Italy: Full shet of airmail labels 2

Here is a complete sheet of 76 priority mail labels from Italy.

Year: ?, Self-adhesive. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-A-?, rouletted, sheets of 76(4x19), dark blue/white,

Italy: A.E.I full sheet of airmail labels

Here is a complete sheet of 10 airmail labels from A.E.I airlines. Also it comes on sheets of 20 labels.

Year: 12.12.1933, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-4, perforation 11 1/2, sheets of 20(2x10) or 10(2x5), dark blue or blue/white, 4****

Italy: LAI airmail labels 2

Here is another airmail labels issued by L.A.I airlines.

Year: 1947, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-30, perforated 11 ¼ , sheets of 20(5x4),
some labels come with shifted green printing, carmine/green/white, 3***

Italy: Alitalia airmail labels

Here are the labels issued by Alitalia (Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali / Linee Aeree Italiane)

Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane S.p.A. was established on 16 September 1946 as Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali, more commonly known as Alitalia, an Italian portmanteau of the words ali (wings) and Italia (Italy). It started operations on 5 May 1947, in which year it carried over 10,000 passengers. The inaugural flight was with a Fiat G-12 Alcione, piloted by Virginio Reinero from Turin to Catania and Rome.The first intercontinental flight left a year later, flying between Milan and cities in South America(wikipedia) 

Year: 1948, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: ITA-B-33, rouletted VL, booklets with 5 V strips of
5, olive-green/red/white, 3***

Year: 1962, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: ITA-B-34, rouletted, sheets, red/green/blue/white,
3***

Year: approx.1965, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: ITA-B-35, imperforated, black/red/green/dark grey-blue/white, 2**

Italy: A.E.I airmail labels 2

Here is the first label from A.E.I.  ( Aero Expresso Italiane ).

Year: 1930, Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-1, perforated 10 ¾ not 11(as in catalog), sheets of
40(5x8), also distributed by C.I.D.N.A in booklets with 1 sheet of 40(5x8), issued for customers in Turkey, red/white, 5*****

Italy: Airmail labels 2

Here is a nice non postal issue label from Italy.

Year: 6.1925, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-C-2, perforated 11, sheets, issued at the occasion of the 12. Italian Philatelic Congress, Livorno, 28.6.1925, carmine-violet/white, 5*****

Italy: Ala Littoria complete sheet of airmail labels

Here is a complete sheet of airmail labels from Ala Littoria. Sheet not listed in Mair's catalog as 20. It's onlisted as 10 and 18 labels per sheet.

Year: 1935, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-15, perforated 10 ¾ , sheets of 10(2x5) or
18(2x9) or 20(2x10), dark violet-blue or dark grey-blue or dark blue or light ultramarine/white, 4****

Italy: Military airmail label

Here is very rare label from Italy. It was issued for Trans Adriatic Naval Airpost Service, Trieste.

Year: 1919, Ungummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-C-1, imperforated, black/bluish green,
6******

 

Italy: Airmail labels

Here are the first airmail labels from Italy. First label have 2 varieties. Perforated and unperforated. Another label is unlisted variety in catalog. Misplacement of perforations has resulted in the elimination of the "Mod. 24 R." inscription in the upper right margin.

Year: 1929, ungummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-A-1, perforated 11 ½ , sheets of 40(4x10),
ref.: "Mod. 24R.", some sheets come imperforated, black/light blue-grey, 4****

Imperforated variety.

Year: 1930, Ungummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-A-2, perforated 11 ½ , ref.: "Mod. 24 R.",
some sheets come imperforated, Black/Light grey, 2** 

 







Unlisted variety, misplacement of perforations.

Italy: Ala Littoria airmail labels 3

Here are couple more labels from Ala Littoria.

Year: 1939, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - IRQ-A-19a, it's unlisted perforated 11 ½  variety. 
Mair lists this issue as: H 10 ½  x V 11 ¼ , sheets, blue or light blue/white, 4****

Year: 1939, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - IRQ-A-19b, rouletted, sheets, blue/white, 4****

Italy: Ala Littoria airmail labels 2

Hera are the first label issued by Ala Litoria Airlines.

