BRITISH AIRWAYS

4 Apr 74 - Tokyo - British Airways - 1st Boeing 747 flight Haneda-London. Added Japanese red cachet. Blue flight details. Backstamped Anchorage and Heathrow.

1 Jan 89 - JFK International Airport - New York postmark on USA 25c stamp. Wings Across the World picture cachet of British Airways Boeing 747 -136, G-AWNH, Sir Walter Raleigh over Manhatten Island, New Year. Blue boxed and Concorde cachets. Flown Concorde G-BOAF New York-London, 1st Jan 89 by Capt. Chris MacMahn. Flight time: 3 hours 10 minutes, 53,100 ft, max speed Mach 2. 20th Anniversary of the first flight of the Boeing 747. Signed by Capt. Ron Horn, British Airways Boeing 747 pilot. 25 NUMBERED & ISSUED.

As above but dated 9 Feb 89, Concorde special postmark. Signed by Capt.J.H.Nightingale, British Airways Boeing 747 pilot.