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Lot# 7100 - Auction 321-332

  • Lot# : 7100 Italy

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    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.
    Starting bid : 300 CHF
    Hammer price : 700 CHF