Thematic: Aviation

20/9/1934 BRAZIL - 8th South America voyage of the airship Lz 127 (15 to 25 September). Cover of the National Philatelic Exhibition of Rio de Janeiro, franked with the complete set (Cat. Yvert 269/272) plus an Airmail stamp (Yvert A22). Return flight, "Servizio Aereo Transoceanico Brasile Europa - Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa", arrival Turin 26 September 1934. (In South America the Condor Zeppelin company was charged with collecting the mail to be carried to Europe by the airship.) Very fine and rare - Lotto/42199 WE WELCOME OFFERS

30/6/1934 - CYRENAICA - Registered letter cover from Benghazi to Barcelona, franked with two Cyrenaica Airmail stamps of 1 and 2 Lire (Cat. Sassone 9/10) and a 1,75 Lire stamp of Libya (Cat. Sassone 106). The cover was carried via Friedrichshafen and from there to Barcelona by the Zeppelin airship LZ 127. It also bears the Rome postal handstamp of 27/1/1934 for the direct Rome to Buenos Aires flight, the "Cachet" of that same flight, and a rectangular handstamp reading "perduta coincidenza primo volo Roma-Buenos Ayres", missed connection on the first Rome to Buenos Aires flight. Cover with an Alberto Diena certificate and signed L. Gazzi - Superb condition - Rare - Lotto/42198 WE WELCOME OFFERS

26/5/1933 - KINGDOM OF ITALY - Italian Cruise of the airship LZ 127 (29/30 May 1933). Card franked with 3 Lire Airmail (Cat. Unificato A/45) plus 20 Cent. Imperiale (247) - Postmarks Milano Corrisp., Napoli Posta Aerea, Roma Posta Aerea, plus the Zeppelin postmark. (At 1,04 on 29 May the airship left Friedrichshafen on the cruise bound for Rome and at 16,30 the same day landed at Ciampino; at 19,45 it took on many mail sacks and set off for Naples, where the postal drop was planned, though because darkness had fallen the drop was made over Nettuno.) (Cat. Sassone, the 3 Lire value on an aerogramme Euro 400.00) - Lotto/42197 WE WELCOME OFFERS

26/5/1933 SAN MARINO - Lz 127 Crociera Italiana (Italian Cruise), 29 to 30 May 1933. Aerogramme franked with the 80 cent. Airmail (Cat. Unificato A2) and the 3 Lire surcharge on 50 cent. orange (Cat. Unificato A11), sent to Switzerland. (All aerogrammes and letters sent from San Marino for the Zeppelin cruise, whether addressed to Italy or abroad, carried the special blue or violet handstamp, and the San Marino post used a green octagonal postmark applied at Citta, Borgo and Serravalle.) Initialled L. Gazzi. Lotto/42196 WE WELCOME OFFERS

30/6/1931 ICELAND - Graf Zeppelin Lz 127 (30 June / 3 July): Reykjavik 30 June 1931, Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) 3 July 1931 at 6 o'clock, Dresden 4 July 1931. Iceland flight cover franked with two Airmail stamps (Cat. Unificato/Yvert A9/A11). Superb condition (Cat. Unificato, the stamps alone used, Euro 335.00) - Lotto/42195 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1912 GERMANY - Airship Lz 13 Hansa, official on-board postal card, unused. Very fine and uncommon - Lotto/41882 WE WELCOME OFFERS

27/6/1947 - CUBA - An airmail cover, " Servicio Postal Aereo Internacional Certificado ", from Havana to Italy - on the reverse numerous American transit postmarks, " Miami-Washington ", plus Milan, Rome and Como - Lotto/41748

15/10/2005 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - Como, the 80th anniversary of the experimental flights over Lake Como - numbered cover with the special pictorial postmark of the event and the signature of the seaplane pilot - Lotto/41728

15/10/2005 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - Como, the 80th anniversary of the first special experimental flights, a pictorial postmark on a numbered commemorative postcard issued for the occasion - Lotto/41727

20/10/1950 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - A card of the 2nd Italian-Swiss Exposition of Domodossola, franked with a 20 Lire Tobacco Conference (Cat. Unificato 630), carried by helicopter from Brig to Domodossola and Milan - Lotto/41715

