 6 € 80<br />
1918, 2 fotocards (used and unused) "La prima Aeronave Italiana sopre Trento 7<br />
Novembre 1918", rarely seen<br />
3046<br />
3046 F Longhi 1031 6 € 300<br />
1919, green flyer "Al Sindicato della Citta di Trento" dropped on the occasion<br />
of a special flight Genova - Trento - Trieste - Fiume on March 24, signed Longhi
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3047<br />
3047 F Longhi 1055 6 € 100<br />
1919, Airship M. 1, ticket for visiting the airship at Ciampino Airport near Rome,<br />
Type Pistolesi, Roma<br />
3050<br />
3050 F Longhi 1042 6 € 1.200<br />
1919, Airship M. 1, special fotocard showing the cruising airship "Saluti da<br />
bordo dell' aeronave "M. 1"; these cards were available on board only; with<br />
special cachet "R. MARINA -AERONAVE M.1 -23. GIU 1919" postmarked after<br />
landing "Roma - Ferrovia 22 - 23 II * VI 1919", an extremely rare sample of<br />
flown passenger mail<br />
3048<br />
3048 F 6 € 100<br />
1919, Airship M. 1, first regular excursion flight 25.5.1919, fotography (16,8 x<br />
12,5 cm) showing passengers in the gondola at Ciampino Airport<br />
3051<br />
3051 F Longhi 1048 6 € 70<br />
1919, Airship M. 1, unused fotocard "Saluti da bordo dell'Aeronave M.1"<br />
3049<br />
3049 F Longhi 6 € 150<br />
1919, Airship M. 1, first regular excursion flight 25.5.1919, fotography (16,5 x<br />
12,4 cm) of the inauguration ceremonies at Ciampino Airport<br />
3052<br />
3052 F Longhi 1056 6 € 250<br />
1919, Airship M. 1, ticket for a touristic flight issued by "Regia Marina", these<br />
flights would show the traveller a view of Rome and could go as far as Naples,<br />
excellent condition
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3053<br />
3053 F Longhi 1042 6 € 1.000<br />
1919, Airship M.1, special fotocard showing the "cabina superiore per<br />
passageri" in the interior of the panorama gondola, these cards were available<br />
on board only; with special cachet "R. MARINA -AERONAVE M.1 -23. GIU 1919"<br />
postmarked after landing "Roma - Ferrovia 18 - 19 23.VI.1919", an extremely rare<br />
sample of flown passenger mail, minor faults on the picture side<br />
ex 3056<br />
3056 F Longhi 1096 6 € 250<br />
1919, Livorno, Festa Ginnico Militare, official illustrated postcard with cachet<br />
"FESTA GINNICO MILITARE / DIV. MIL. LIVORNO/31 AGOSTO 1919 / POSTA<br />
AEREA" (type I in black + type II in purple), used 1.9.18 Massa Marittima and<br />
a normal picture card "Livorno" with the black cachet Type I, used Livorno<br />
31.8.19, for this variety no value is listed by Longhi<br />
3054<br />
3054 F Longhi 1053 6 € 250<br />
1919, Airship M. 1, fotography showing the interior of the gondola printed in<br />
golden colour "Excursioni Turistice / con l'aeronave M. 1 della R. Marina /<br />
Cabina inferiore" (15,4 x 10,6 cm)<br />
ex 3057<br />
3057 F Longhi 1098 6 € 350<br />
1919, Livorno, Festa Ginnico Militare, official illustrated postcard (Airship<br />
"M 1") from August 31 with cachet "FESTA GINNICO MILITARE / DIV. MIL.<br />
LIVORNO/31 AGOSTO 1919 / POSTA AEREA" (Type II in purple)<br />
3055<br />
3055 F Longhi 1052 6 € 300<br />
1919, Airship M. 1, rare fotocard showing the airship with panorama gondola<br />
which could carry up to 36 passengers and was equipped with buffet facilities,<br />
printed in red "Escursioni Turistice / con l'aeronave M. 1 della R. Marina"<br />
3058<br />
3058 F Longhi 1099 6 € 250<br />
1919, Livorno, Festa Ginnico Militare, official illustrated postcard with cachet<br />
"FESTA GINNICO MILITARE/DIV.MIL.LIVORNO/31 AGOSTO 1919/POSTA AEREA"<br />
(type I in black and type II in purple), sent to Rome September 1
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3059<br />
3059 F € 150<br />
1919, Italian and French patent for Arturo CROCCO for anti-aircraft projectils, quite<br />
interesting study<br />
3061<br />
3061 F Longhi 1221 6 € 500<br />
