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lot # 33 - united states postal history u.s. postal history
Italo Balbo Return Flight Cover, 1933, $1.00 violet black, three singles, with 10c orange and 50c lilac, tied to cover from New York City to Rome, Italy, struck with partial New York City Hall duplex, purple United States "Italian Air Cruise / New York – Roma" and blue Italian "crociera Aerea del Decennale / Italia – Nord Amerika" handstamped flight cachets, manuscript "By Italian Air Cruise / to / Europe", Rome c.d.s. arrival backstamps, to Paris, France, crossed-out and forwarded to Interlaken, Switzerland, with indistinct c.d.s. arrival backstamp (17.VIII.33), light soiling in places, a fine and scarce flight cover; ex Ainsworth.(AAMC "1184f)
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