Fire & Ice: Zeppelins, Aerophilately and the Titanic #643

Ireland, 1934, Attempted Flight, New York to Rome, Pond & Sabelli, U.S. 8¢ airmail envelope with numerous postmarks due to the long wait before attempting the flight, Leact Ui Concubair, Ireland & Roma receiving postmarks, signed by pilot Cesare Sabelli, Very Fine.
AAMC 1207.
Estimate $200 - 300

After seven years of preparations, failures and waiting, G. Pond & C. Sabelli took off on May 14, 1934 from Floyd Bennett Field in NY. The cover was flown from New York to Ireland where they had to stop for repairs, and was intended to be returned to the U.S. However it was carried by the fliers on the flight to Roma.