1922, First Flight Colombia(Cartagena - Monteria) - Barranquilla - Medellin,<br />
C.C.N.A., Pilot FERRUCCIO GUICCIARDI, very rare flown cover from Barranquilla<br />
to Medellin with good sample of the 10 Ct airmail stamp (Gebauer N° 11) and<br />
bearing both special cachets in purple colour, cerfiticate Colla, an important<br />
early airmail cover!<br />
3062<br />
3062 F Longhi 1420 6 € 150<br />
1922, Italian Cup for touristic and training airplanes November 11-15, General Rules<br />
issued by the Aero Club of Italy, brochure with 12 pages, very rare item<br />
3060<br />
3060 F 6 € 150<br />
1920, Airship "Angelo Berardi", short technical description (hectography) on<br />
the occasion of the 99th ascent on 20.11.1920 issued by "Gruppo Dirigibilisti /<br />
AEROSCALO DIRIGIBILE / di (Bosco Mantico) Verona", foto of the gondola affixed to<br />
front page, rare item
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3065<br />
3063<br />
3063 F Longhi 1423 - 1429 6 € 800<br />
1926, Verona, Balloon Cup organized by the local Aero Club, complete set of 7<br />
special envelopes, 4 of which bear the signatures of the captains, rare offer as<br />
only 6 items exist from Balloon Ciampino XIV<br />
3065 F Longhi 1443 6 € 100<br />
1926, First Flight Pavia - Trieste, cover from Pavia 2.4.26 with 60 C airmail, airmal<br />
cachet "1° Servizio Postale Aereo ..." to Triest, arrival 2.4.26, very fine<br />
3066<br />
3066 F Longhi 1443 6 € 100<br />
1926, First Flight Cover with red "PRIMO VOLO PAVIA / VENEZIA" from Pavia 5.4.26<br />
- Venice 6.4.26<br />
3064<br />
3064 F Longhi 1437, 1449 6 € 100<br />
1926, First Flight Torino - Trieste and return, cover Torino 1.4.26 to Trieste and back<br />
Trieste 1.4.26 to Torino, both covers with 60 C airmil, airmail cachet "1° Servizio<br />
Postale Aereo ...", one with 30 C. postage due for "poste restante", both items very<br />
fine<br />
3067<br />
3067 F 6 € 80<br />
1926, First Flight Rome - Palermo, special cover from Rome 7.4.26 to Palermo with<br />
airmal cachet "Primo Volo ..." and 60 C airmal, arrival 7.4.26, very fine
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3068 F € 3.000<br />
Polar flight airship "NORGE" 1926, successful expedition of captain Nobile<br />
and Norwegian explorer Amundsen that has been proven to have reached<br />
the North Pole, circular cut-out of outer envelope material of the Italian<br />
airship "NORGE", diameter approx. 140 mm with multiple postmarks "NY-<br />
ALESUND 27.8.26" the outpost on Svalbard from which the airship started its<br />
expedition to the North Pole, reached the American continent after 70 hours<br />
of flight and safely landed in Teller close to Nome (Alaska), unique museum<br />
object representing the Italian pioneering spirit and outstanding item of polar<br />
postal, airship and airmail history, signed Fiorenzo Longhi<br />
3069<br />
3069 F 6 € 500<br />
UMBERTO NOBILE'S POLAR EXPEDITION 1928, radio telegram received from<br />
the airship "Italia" through Stockholm with the message from general Nobile<br />
on the airship regarding the enthusiastic reception of the airship in town and<br />
the flyover of the Italian embassy there, unique<br />
3070<br />
3070 F 6 € 500<br />
UMBERTO NOBILE'S POLAR EXPEDITION 1928, radio telegram received<br />
through OSLO from the station close to the North Cape at VARDOE with the<br />
message from general Nobile on the airship "Italia" regarding the weather<br />
conditions and the estimated arrival time, unique
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3071<br />
3071 F 6 € 8.000<br />
1928, Airship "ITALIA / NOBILE", part of canvas from the airship affixed on paper painted and signed by Giuseppe<br />
Biagi, survivor of the famous TENDA ROSSA, "canvas from the Airship Italia Expedition General Nobile carried<br />
back by myself after 49 days in the pack ice", an important item of this tragedy, certificate Longhi<br />
