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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549


                                SCHEDULE 13D
                               (Rule 13d-101)

               INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
               TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
                                RULE 13d-2(a)

                            (Amendment No.1)1

                  STARTEC GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
                                (Name of Issuer)

                    Common Stock -- par value $.01 per share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   85569E103
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                             Sean P. McGuinness, Esq.
                     Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
          3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20007
                                202-424-7500
                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                  August 5, 1999
             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

     If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box  [  ].

   Note.  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original
   and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.  See Rule 13d-7(b)
   for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

                        (Continued on following pages)

                            (Page 1 of 6 Pages)

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   1 The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which
would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

     The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the
Notes).

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D


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CUSIP No.   85569E103                               Page 2  of 6    Pages
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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:          Gold & Appel Transfer, S.A.
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP             (a) [ ]
                                                                     (b) [ ]
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3       SEC USE ONLY

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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS                     WC
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5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
        ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                               [ ]

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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
        British Virgin Islands
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                            7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                                   988,550 Shares of Common Stock
        NUMBER OF          ---------------------------------------------------
          SHARES            8      SHARED VOTING POWER
       BENEFICIALLY                0
         OWNED BY
           EACH            ---------------------------------------------------
        REPORTING           9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
          PERSON                   0
           WITH
                            --------------------------------------------------
                            10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                   0
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11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
        988,550 Shares of Common Stock
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12      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
                                                               [ ]
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13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
        10.53% (based on the information contained in the Issuer's Quarterly
        Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 7, 1999)
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14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON                   CO
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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

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CUSIP No.   85569E103                              Page 3 of 6   Pages
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1       NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:          Walt Anderson
        S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
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2       CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP             (a) [ ]
                                                                     (b) [ ]
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3       SEC USE ONLY
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4       SOURCE OF FUNDS          WC
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5       CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
        ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)                                               [ ]
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6       CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

        British Virgin Islands
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                            7      SOLE VOTING POWER
                                   37,500 Shares of Common Stock
        NUMBER OF          ---------------------------------------------------
          SHARES            8      SHARED VOTING POWER
       BENEFICIALLY                0
         OWNED BY
           EACH            ---------------------------------------------------
        REPORTING           9      SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
          PERSON
           WITH                    1,026,050 Shares of Common Stock
                            --------------------------------------------------
                            10     SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                                   0
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11      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
        1,026,050 Shares of Common Stock
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12      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
                                                                  [ ]
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13      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
        10.93% (based on the information contained in the Issuer's Quarterly
        Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 7, 1999)
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14      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON                   IN
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This Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment No. 1") to Schedule 13D filed by Gold & Appel
Transfer, S.A., a British Virgin Islands corporation ("Gold & Appel"), and
Walt Anderson, a natural person and a U.S. citizen ("Mr. Anderson"), as joint
filers, with respect to the common stock, par value $.01 per share
(the "Common Shares"), of Startec Global Communications Corporation, a
Maryland corporation (the "Issuer") amends and/or supplements, as indicated,
Items 3, 5, 6 and 7 of the Schedule 13D filed by Gold & Appel and Mr.
Anderson, as joint filers, on August 4, 1999 (the "Statement").  All
capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
to them in the Statement.                    
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ITEM 3.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION.


      Between August 5, 1999 and August 10, 1999 Gold & Appel purchased a
total of 200,600 Common Shares on the NASDAQ National Market as set forth
below:

     Date of        Number of     Purchase Price
     Purchase        Shares       Per Share

     8/05/99         23,600        $12.8750
     8/05/99         53,000         12.8125
     8/05/99         10,400         12.9375
     8/05/99         13,000         13.0000
     8/06/99         60,600         12.7500
     8/09/99         25,000         12.7500
     8/10/99         15,000         12.7500

TOTAL               200,600

     In addition, between July 12, 1999 and July 23, 1999, Mr. Anderson
purchased a total of 37,500 Common Shares on the NASDAQ National Market as set
forth below:

     Date of        Number of     Purchase Price
     Purchase        Shares       Per Share

     7/12/99          2,500       $13.5600
     7/13/99          3,000        13.5600
     7/14/99          2,000        13.5600
     7/20/99          1,000        14.5750
     7/23/99         29,000        14.5600

TOTAL:               37,500


ITEM 5.  INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

         (a)      Gold & Appel beneficially owns 988,550 Common Shares,
                  (the "Gold & Appel Shares") representing approximately
                  10.53% of the outstanding Common Shares, based on the
                  information contained in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on
                  Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 7, 1999.

