HISTORIAPHIL
PE457AF-T1: 3 CONCORDE Air France Flight covers PARIS-NEW YORK Service 1977-2002
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N°PE457AF-T1: 3 covers France/USA carried on board Concorde F.BVFA Air France on flight AF 002/001 “25th anniversary of the inauguration of the Supersonic Regular Service CONCORDE Paris CDG - New York JFK” 22/23.11.2002
1) Cover Postage (TYPE 1) France €0.46 "Bicentenaire France - Australia Flinders-Baudin 1802" / Illustrated postmark Paris "Special Concorde flight departing from Roissy" 22.11.2002 / FLIGHT AUTHENTICATION STAMP (GREEN) " Carried on board the Concorde flight - 25th anniversary 11/22/2002" / Arrival stamp "New York JFK 22 Nov. 2002" on the back.
2) Cover Postage (TYPE 1) United States (USA) 22c "US Constitution", 22c "Bartholdi, Statue of Liberty" / Postmark "JFK International Airport New York" 23.11.2002 / FLIGHT AUTHENTICATION STAMP (BLUE ) "Carried on board the Concorde flight - 25 years already 23/24.11.2002" / Arrival stamp "Paris Roissy CDG - Arrival 24 Nov. 2002" on the back.
3) Cover Postage (TYPE 1) United Nations (UN) pair 25c "Flags of the Member States of the United Nations - Cyprus" / Postmark "United Nations New York" November 23, 2002 / FLIGHT AUTHENTICATION STAMP (PURPLE ) "Transported on board the Concorde flight - 25 years already 23/24.11.2002" / Arrival stamp "Paris Roissy CDG - Arrival 24 Nov. 2002" on the back.
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November 22, 1977-2002
25 years ago, the two Concorde Air France and British Airways landed simultaneously at New York JFK, triumphantly inaugurating the regular supersonic route between Europe and the United States.
On February 4, 1976, the American government authorized test flights to Washington DC and New York, for 12 months at a rate of 3 flights per day for each airline (Air France and British Airways). But on March 25, 1976, the New York airport authorities decided not to accept the "Concorde" under pressure from local residents' and environmentalist associations. A trial then begins, which Concorde will win. On October 17, 1977, the Supreme Court ruled that the airport authority's decision was illegal. On November 22, 1977, two Air France and British Airways "Concorde" landed again at JFK airport in New York and on January 9, 1978, the supersonic finally received the certificate of airworthiness from the FAA.
Several aerophilatelic covers made the same journey aboard Concorde, 25 years apart, in commemoration of these first historic flights of November 22, 1977. Designed by Historiaphil© (Philately Kiosk of the European Parliament, Strasbourg, France) Special aerophilatelic envelopes have been posted since the Strasbourg plenary session of the European Parliament. They were produced as a continuation of the collection of philatelic envelopes testifying since 1949 to the history of Europe and its institutions. Their edition is limited and numbered.
PE457AF-T1
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- 04/10/2002
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