VIA ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION
April 28, 1997
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20549
Re: Astra Global Investment Series (File Nos. 33-1474 and 811-4468)
Certification Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933
for Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for Astra
Short-Term Multi-Market Income Fund I and II
Dear Sir or Madam:
Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act), the undersigned, on behalf of Astra Global Investment Series
(the Registrant), hereby submits this filing in lieu of a filing under
Securities Act Rule 497(c) with respect to the prospectus and the statement
of additional information, each dated April 25, 1997, for the Astra Short-
Term Multi-Market Income Fund I and II. The undersigned on behalf of the
Registrant hereby certifies that:
(1) the form of each prospectus and statement of additional information
referred to above that would have been filed under Securities Act Rule
497(c) would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective
Amendment No. 18 to the Registrant's registration statement on Form N-1A
(Post-Effective Amendment No. 18), filed on April 25, 1997; and
(2) Post-Effective Amendment No. 18, which is the Registrant's most recent
amendment to its registration statement, has been filed electronically.
Very truly yours,
Astra Global Investment Series
By: /s/John R. Elerding
John R. Elerding
Secretary
