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34-70
Service between Karachi - Lahore
by Indian National Airways

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N, 1-1 Karachi - Sukkur
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34-75: Cover flown from Liverpool (England) to Quetta (Baluchistan) in December 1934. On front cancelled London (date not readable), and on verso, arrival stamps Quetta Dep. 7 Dec.34 and Quetta Dely 7 Dec.34. Boxed cachet on front and verso Karachi-Lahore 6 Dec.34 First Airmail.
This cover was flown from London to Karachi on Imperial Airways and then on to Sukkur on the Inaugural Indian National Airways fligth, and from from Sukkur to Quetta by connecting mail train.

N, 1-2 Karachi - Multan
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34-75: Cover flown from Karachi to Multan on 6 December 1934.

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N, 1-3 Karachi - Lahore 
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34-70: Cover flown from Karachi to Lahore on 6 December 1934 on the first INA Lahore-Karachi flight. The cover arrived and connected on the London service by IA. Originally starting it's journey from Searbruken in Germany on 6 Nov. 1934.

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34-71: Cover flown from Karachi to Lahore franked with 1a. 9p. stamps and tied with a boxed rentangular commemorative hand stamp, Karachi - Lahore 6 Dec.34, First Airmail, used as an obliterator.
Handstamp on verso, Lahore G.P.O. Dxp, 7 Dec.34 and Lahore G.P.O., Dely. 7 Dec.34 arrival marks.

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N, 2-2 Sukkur - Multan 
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N, 2-3 Sukkur - Lahore 
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N, 3-3 Multan - Lahore
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S, 1-1 Lahore - Multan
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34-76: Cover flown from Lahore to Multan in December 1934.
Franked with Chamba State tramps and cancelled Chamba State, Chamba 6 Dec.34.
Mail franked with convention State stamps was inadmissible for transmission by airmail, mail so was sent by surface transport. However, a mail of about 62 letters was despatched from Chamba to the various points on the first service (outward and inward) and, according to Francis Field, was carried by air. This must be doubt as covers seen do not bear the first flight cachet.

S, 1-2 Lahore - Sukkur
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S, 1-3 Lahore - Karachi
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34-71: Official Indian National Airways souvenir cover from Lahore to Karachi franked with a 3a stamp and tied with a boxed rectangular commemorative hand stamp. Lahore Karachi, 4 Dec.34. First Airmail, used as an obliterator. Handstamp on verso, Karachi, Dely, 3 Dec.34 arrival marks.
A pencilled note on the reverse of the cover says. Official cover of IN Airways, only 100 printed. See ISJ Oct.71.

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34-71: Cover flown from Lahore to Karachi franked with 1a. 9p. stamps and tied with a boxed rentangular commemorative hand stamp Lahore - Karachi, 4 Dec.34, First Airmail, Used as an obliterator. Handstamp on verso, Karachi, 5 Dec.34 and Karachi Dely. 5 Dec,34 arrival marks.

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34-71: Cover addressed to Lady Ezra flown from Lahore to Karachi, and onwards to Calcutta franked with a 1a. 9p. stamp and tied with a boxed rectangular commemorative hand stamp, Lahore Karachi, 4 Dec.34. First Airmail, used as an obliterator. Handstamp on verso, Calcutta G.P.O. T.S.O. 8 Dec.34 and Post Street, Calcutta Dely. 8 Dec.34 arrival mark. Signed by Stephen H. Smith.

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34-71: Cover flown from Lahore on 4 December 1934, on the first INA Lahore-Karachi flight, and connecting on the London service by IA, arriving London on 10 December.

S, 2-2 Multan - Sukkur
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S, 2-3 Multan - Karachi

S, 3-3 Sukkur - Karachi
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