Auction 321 - 332 Romania – Special Catalogue, Worldwide Rarities – The ERIVAN Collection – 2nd Auction, Schweiz & Liechtenstein - Day 5

1926: "Norge" Flight, franked with Italian 25c. and 1l definitives, tied by Teller, Alaska datestamp (13 May), affixed with airship flight vignette, tied by corresponding oval "VOLO TRANSPOLARE 1926 / AMUNDSEN - ELLSWORTH - NOBILE / EQUIPAGGIO ITALIANO / DIGIRIBLE "NORGE"" handstamp, boxed violet flight cachet at upper left, signed overtop by flight crew member Alfredo Precerutti, a few light stains, else fine and scarce.rnNote: In 1926, Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth and Umberto Nobile flew with 13 others in the airship “Norge” from Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway to Teller, Alaska, thus completing the first verified trip to the North Pole, and becoming the first to fly over the polar ice cap between Europe and North America.