by Giorgio Migliavacca

While this lavishly produced book is a feast for the eyes, it provides a lot of information not previously known or recorded. The endless gallery of vivid illustrations guides the reader through complexities that are simplifi ed by the visual aspect: a picture is worth a thousand words, but in this case the captions are also very detailed and useful.

Meticulous research has enabled Crevato-Selvaggi and Macrelli to present this noteworthy book that will enable many collectors to enjoy a greater appreciation of a complex area of research as Libya.

— Giorgio Migliavacca Martyn Cusworth, The Italian South Atlantic Airline (L.A.T.I.), Fil-Italia Handbooks Number 10, second edition (August 2022), published by The Italy and Colonies Study Circle in 2012 and now in 2022; ring-bound, 174 pages, 8¼ by 11¾ inches, mostly colored illustrations throughout and maps, £35 + postage from ICSC Secretary A.C. 3 Pond Close, Harefi eld, Uxbridge, Middx, UB9 6NG United Kingdom, andycharris@blueyonder.co.uk

This expanded second edition is the product of much improved collaboration among the increasing number of LATI collectors and a number of articles published by The Italy and Colonies Study Circle. The 2012 edition was sold out and the new one now includes a most useful Ala Litt oria Route Network in 1938, shortly before LATI service started.

The book starts with a chapter that explores the Italian South Atlantic developments and aircraft deployed. This is followed by the early LATI route: Rome (G, Marseillew, Casablanca, Guidonia) Villa Cisneros, Dakar, Natal, Rio de Janeiro. Sal Island, in the Cape Verde Islands archipelago, was transformed into a working base; this move by the Italian government was taken very seriously by Great Britain.

The third chapter delves into publicity material, cards and stationery, as well as labels for baggage and parcels, airmail labels, seasonal greetings cards, publicity envelopes and offi cial service envelope.

Extensive German and Italian censorship and censorship of Axis mail to the United States, as well as extraordinary Brazilian censorship, add interest to this type of intercontinental mail.

The inaugural fl ights and the deadly crash in Morocco are well researched; the extension of the service to Argentina materialized in June 1941 after a long gesta-

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