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In November 2024, the Italian Association of Postal History (AISP) and the Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History (RAHFHP) signed a collaboration agreement. The two organizations agreed, among other things, to establish mutual relationships aimed at developing cooperative activities aimed at promoting activities and projects for the dissemination of philately and postal historyContinue reading “Academic session of the Royal Hispanic Academy of Philately and Postal History – Madrid 2025”

From July 25 to 28, the exhibition “L’idroscalo di Porto Conte” was held in Alghero at the “Sari” hall. The event commemorated the first airport in northwest Sardinia for both civilian and military use. The base was inaugurated in 1937 and served as a stopover on the Genoa-Cagliari-Tunis flight route operated by the Ala LittoriaContinue reading “2024 – The Ala Littoria in Alghero”

The 50th Day of Aerophilately has concluded, achieving considerable success. As is customary, the Italian Aerophilately Association (AIDA) collaborated with a local philatelic circle deeply rooted in the community to organize this event. On this occasion, we decided to accept the gracious invitation extended by the Italian Philatelic-Numismatic Association “A. Diena” in Rome, one ofContinue reading “2023 – The 50th Day of Aerophilately”

Anticipated by a press conference held on September 13th at the Terrazza Duomo in Milan, on September 23, 2023, we had the opportunity to witness at Volandia (Case Nuove – Somma Lombardo, Varese) the unveiling ceremony of the museum replica of the S.55 X I-BALB, the legendary seaplane from Siai-Marchetti, a symbol of Italian excellenceContinue reading “2023 – VOLANDIA
The unveiling of the S.55X model”

The Scuola Paritaria San Carlo with the patronage of the Municipality of Rho has organized a project of mail art or postal art on the occasion of the day for legality and the fight against mafia crime. The intent is to circulate positive thoughts of active citizenship and beauty through the public postal service, byContinue reading “2023 – Aerophilately in Rho schools”

After the establishment, on 24 January 1923, of an Aeronautical Commissariat, on 28 March 1923, with Royal Decree 645, the Regia Aeronautica was born. All the military air forces of the Kingdom and the Army and Navy colonies were entrusted to it. The men of the Regia Aeronautica played a leading role in promoting aviationContinue reading “2023 – Centenary of the Italian Air Force”

On March 24, 2023, in Milan, at the Sormani Library, in Corso di Porta Vittoria 6, in the Sala del Grechetto, the exhibition “Salir per l’aria e confidarsi al vento” was inaugurated, a documentary exhibition on the history of flight to Italy, starting from the first balloon experiments of the second half of the 18thContinue reading “2023 – Aerostatic Exhibition at Palazzo Sormani”

The Military Geographical Institute turned 150 this year. To commemorate this event, a stamp was issued in which the very detailed maps of the Institute are depicted in the background and in the foreground a plane from the 1930s intended for photogrammetric surveys. The origin of today’s Institute is parallel and consequent to the birthContinue reading “2022 – The Military Geographical Institute”

The first cultural initiative, which actually opened the celebrations for the Centenary of the Italian Air Force was the “Wings of Paper” exhibition, inaugurated on 15 October 2022 and which will remain open until 19 February 2023, hosted at the Historical Rooms of Palazzo Aeronautica in Rome (open with free admission to the public everyContinue reading “2023 – “PAPER WINGS” exhibition”

In the sacristy of the church of Santa Maria Assunta in Grumello de ‘Zanchi, a hamlet of Zogno, in the province of Bergamo, you can admire a unique fresco of its kind, namely the Allegory of Virtues, better known as The Virtues in a balloon, work of the painter Vincenzo Angelo Orelli (born in LocarnoContinue reading “2022 – Brugherio 2022 – The fresco of the virtues in a balloon”