ex 3072<br />
3072 F 6 € 150<br />
1928, NOBILE Arctic Expedition, group of 12 fotocards "LA SPEDIZIONE NOBILE"<br />
numbers 1-12, Ed. A. Traldi - Milano, 10 used and 2 cards (N° 6 + 7) unused<br />
3073<br />
3073 F 6 € 150<br />
1928, Arctic Expedition "ITALIA / NOBILE", coloured picture made by Umberto<br />
Maddalena showing the glaciers at Svalborg, Spitsbergen with signatures of the<br />
2 radiomen Giuseppe Biagi and Ettore Pedretti as well as Capt. C.R.E.M. Ugo<br />
Baccarani, rare item
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3074<br />
3074 F 6 € 180<br />
1932, glider flights above Milan, fotocard "Idro Savola S. 55" flown with GLIDER<br />
"D-RHÖNADLER", Pilot Peter Riedel on 19.10.32 from 11:50 until 12:04, posted<br />
Milan 20.10. adressed to Dr. Vogler-Greppin, Basle; signed Longhi<br />
3075<br />
3075 F Longhi 2863 6 € 10.000<br />
1933, Balbo Squadron flight Crociera Nord-Atlantico, triptych "SERVIZIO DI STATO" in perfect condition on<br />
genuinely flown registered cover "IL PODESTA DI MILANO", tied by MILANO CORRISP. PACCHI * POSTA<br />
AEREA * 1.6.33 21 via Rome 12.6.33 to New York 20.7.1933 with various redirections. Italy‘s largest airmail<br />
rarity in perfect condition! Photo certificates Raybaudi “grande rarità“ and Longhi, according to him this is<br />
the only known cover from Milan to New York (Sassone No. 1, 35.000,- €)
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3076 F Longhi 2859 6 € 5.000<br />
1933, Mass Flight Triptych 5.25 + 44.75 L ”I-BALB” on well preserved registered letter ROMA 3.6.33 to Chicago<br />
with airmail cancel ”Crociera Aerea del Decennale ...” and personal signatures of Gen. Italo Balbo and Ten.<br />
Col. Stefano Cagna. The flip side bears the decorative seal of the MINISTERO DELL' AERONAUTICA. Photo<br />
cert. Diena (Sass. 52A) - a great air mail rarity due to the signature of minister and commander ITALO BALBO<br />
3076<br />
ex 3077<br />
3077 F 6 € 750<br />
1933, group of four telegrams regarding the successful crossing of the Atlantic by the squadron of General Balbo and his crews, one with<br />
congratulations from the Prime Minister Guido Buffarini, one even sent by the "duce" Mussolini himself, both with official mark "Prefettura di<br />
Milano / Cabineto ...", one sent by General Balbo from Chicago on 16.7.33 as an urgent telegram with an extensive report of the landing scene,<br />
all of them unique! In addition two issues of the gazette "Domenice del Corriere" related to the Balbo flights of 1930 and 1933 and an invitation<br />
card of the "Areo Club Emilio Pensuti" to a speech "Balbo e l'Aviazione"
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3078<br />
3078 F Sass. GP 64 b 6 € 140<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, registered envelope from FIUME 24.1.34 to<br />
Buenos Aires with 5 L airmal stamp with upper right margin and additional franking,<br />
little stain, special cancellation Rome 27.1.34, with italian red flight cachet and<br />
violet PAN AM flight cachet<br />
3081<br />
3081 F Longhi 3063 6 € 320<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, registered letter with full set and<br />
additional franking from ROMA 27.1.34 to Buenos Aires with red flight cachet, on<br />
reverse PAN AM flight cachet, signed by the pilot Francis Lombardi, certificate E.<br />
Diena (Sass. GP64d, € 2.250,-)<br />
3079<br />
3079 F Sass. GP 64 b 6 € 140<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, registered envelope with 5 L airmal stamp<br />
and additional franking from SAN REMO 25.1.34, red flight cachet on reverse,<br />
mailed to a German counsulate in Brasil, very fine<br />
3082<br />
3082 F Sass. GP 64 a 6 € 90<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, cover with 2 and 3 L airmal stamps plus<br />
additional franking, special cancellation ROMA 27.1.34 and red flight cachet, on<br />
