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1945 ITALY - 30 Lire Democratica (Cat. Unificato 563). Mint stamp, original gum with part of a hinge remaining (MHR) - Lotto/43331

3/9/1972 - ITALY - Mantua Aviation Week, free balloon flight (postponed to 10 September owing to adverse weather) - numbered cover, postally used, with the postmark of Ceresara (MN) - Lotto/47700

29/3/1973 - ITALY - the 50th anniversary of the Air Force (Aeronautica Militare), a slogan postmark on a cover to Florence - Lotto/47701

4/3/1972 - ITALY - cover carried aboard the "Biplano Buker JU 131 1 Drak" biplane, pilot Commander Alcide Leoni, from Parma airport to Cremona airport for the "Mostra nazionale di Aerofilatelia Cremona 72" (the Cremona 72 national aerophilatelic exhibition) - Lotto/47702

29/5/1970 - SAN MARINO/RICCIONE - a cover franked with stamps of San Marino carried by helicopter, with the postmarks of Riccione and of San Marino - Lotto/47703

27/4/1954 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - The first helicopter link from Milan to Turin - a cover franked with the stamp issued for the occasion (Cat. Sassone 738), with the travelling post office postmark " Amb. Torino/Milano " plus a slogan postmark and the postmark of the Milan Fair - Lotto/47774

1945/1947 - VENEZIA GIULIA - The Anglo-American Administration: a group of 15 different used stamps with original cancellations - Lotto/47881

1945 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 10 Lire ORANGE Democratica (Cat. Unificato 559). A stamp, mint with full original gum (MNH) (Cat. Euro 50,00) - Lotto/48162

1929 - VATICAN CITY - 10 Cent., the Conciliation set (Cat. Unificato 2), block of 9 stamps mint never hinged (MNH), corner marginal - Lotto/48165

1929 - VATICAN CITY - 5 Cent., the Conciliation set (Cat. Unificato 1), block of 12 stamps mint never hinged (MNH) - Lotto/48166

1929 - VATICAN CITY - 20 Cent., the Conciliation set (Cat. Unificato 3), block of 7 stamps mint never hinged (MNH) - Lotto/48167

1938 - ITALIAN EAST AFRICA - AIRMAIL - 5 Lire, the eagle (Cat. Sassone A/9). Used stamp with an original cancellation (Cat. Sassone Euro 85.00) - Lotto/48216

1938/1940 ITALIAN EAST AFRICA - A group of 27 different stamps, mint hinged or used (Cat. Sassone Euro 108.00) - Lotto/48217

1945/1948 ITALY - 5 Lire Democratica (Cat. Sassone 555). Used stamp with a natural paper fold variety (Arphil auction, June 1981, lot 14) - Lotto/48441

18/6/1934 BRAZIL - Second voyage of the Zeppelin airship Lz 127. Card to Germany, "Pernambuco Serv. Correio Aereo", transatlantic air service Brazil-Europe. (Mail for Europe from all the countries of Latin America was collected and loaded onto the airship at Pernambuco and given the special handstamp "Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa".) - Lotto/42377A WE WELCOME OFFERS

10/7/1936 GERMANY - 5th voyage of the airship Lz 129 Hindenburg to North America (10 to 17 July 1936). Superb registered cover to New York with a Berlin postmark and the Europe-North America Luftpost postmark. On the reverse, a superb Berlin Olympics poster stamp (chiudilettera) and the New York arrival postmarks - Lotto/48506 WE WELCOME OFFERS

14/12/1943 - A 15c. "Vinceremo" postal card (Cat. C/97) with an added 15c. (246) in the franking, from Felizzano (AL) to Como

18/5/1946 - A small cover from Lecco (CO), locally addressed, franked with a strip of three 1 Lira Airmail stamps (Cat. Unificato A/16), posted during the reign of Umberto II (the May King, 9/5 - 13/6/1946). Very handsome and uncommon. Lotto/LBF496A WE WELCOME OFFERS