In collaboration with Circolo Filatelico Veronese, the famous “Scaligera”, which hosted us and made its spaces available, the 2010 “Day” was held in Verona, on Friday 21, Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 May 2010. The centenary of the “Verona International Air Competitions” was celebrated with the social aerophilatelic exhibition and on the initiative of AIDA a special cancellation was prepared, depicting the profile of a Blèriot monoplane, the most famous and widespread aircraft of the time.
The members participation was remarkable, with 22 collections (see list below) and Verona, with its important conference, attracted many collectors and visitors, confirming once again a great opportunity to meet and exchange views.
Here is the list of exhibitors:
• AMOROSO ANDREA: “Aviation told by erinnofile vignettes and vintage postcards from 1906 to 1930”
• BERGAMASCHI BERNARDINO: “Aeronautical cancellations and air dispatches 1972/1977 (selection)”
• BINI ROMANO: “The Italian Air Force in postcards”
• BRUNATI NICOLA: “The air pioneers”
• CATTANEI RAIMONDO: “Italy-Switzerland flights”
• COPETTI RICCARDO: “Postal rockets from the origins to-almost-today!”
• CORSARI BRUNA: “Italian transatlantic air mail since 1946”
• CROSA VITTORIO: “Pilots and planes in postcards”
• DI MENTO ELIGIO: “Airports-first flights-special flights in the Val di Noto”
• FREDA ALBERTO: “Air vehicle / not just luggage and passengers”
• FULCHERIS GIOVANNI: “Pontificate of Pope John Paul II – beyond the bamboo curtain – provocative or provocative mail?”
• GIRONI COSTANTINO: “Verona International Air Competitions”
• JUDGES FERDINANDO: “Souvenir du siége de Paris 1870/1871”
• GOTTARDI ROBERTO: “Vatican air mail; unusual destinations”
• MERELLI GIOVANNI: “Chilean air correspondence before 1945”
• MONTAGNA EMANUELE: “Balloon mail, of the Pro Juventute of Austria, in favor of “Opera dei Villaggi del Fanciullo”
• NEGRO VITTORIO: “The transpolar flights of the twentieth century”
• POGLIANI PAOLO: “San Marino-air mail 1933-1970 (selection)”
• REITER BRLINO: “JAT- Yugoslavian Airlines”
• STELLA ANTONIO: “The Italian Air Force in peace missions”
• TRENTA MASSIMO: “Verona 1910 Air Circuit”
• VIGO RICCARDO: “The Days of Aerofilatelia, from 1971 to 2009”
As usual, even more so on the occasion of the Verona Convention, a detached Post Office worked where it was possible to have the special postcard prepared by the Association stamped and sent, with a themed painting on the reverse by the well-known designer Aldo Bravarone.
At 13.00 on Saturday May 23rd, all the members present gathered at the “Carpe Diem” restaurant for the social lunch organized by AIDA.