reverse PAN AM flight cachet, very fine, signed Sorani<br />
3080<br />
3080 F Sass. GP 64 b 6 € 100<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, cover with 5 L airmal stamp and additional<br />
franking 1.25 L from SONDRIO 25.1.34 to Buenos Aires, transit Rome with special<br />
cancellation 27.1.34 and red italian flight cachet, on reverse PAN AM Flight cachet,<br />
very fine, signed Sorani<br />
3083<br />
3083 F Sass. GP 64 b 6 € 140<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, cover with 5 L airmail stamp and additional<br />
franking with special cancel ROMA 27.1.34, red italien flight cachet, undeliverable<br />
and returned with "DIRECTION INSUFFISANTE"
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3084<br />
3084 F Sass. GP 64 b 6 € 100<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, registered postcard with 5 L airmal stamp<br />
and additional franking 1.75 L to Rio, special cancellation ROMA 27.1.34, red italian<br />
flight cachet, arrival mark on reverse, undeliverable and returned to sender<br />
3087<br />
3087 F Sass. GP 64 c 6 € 160<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, cover with 10 L airmail stamp and additional<br />
franking from AGRIGENTO 25.1.34 to Buenos Aires, special cancel Rome 27.1.34,<br />
red italian flight cachet on front, violet PAN AM flight cachet, signed Sorani<br />
3085<br />
3085 F Sass. GP 64 b 6 € 100<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, cover with 5 L airmail stamp and additional<br />
franking from GUASTALLA 23.1.34 to Rio, tear on top of cover, special cancel Rome<br />
27.1.34, red italian flight cachet on front, arrival mark<br />
3088<br />
3088 F Sass. GP 64 c 6 € 140<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, a little bit stained cover with 10 L airmail<br />
stamp and additional franking with special cancel ROMA 25.1.34 to Rio, red italian<br />
flight cachet, arrival mark<br />
3089<br />
3089 F Sass. GP 64 c 6 € 130<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, cover opened on three sides, some treces,<br />
with 10 L airmail stamp and 1,25 L additional franking from GENOVA 25.1.34 to<br />
Buenos Aires, special cancel Rome 27.1.34, red italian flight cachet and violet PAN<br />
AM flight cachet, signed E. Diena<br />
3086<br />
3086 F Sass. GP 64 c 6 € 160<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, cover with 10 L airmail stamp and 1,25 L.<br />
additional franking from SONDRIO 25.1.34 to Buenos Aires, special cancel Rome<br />
27.1.34, red italian flight cachet on front, violet PAN AM flight cachet, very fine,<br />
signed Sorani
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3092 F Longhi 3196 6 € 270<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Mogadishu, registered cover with 10 L airmail stamp<br />
and additional franking from ROMA 9.11.34, special italian flight cachet, special<br />
arrival cancel Mogadiscio 11.11.34 and arrival Dante on reverse<br />
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3090<br />
3090 F Sass. GP 64 c 6 € 130<br />
1934, First Flight Rome - Buenos Aires, a bit stained cover with 10 L airmail stamp<br />
and 1,25 L. additional franking from MILANO 25.1.34 to Buenos Aires, special<br />
cancel Rome 27.1.34, red italian flight cachet and violet PAN AM flight cachet<br />
3093<br />
3093 F Longhi 3565 6 € 100<br />
1936, First Flight Rome - Addis Abeba, registered envelope from SAN MARINO 17.5.<br />
via Milan 19.5. and Rome 20.5. to Addis Abeba 31.5., signed Diena<br />
3094 6 € 70<br />
1937, First Flight Milan - Torino - Paris, cover from Torino 6.4.37 to Paris with flight<br />
cachet "1°. Volo ...", arrival mark 6.4.37 on reverse, very fine<br />
3091<br />
3091 F Sass. GP 64a 6 € 80<br />
1934, First Postal Flight Rome - Buenos Aires by Francis Lombardi and Franco<br />
Mazzotti, registered picture card with 3 L special stamp with all special cachets,<br />
small faults<br />
