View of Italian cathedrals and buildings from the air with shadows of three aeroplanes.
Text: VOLARE NECESSE EST
It is necessary to fly
The quotation is a free transcription of "navigare necesse est, (vivere non est necesse) (Ancient latin translation from: Plutarch, Pompey 50, 1)
The buildings are: Turin: Mole Antonelliana, Venice: St. Mark, Rome: Vittorio Emanuele II monument, Milan: Cathedral Il Duomo, Florence: Giottos Campanile Santa Maria and two more probably from Palermo and Naples.
Michel 432, Sassone aerea 43, AFA 372.
Date of issue: 1932
Face value: 75 c.
Date created: 22/03/00 11:41:48