Latest additions to our catalogue

2/11/1973 - ITALY - the Trans-Siberian Route - Alitalia flight Az 1978, a Douglas Dc 8/62 aircraft, Rome-Moscow-Tokyo - a cover regularly flown with the arrival postmark of Tokyo - Lotto/41618

3/11/1973 - JAPAN - the Trans-Siberian Route - Alitalia flight Az 1978, a Douglas Dc 8/62 aircraft, Tokyo-Moscow-Rome - a cover regularly flown with the arrival postmark of Rome - Lotto/41619

1/8/1974 - SWITZERLAND - first Swissair service, Douglas DC 8/62, flight SR 2004 with a stop at Karachi (Pakistan), Zurich/Geneva/Peking - cover duly flown with the Peking arrival postmark - Lotto/41620

1/8/1974 - SWITZERLAND - first Swissair service, Douglas DC 8/62, flight SR 2004 with a stop at Karachi (Pakistan), Zurich/Geneva/Peking - cover duly flown with the Peking arrival postmark - Lotto/41621

15/11/1974 - ITALIAN REPUBLIC - commemorative flight for the Alitalia North Atlantic Cruise, flight AZ568 - cover to Sao Paulo, Brazil, "Comitato trasvolatori Atlantici S.Paulo Brasile" (the committee of Atlantic flyers) - cover properly flown aboard a DC-10, Az 5 - Lotto/41622

15/11/1974 - BRAZIL - commemorative flight for the Alitalia North Atlantic Cruise, flight AZ569 - cover to Rome, "Comitato trasvolatori Atlantici" (the committee of Atlantic flyers) - cover properly flown aboard a DC-10, Az 569 - Lotto/41623

21/1/1976 - FRANCE - The first Concorde flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris - flight AF 086, actual flying time taken from the logbook 4,29 hours - Captain Tardieu Guillaume, co-pilot Francois Schwartz, chief engineer Martial Detienne. 100 passengers took part in the flight (as a guarantee of carriage aboard Concorde, the marks applied in red on the reverse of the covers were made by Air France). A cover duly carried - Lotto/41626

21/1/1976 - GREAT BRITAIN - The first commercial Concorde flight, London to Bahrain - a British aerogramme, overprinted and numbered (2187). Flight BA 300, actual flying time 3,37 hours, of which 1,55 supersonic - Captain Norman V. Todd, co-pilot Brian J. Calvert, engineer officer John Lidiart. (The British postal administration did not authorise the official carriage of mail, but an unspecified number of letters travelled as private baggage accompanying the passengers.) - Lotto/41627

22/1/1976 - STATE OF BAHRAIN - The inaugural Concorde flight - a special postmark on an aerogramme issued for the occasion - very handsome and uncommon - Lotto/41628

31/8/1976 - SWITZERLAND - The first Concorde flight, Geneva to Casablanca: a cover duly flown, with an arrival postmark on the reverse on a Moroccan stamp - Lotto/41629

23/11/1977 - UNITED STATES - Air France, the first commercial flight New York to Paris: a cover duly flown, with the arrival postmark of Charles de Gaulle airport - Lotto/41631

23/11/1977 - UNITED STATES - BRITISH AIRWAYS, the first commercial flight New York to London: a cover duly flown, with the arrival postmark of London Heathrow airport - Lotto/41633

9/12/1977 - GREAT BRITAIN - British Airways - Singapore Airlines - Concorde first flight, London to Singapore - cover duly flown with the arrival postmark of Singapore airport - Lotto/41634

10/12/1977 - GREAT BRITAIN - British Airways - Singapore Airlines - Concorde first flight, Singapore to London, cover duly flown with the arrival postmark of London Heathrow airport - Lotto/41635

17/6/1972 - ITALY - Bologna, Borgo Panigale airport, the 3rd rally of the Autosiluranti, a special postmark on a cover postally used to Florence - Lotto/41636

16/9/1971 - ITALY - the 25th Anniversary of the ALITALIA company - cover with the postmark of Fiumicino airport (Rome), carried to Milan - Lotto/41638

12/8/1973 - ITALY - Cervia, the 50th anniversary of the Italian Air Force, a special pictorial postmark on a cover to Florence - Lotto/41639

15/11/1961 - PHILIPPINES - the first Qantas flight, Manila to Tokyo - cover properly flown with the Tokyo arrival postmark - Lotto/41640

30/8/1973 - ITALY - The folder of the first intercontinental baseball cup, numbered 0000919, carried on a special Air Force flight, Rome to Parma, 1973 - uncommon - Lotto/41641

174/1961 - ARGENTINA - The return flight of the President of the Italian Republic, G. Gronchi. A cover, duly carried, with a special pictorial postmark, from Buenos Aires to Rome - Lotto/41642