David Feldman - Europe & All World Collections Thursday, December 6, 2018, at 10:00 CET

238 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Europe 51382 F ARCTIC AIRMAILS 1928 (10.6) Flight cover transported on board airplane, flown by pilots Umberto Maddalena and Stefano Cagna, sent from Sesto Calende to Baia de Re and franked 80c on 1L blue airmail and 50c tied ‘SESTO CALENDE/10.6.28’ cds, bearings 2-line handstamp ‘SPEDIZIONE AREA DE SOCCORSO/ SESTO CALENDE - KINGBAY’, with message and signature of Umberto Maddalena one of the pilots on reverse with 2-line ‘R.N.C.DI MILANO APED. ARTICA 1928’ alongside. A spectacular Artic and Italy airmail rarity Expertise: Signed G.Bolaffi and A.Diena, cert. Alberto Diena (1969), Longhi (1997), Colla (2018) 65 - 70’000