                  Mr. Anderson beneficially owns 37,500 Common Shares (the
                  "Anderson Shares") representing approximately .40% of
                  the outstanding Common Shares, based on the information
                  contained in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
                  filed with the Commission on May 7, 1999.

         (b)      Gold & Appel has the sole power to vote the Gold & Appel
                  Shares.

                  Mr. Anderson has the sole power to dispose of the Gold &
                  Appel Shares by virtue of the power-of-attorney dated
                  January 19, 1998 and remaining in full force and until
                  January 15, 2001, executed by Gold & Appel and appointing
                  thereunder Mr. Anderson as Gold & Appel's attorney-in-fact
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                  (the "Power-of-Attorney"), Mr. Anderson had the authority
                  and power in the name of and on behalf of Gold & Appel to,
                  among other things, buy, sell and trade the Common Shares
                  held by Gold & Appel. A copy of the Power-of-Attorney is
                  filed as Exhibit 7.2 to the Statement on Schedule 13D filed
                  with the SEC by Gold & Appel and Mr. Anderson, as joint
                  filers, with respect to the securities of Esprit Telecom
                  Group plc, on January 27, 1998, and is incorporated
                  herein by this reference. Under the Power-of-Attorney, Mr.
                  Anderson may be deemed the beneficial owner of the Gold &
                  Appel Shares. Mr. Anderson, however, disclaims beneficial
                  ownership of the Gold & Appel Shares.

                  Mr. Anderson has the sole power to vote and dispose of the
                  Anderson Shares.

         (c)      During the 60 days preceding the date of this Statement,
                  Gold & Appel acquired the Gold & Appel Shares and Mr.
                  Anderson acquired the Anderson Shares as reported in
                  Item 3 above.

          (d)      No other person is known by Gold & Appel nor by Mr.
                   Anderson to have the right to receive or the power to
                   direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from
                   the sale of, the Gold & Appel Shares.

          (e)      Not applicable.


ITEM 6.   CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS
          WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.

          Except for the Power-of-Attorney and the Joint Filing
          Agreement attached to this Statement as Exhibit 7.1,
          neither Gold & Appel nor Mr. Anderson has any contract,
          arrangement, understanding or relationship (legal or
          otherwise) with any person with respect to any securities
          of the Issuer, including but not limited to the transfer of
          any of the Common Shares beneficially owned by Gold &
          Appel, finder's fees, joint ventures, guarantees of profits,
          division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of
          proxies.

ITEM 7.   MATERIALS TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

          Exhibit 7.1 Joint Filing Agreement with respect to the
joint filing of this Statement.


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                                   SIGNATURES

        After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and
correct.

Date:     August 10, 1999

                                            Gold & Appel Transfer, S.A.,
                                            a British Virgin Islands
                                            corporation


                                         By: /s/ Walt Anderson
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Walt Anderson, Attorney-in-Fact
                                            for Gold & Appel Transfer, S.A.


                                             /s/ Walt Anderson
                                            --------------------------------
                                            Walt Anderson






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                                                                Exhibit 7.1

                             Joint Filing Agreement

          The undersigned hereby agree that the Amendment No. 1 to Statement
on Schedule 13D to which this Joint Filing Agreement is attached as Exhibit
7.1, is filed on behalf of each of us.

Date:     August 10, 1999

                                         Gold & Appel Transfer, S.A.,
                                         a British Virgin Islands corporation


                                      By: /s/ Walt Anderson
                                          ----------------------------------
                                          Walt Anderson, Attorney-in-Fact for
                                          Gold & Appel Transfer, S.A.

                                           /s/ Walt Anderson
                                          ----------------------------------
                                          Walt Anderson




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