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# aairl400 Tupolev TU-144SST first flight Moscow-Alma-Ata 1975 cover

1975 flown cover carried on the TU-144, world`s first Supersonic Passenger Jet (build and flown prior the Concorde). This special issue cover depicts TU-144 and Tupolev Design Bureau emble.Large stamp pictured aircraft cancelled with special handstamp `First Flight TU-144 Moscow-Alma-Ata-Moscow, 26 december, 1975`. This first regurlarly scheduled flight between capital of Soviet Union and Kazakhstan carried journalists, freight and a small amount of mail. Very few covers from this special events survived these days- almost 30 years after. Price of cover-100.
 # aairl400            Tupolev TU-144SST first flight Moscow-Alma-Ata 1975 cover 1

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 December, 2002.