10/10/1928 GERMANY - FRIEDRICHSHAFEN (Bodensee) - Luftpost, first voyage to North America of the airship Lz 127. Card franked with a 2 mark stamp (Cat. A36), with the New York arrival postmark. (The flight was made with great difficulty owing to bad weather, under the direction of Dr Hugo Eckener; the route, lengthened to 9,926 km, was covered to the limit of the airship's range in 111 hours and 44 minutes at a speed of 89 km/h.) Very fine and sound - Lotto/42249 WE WELCOME OFFERS

First North America voyage, return flight of the airship Lz 127. American postal card with added franking, from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen (Bodensee). (At 2 in the morning of 29 October the Graf Zeppelin Lz 127 began the return, following the ocean shipping lane as far as the 42nd parallel north, then turning over Newfoundland and reaching the Bay of Biscay, heading for Friedrichshafen, where it landed at dawn on 1 November.) Excellent condition, uncommon - Lotto/42250 WE WELCOME OFFERS

24/3/1929 GERMANY - Orient voyage of the Graf Zeppelin Lz 127. Cover flown from Friedrichshafen (Bodensee), dropped over Er Ramle (Jaffa, Palestine). (The airship took off at 00.52 on the 25th, reached Waldshut, Lyon, Marseille, Rome and Catanzaro, overflew Crete and Cyprus at 13.00, Haifa at 16.25, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, and began the return at 06.02 on the 27th by way of Athens, Kotor, Vienna and Ulm, landing at Friedrichshafen on the 28th at 10.16.) Cachet in red "Orientfahrt 1929" - Lotto/42251 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1933 - UNITED STATES - 9th flight of the Zeppelin airship LZ 127 to South America and Chicago. Cover franked with USA stamps, among them 8 and 24 cent. Airmail (Cat. Unificato A/4 x2 and A/6) plus a 50 cent. (A/18). Narick St. Annex cancellation of 4/10/1933 and Miami (Flo.) of 23 October 1933 - (Cat. stamps used Euro 234.00) - (Mail dropped at Miami during the triangular flight of the Graf Zeppelin to South America and the journey to the United States for the Chicago World's Fair) - Lotto/42262 WE WELCOME OFFERS

15/8/1933 GERMANY - 5th voyage of the airship Lz 127 to South America (19 to 29 August 1933). Cover to Brazil with the postmarks of Ludwigshafen, Friedrichshafen and "Brasil Europa Condor Zeppelin" 24/8/1933 - Lotto/42261 WE WELCOME OFFERS

29/5/1933 GERMANY - Card to Italy (addressed to Dr Emilio Diena), franked with the 12+3p., 25+10p. and 40+40p. charity Castles issue (Cat. Unificato 46474657466; catalogue, used, Euro 108.00), sent from Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) to Rome, Ciampino airport - Lotto/42260 WE WELCOME OFFERS

2/5/1933 LIECHTENSTEIN - Registered airmail cover from Vaduz to Brazil carried by the airship Graf Zeppelin Lz 127. Franked with a 2 Fr. (Cat. Unificato 107) plus a 5 Rp. (Cat. Unificato 95) and a 25 Rp. Airmail (Cat. Unificato A/3). Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) postmark and arrival postmark at Curitiba, Brazil (Cat., the 2 Fr. and 25 Rp. used, Euro 200.00) - Lotto/42259 WE WELCOME OFFERS

7/10/1932 KINGDOM OF ITALY - 8th South America voyage of the airship Graf Zeppelin, Rio de Janeiro. Registered cover franked with the 10 Lire Airmail (Cat. Sassone 17), with the Milan Airmail postmark plus a Friedrichshafen postmark of 10/10/32 and, on the reverse, a Rio de Janeiro postmark (Cat. Sassone, the 10 Lire on cover, Euro 200.00). Very fine cover, superbly preserved - Lotto/42258 WE WELCOME OFFERS

31/7/1932 DANZIG - Voyage of the airship Lz 127 to Danzig, return flight. Registered cover franked with the complete Danzig Airmail set for the Aerophilately Exhibition (Cat. Unificato/Yvert A25/A29) plus two Airmail values (A21 - A23). Arrival at Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) on 2 August 1932. Excellent condition (the Airmail set catalogues Euro 140.00) - Lotto/42257 WE WELCOME OFFERS

26/4/1930 GERMANY - Voyage of the Zeppelin airship Lz 127 over England (drop at Orly). Card franked with a 1 mark Airmail stamp (Cat. Unificato A32), with the on-board postmark "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" - Lotto/42256 WE WELCOME OFFERS