Vatican City 1972 First Alitalia Flight Milan to Washington - LOTTO/41614Vatican City 1972 First Alitalia Flight Milan to Washington

14/5/1972 - VATICAN CITY - Coming from Rome, an Alitalia DC-8 made the first flight AZ 698 from Milan to Washington. This first link had been postponed by two weeks because of industrial action. A postal dispatch containing a Vatican packet of only 14 covers was carried through to its destination as normal - a cover with the Washington arrival postmark - Lotto/41614