Thematic: Aviation

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

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

6/5/1939 SWITZERLAND - Card franked with 30 on 90 cent. (A22) plus 40 on 90 cent. (A24), with the postmark of the relay flight from Zurich to Basel (Zumstein 54) (catalogue for the used stamps alone Euro 62.00) - Lotto/40673

13/10/1938 SWITZERLAND - AIRMAIL - First flight Zurich to Stockholm. Cover franked with 10 on 20 cent. (Cat. A21) plus 40 on 20 cent. (Cat. A23), carried to Zurich - Lotto/40671

28/6/1972 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - the inaugural flight IH 781 with a DC/9, Itavia Bergamo-Crotone, a cover postally used with the arrival postmark of Crotone - Lotto/40326

9/10/1976 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - The 28th Giro Aereo di Sicilia. A numbered cover duly flown in race aircraft No. 24, signed by the pilots, with the pictorial Palermo postmark plus a Catania postmark. Enclosed, two sheets of poster stamps, perforated and imperforate, printed for the event - Lotto/40325

1/4/1974 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - the first Air Malta flight Rome Fiumicino-Malta - a cover postally used with the arrival postmark of Valletta, Malta - Lotto/40324

5/8/1972 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - the first Alitalia flight Rome-Mauritius, a cover postally used to Port Louis - Lotto/40323

23/9/1930 GERMANY - Graf Zeppelin (Lz 127), circular flight around the Eastern seas. Cover with the Helsinki arrival postmark (24/9/1930), franked with a 2 m. ultramarine Airmail stamp (Cat. Unificato A39). Catalogue value of the used stamp Euro 400.00. Very fine and uncommon - Lotto/39921 WE WELCOME OFFERS

3/7/1971 - ITALY - 23rd International Sicily Air Rally - special airmail dispatch - Catania to Palermo leg (aerogramme flown aboard competition aircraft No. 62, Oscar P66B, I-TRIG, pilot Michele Gagliani), special Catania postmark and Palermo arrival postmark - Lotto/40327

6/9/1971 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - the first DC-9 flight, Austrian Airlines Rome-Vienna - Lotto/40329

29/8/1948 ITALY - Postal flight Milan to Basel for the "Imaba" International Philatelic Exhibition. Cover carried to Basel - Lotto/40330

23/9/1938 SWITZERLAND - Aarau Philatelic Exhibition. Bellinzona to Aarau flight; cover carried to Zurich, franked with 20 cent. Airmail (Cat. A17) plus 30 on 90 cent. (A22). Superb condition - Lotto/40670

14/5/1928 SWITZERLAND - AIRMAIL - First airmail, Chaux de Fonds to Geneva. Flown cover franked with 25 cent. (A5) plus 10 cent. (200). Excellent condition - Lotto/40665

17/2/1927 SWITZERLAND - Registered cover franked with the 50c. Airmail (Cat. A9) plus the 30 cent. Pro Juventute (Cat. 225), for the Brugg to Yverdon flight marking the centenary of the birth of Heinrich Pestalozzi. Special Yverdon postmark plus the slogan postmark "Luftpost Brug-Yverdon". Pilot Rud Herzig. Very attractive (Zumstein 21) - Lotto/40662

16/7/1949 - ITALIA REPUBBLICA  - Primo Volo Postale Milano Nizza - Busta per Nizza affrancata con 1 Lira democratica (550) più 20 lire Fiera di Milano (598) e coppia di 6 lire su 3,20 lire ( A/136 x 2) splendida conservazione - Lotto/40410

5/4/1949 ITALY - KLM inaugural flight, Milan to Frankfurt to Amsterdam. Cover franked with 6 Lire Risorgimento (583) plus 2 Lire Democratica (552) and 25 Lire Airmail (A133), with the Milan Airmail postmark and the arrival postmark "Amsterdam Central Station" (Cat. Pellegrini Euro 120.00) - Lotto/40403

12/10/1947 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - The Milan Air Rally. A cover to Biella franked with a 10 lire Airmail (Cat. Unificato A130) plus a 6 on 3,20 Lire (Cat. Unificato A135), with the postmark of Milan Airport, Air Day, plus the Biella postmark of the 3rd Philatelic Rally - Lotto/40385

21/6/1953 - ITALY, REPUBLIC - 5th International Air Tour of Sicily, Palermo to Catania. An airmail cover with postmarks in red, black and blue of Palermo and Catania, franked with (Cat. Unificato 706/708/709), carried to Milan - Lotto/40378

19/12/1952 ITALY - Airmail card for the first Air Maroc flight, Milan to Casablanca, franked with the 3 and 4 Lire Democratica (553/554), the 10 Lire Armed Forces (699) and the 25 Lire Antonio Mancini (703), with the Milan Airmail postmark and the Casablanca arrival postmark - Lotto/40377