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Lot 51382 – ARCTIC AIRMAIL RARITY

Lot 51382 – ARCTIC AIRMAIL RARITY
Italy
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
65’000 – 70’000 EUR
Auction date
Thu 6 Dec 2018 at 11:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

ARCTIC AIRMAIL RARITY

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 Arctic and Italy airmail rarity

Expertise: Signed G.Bolaffi and A.Diena, cert. Alberto Diena (1969), Longhi (1997), Colla (2018)

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