ex 3095<br />
3095 F 6 € 500<br />
1948-1978, small NOBILE lot consisting of 3 covers from Sweden, Finland and<br />
the USSR sent to his home address in Rome, 2 aerogrammes from 1978 signed<br />
Gertrude and Umberto Nobile and a picture signed by the artist G. Castellani<br />
showing the airship "ITALIA" (print 433/500)<br />
3092<br />
Italian Spacemail protagonists are offered at<br />
the end of this session from lot #3655 on.<br />
Further CROCCO accumulation see<br />
under lot # 8375
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EUROPA<br />
ÄGÄISCHE INSELN<br />
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3482 F 211 G 6 € 900<br />
<strong>Italien</strong>fahrt 1933, Ägäische Inseln, R-Brief ab Rhodos 24.5. mit sechs Werten Zeppelin komplett und<br />
weiterer Beifrankatur, sauber einzeln gestempelt, türkisgrüner Flugstempel, Ank.-SST Rom 29.5. sowie<br />
Friedrichshafen 30.5. rs., Pracht (Longhi 353, ca. 8.000 €)<br />
VATIKAN<br />
3617<br />
3617 F 157 B 6 € 580<br />
4. Südamerikafahrt 1932, Brief ab Vatikan 29.4. mit reiner Vatikan-MiF nach<br />
Santos / Brasilien, mit Luftpost bis München am 30.4. mit rotem "mLb" v.s.,<br />
weiter via Berlin mit Anschlussflug nach Friedrichshafen, beide Flugstempel<br />
vs., ungewöhnliches Routing, Ankunft Santos 6.5. rs., Pracht (Longhi 112)<br />
3619<br />
3619 F 214 B 6 € 820<br />
2. Südamerikafahrt 1933, Etappe bis Recife, Brief ab Vatikan 31.5. mit 7,45 L in<br />
reiner Vatikan-MiF vom ersten Ausgabetag der neuen Freimarken, Transit Rom<br />
2.6. ohne weitere italienische MiF, mit Luftpost nach Berlin, Ankunft 2.6., roter<br />
"mLb" vs., weiter mit Anschlussflug nach Friedrichshafen, beide Flug-stempel<br />
vs., Ankunft Recife 6.6., unten kaschierter Einriss, jedoch in vierlerlei Hinsicht<br />
ein bemerkenswerter Beleg, nur 20 Belege in dieser Kombination registriert,<br />
ex Bayer
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3618 F 214 B 6 € 1.000<br />
2. Südamerikafahrt 1933, Abwurf Barcelona, Brief ab Vatikan 31.5. mit 5,25 L in reiner Vatikan-MiF vom ersten Ausgabetag<br />
der neuen Freimarken, Transit Rom 2.6. ohne weitere italienische MiF, mit Luftpost nach Berlin, Ankunft 2.6.,<br />
roter "mLb" vs., weiter mit Anschlussflug nach Friedrichshafen, beide Flugstempel vs., Ankunft Barcelona 3.6. und weiter<br />
nach Tanger mit Ankunft 6.7., nur 5 Belege in dieser Kombination registriert, Pracht, ex Bayer<br />
3618<br />
3620 F 235 6 € 1.400<br />
8. Südamerikafahrt 1933, R-Brief ab Vatikan 26.9. mit 2,75 L Pius via Mailand 28.9. in Zweiländer-MiF mit <strong>Italien</strong> 2 und 5 L<br />
Flugpost, Transit Friedrichshafen 30.9. und Flugstempel vs., Ankunft Recife 4.9. und weitere Transite rs., Pracht (Longhi<br />
812)<br />
3620
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Astro Philately |<br />
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AFFERRARE LE STELLE<br />
3655 F € 100<br />
FRANCO MALERBA - First Italian astronaut (*1946), ein Rahmen<br />
3660 F € 150<br />
LUCA PARMITANO (*1976), ein Rahmen, darunter Originalunterschrift neben den<br />
beiden weiteren Besatzungsmitgliedern F. Jurtschichin und K. Nyberg auf Beleg<br />
3656 F € 350<br />
ROBERTO VITTORI (*1964), zwei Rahmen, darunter gleich drei<br />
Originalfragmente Sojus TMA-6, woran er als Bordingenieur<br />
teilnahm, jeweils zertifiziert Larissa Kelebeev
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3658 F € 300<br />
PAOLO NESPOLI (*1957), zwei Rahmen, darunter zwei Belege mit Originalunterschriften sowie<br />
im Orbit mitgeführter Missionswimpel Sojus MS-05, woran er als Bordingenieur beteiligt war,<br />
mit ISS Bordsiegel und -stempel<br />
3661 F € 200<br />
SAMANTHA CRISTOFORETTI - First Italian female astronaut<br />
(*1977), zwei Rahmen, darunter Mannschaftsfoto sowie Startbeleg mit<br />
Originalunterschriften
Lot 8375<br />
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