Latest additions to our catalogue

1995 - ALAND - EUROPA - LIECHTENSTEIN (Cat. 100/101) serie completa di 2 francobolli Nuovi gomma integra (MNH) - Lotto/41128

6/9/1971 - the first flight with a DC 9, Austrian Airlines Rome/Vienna - a cover regularly postally used with the arrival postmark of Vienna - Lotto/41484

16/9/1971 - the first B-747 TWA flight, Rome to Tel Aviv - cover properly postally used with the special TWA postmark and the Tel Aviv arrival postmark - Lotto/41485

16/9/1971 - the first B-747 TWA flight, Rome to Tel Aviv - cover properly postally used with the special TWA postmark and the Tel Aviv arrival postmark - Lotto/41486

25/5/1961 - the inaugural Alitalia DC8 Jet flight, Caracas to Rome - cover properly postally used with the special Alitalia postmark and the Milan arrival postmark - Lotto/41487

1/4/1971 - the first Alitalia flight Naples/Zurich - a cover regularly postally used with the special Alitalia and Naples Airmail postmark, on the reverse the arrival postmark of Zurich - Lotto/41488

28/6/1972 - the inaugural Itavia flight Bergamo/Naples - a cover regularly postally used with the special Itavia postmark and Naples on arrival on the reverse - Lotto/41489

25/8/1925 URUGUAY - Montevideo to Tallinn flight. Airmail cover franked with the two airmail stamps for the centenary of the Congress of Florida (Cat. Yvert 7/8). Fine condition, uncommon - Lotto/41583

24/6/1946 FRANCE - First direct commercial link between Paris and New York. Registered cover from Paris to New York with the special postmark of the flight and the official poster stamp. Very attractive and rare - Lotto/41584

2/5/1947 SWITZERLAND - Inauguration of the new Swissair transatlantic route to North America, calling at the Azores and Newfoundland. Registered cover from Geneva. Because New York airport was temporarily closed by prohibitive weather, the aircraft, a Dc 10, had to fly on and land at Washington. The mail carried had to bear a compulsory franking made up of the 2.50 Fr. Airmail stamp issued specially for the voyage (Cat. Unificato A/41) - Lotto/41585

5/7/1950 ITALY - First LAI (Linee Aeree Italiane) flight, Rome to New York. Cover with the special flight postmark and the New York arrival postmark. Attractive and uncommon - Lotto/41586

27/5/1954 SWITZERLAND - First scheduled Swissair flight, Zurich to Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo. Cover with the special postmark of the flight and the Sao Paulo arrival postmark, Brazil. Attractive and uncommon - Lotto/41588

26/2/1956 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - The flight for President Gronchi's visit to the USA and Canada: an airmail cover with the stamp and the special postmark - Lotto/41589

1/4/1957 - SWITZERLAND - The first Swissair flight, Zurich - Geneva - Tokyo: a cover with the special flight postmark and the Tokyo arrival postmark - Lotto/41590

3/9/1958 - ITALY - flight for the visit of President Gronchi to Brazil, airmail cover with stamp and special postmark - Lotto/41591

4/12/1959 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - The inaugural intercontinental TWA jet flight, Rome to New York: a registered airmail cover - Lotto/41592

16/2/1960 - UNITED STATES - The first Air France polar flight, Paris to Tokyo, with a Boeing 707 Intercontinental - a cover with the Anchorage, Alaska postmark - Lotto/41593

1960 - CANADA - Volo inaugurale Alitalia AZ653.  Montreal/Roma - Lotto/41594

17/3/1960 UNITED STATES - the first Lufthansa Boeing 707 flight, New York to Hamburg calling at Frankfurt - cover with the New York postmark and the Frankfurt arrival postmark - Lotto/41595

22/5/1962 - JAPAN - Alitalia first flight, Super DC8, Tokyo to Rome - cover flown through the post with the Rome arrival postmark - Lotto/41596