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  • Lot# : 1385 Iceland

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    Catalogue# : 163,172-174
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    1933: Airmail 'Hopflug Itala', all three values 1 kr. blue & brown to 10 kr. green & black and 1931 definitive 30 a. red & green, all tied by "REYKJAVIK -7.VII.33-18" cds's to registered envelope with "NEW YORK 7 21 1933" oval datestamp and "REYKJAVIK 1 VIII 33 10" cds on reverse. Flown by the Italian Airmail Squadron under Balbo to New York and then returned to Iceland. Signed Stuckert, cert. Eichele (2004) Facit no. 165-167 = SEK 45'000.
    Starting bid : 3,000 CHF
    Hammer price : 4,600 CHF