Year: 11.1934, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-10, imperforated, issued for first 
flight Rome- Mogadishu, 10.11.1934, mail to Rome, costal station, blue-grey/white, 5*****

Year: 11.1934, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-11, imperforated, issued for first 
flight Rome- Mogadishu, 10.11.1934, mail to Tobruk (Cyrenaica), blue-grey/white, 5*****

Year: 11.1934, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-12, imperforated, issued for first 
flight Rome- Mogadishu, 10.11.1934, mail to Tripoli (Tripolitania), blue-grey/white, 5*****

Year: 11.1934, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-13, imperforated, issued for first 
flight Rome- Mogadishu, 10.11.1934, mail to Asmara (Eritrea), blue-grey/white, 5*****

Year: 11.1934, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-14, imperforated, issued for first 
flight Rome- Mogadishu, 10.11.1934, mail to Mogadishu (Somaliland), blue-grey/white, 5*****

Italy: S.A.M. airmail label

Here is the only one airline issue label from S.A.M. (Societa Aerea Mediteranea). The label design is similar
to other Italian labels from Ala Littoria.

Year: 1934, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-9, perforated 10 ½ , booklets with 5 sheets
of 10(2x5), ultramarine/white, 5*****

 

Italy: Full shet of airmail labels

Here si a full sheet fo 40 labels from Italy. Some sheets come imperforated.

Year: 1930, Ungummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-A-2, perforated 11 ½ , ref.: "Mod. 24 R.",
Black/Light grey, 2**

Italy: LAI airmail labels

Airline issue airmail labels from LAI (Linee Aeree Italiane) .This  is a full sheet of 10 airmail labels. Catalog says it comes on a sheets of 20(2x10) but this one is of 10 only.

Year: 1951, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-31, rouletted, sheets of 20(2x10) or 
10(2x5), some labels come with shifted green printing, red/green/white, 3***

Italy: A.E.I. (Aero Espresso Italiane)

Here are an airline issue labels from Italy. A.E.I.  ( Aero Expresso Italiane ). The labels were issued for customers in Greece.

Year:  12.12.1933, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-4, perforation 11 1/2, sheets of 20(2x10)
or 10(2x5), dark blue or blue/white, 4****

Year: 1932, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-5, perforated 11 ¼ , sheets of 20(2x10),
blue/white, 4****

Year: 1933, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-6a, perforated 11 ¼ , sheets of 20(2x10),
lettering modified, blue/white, 4****

Year: 1933, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-6b, perforated 11, sheets, dark violet-blue/white
4****

Italy: L.A.T.I. airmail labels

Here is a airline issue label from Italy. L.A.T.I. ( Linee Aeree Transcontinentali Italiane ).

The transcontinental Italian Airlines, also known by its abbreviated form L.A.T.I, was an airline of Italian line set up to manage state-owned postal air links with South America. It was a subsidiary company of Ala Littoria S.A. (Wikipedia).

Year: 1935, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no:- ITA-B-27, perforated 10 ¾ , sheets of 10(2x5)
blue or grey-blue/white, 4****

Year: approx.1940, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no:- ITA-B-37, rouletted, dark blue/white,
issued for customers in Brazil, 4****

Italy: Ala Littoria airmail labels

Here are the labels issued by Ala Littoria airlines, Italy.

Year: 1.7.1937, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-17, rouletted (looking like perforated
13 ¼ ), sheets of 20(2x10) or booklets of 2,3 or 4 sheets of 4(2x2), dark blue or blue/white, 4****

Year: 1935, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-15, perforated 10 ¾ , sheets of 10(2x5) or
18(2x9), dark violet-blue or dark grey-blue or dark blue or light ultramarine/white, 4****

Year: 1939, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: - ITA-B-22, perforated H 11 ½ , V 10 ½ , sheets,
Issued for customers in Egypt, grey-blue or blue/white, 4****

Italy: Airmail labels 2

Here are two more design of Italian labels. The first one is a current Priority label newly introduced. The second label was in use previously. Even the new labels were introduced you still can find an older labels on mails. As myself, i just recently received a letter from Italy bearing an older label.

Year: ?, Self-adhesive.

Year: ?, Self-adhesive.

Italy: Airmail labels

Here is an older airmail labels from Italy. First two are a standard blue label. Then a similar design just in white color and the last is from ALITALIA airways.


Year: ?, Gummed.                                                                            Year: ?, Gummed.

Year: ?, Gummed.

Year: 1948, Gummed. Günter Mair's catalogue no: ITA-B-33. Rouletted VL. 3***                       

Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane S.p.A. was established on 16 September 1946 as Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali, more commonly known as Alitalia, an Italian portmanteau of the words ali (wings) and Italia (Italy). It started operations on 5 May 1947, in which year it carried over 10,000 passengers. The inaugural flight was with a Fiat G-12 Alcione, piloted by Virginio Reinero from Turin to Catania and Rome.
The first intercontinental flight left a year later, flying between Milan and cities in South America.