B.O.A.C.

B.O.A.C. (British Overseas Airways Corporation)

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B.O.A.C. Comet 1 Jetliner Service
London to Colombo, August 1952

B.O.A.C. Comet 1 Jetliner Service
London to Singapore, October 1952

B.O.A.C. Comet 1 Jetliner Service
London to Tokyo April 1953

B.O.A.C. Britannia Turbo-Prop Airliner
London to Sydney March 1957

B.O.A.C. Britannia Turbo-Prop Airliner
London to Tokyo July 1957

B.O.A.C. Britannia Turbo-Prop Airliner
London to Colombo August-September 1957

B.O.A.C. Comet 4 Jetliner Service
London to Tokyo April 1959

B.O.A.C. Comet 4 Jetliner Service
London to Singapore June 1959

B.O.A.C. Comet 4 Jetliner Service
London to Sydney November 1959

B.O.A.C. Comet 4 Jetliner Service
London to Manila November 1961

B.O.A.C. Comet 4 Jetliner Service
London to Auckland April 1963

B.O.A.C. Boeing 707
London to Nandi November 1965

B.O.A.C. VC 10
40th Anniversary of Regular Airmail

Some more covers recorded by Vijay Seth in his Indian Airmails (1947-2003), not seen by me

Remarks
1. Seen by me
2. Not recorded, but may exist
3. Recorded by Vijay Seth in his Indian Airmails (1947-2003), not seen by me
4. Internal stage. BOAC was not ordinarily permitted to fly mail on this stage
5. Private design cover
6.Recorded in Swiss Airmail Handbook 2000 (Schweizerisches Luftpost-Handbuch)

B.O.A.C. Test Letter #9

B.O.A.C. Test letter #9 from London to Sind, India.
Franked 1s 3d, LONDON 23 JAN 1946. Cover received at Karachi 30 Jan at 15:00 hrs.

B.O.A.C. Test Letter #11

B.O.A.C. Test letter #11 from London to Sind, India.
Franked 1s 3d, LONDON 8 FEB 1946. Cover received at Karachi 14 Feb at 10:00 hrs.

Content of the B.O.A.C. Test Letter #11 from London to Sind, India

Acknowledgement of the B.O.A.C. Test Letter #11 from London to Sind, India

B.O.A.C. Test Letter #19

B.O.A.C. Test letter #19 from Karachi to London.
Franked 14a, KARACHI 5 APR 1946.

Acknowledgement of the B.O.A.C. Test Letter #19 from Karachi to London

Q.E.A. and B.O.A.C. labels set

An assortment of baggage decals issued by B.O.A.C. over the years (not dated).

B.O.A.C. advertisement in August 1946 promoting overseas services. They had 5 services a week to India and a journey time of 1½ days.

Route map and In-flight Positional Announcement document signed by the captain during the Tehran-Karachi stage of the Calcutta Boeing 707 flight BA 916. (c.1960s)

B.O.A.C. operated a Lockheed Constellation service passing through India in the 1950s.

A 1950 Travel Poster of B.O.A.C. by Frank Woolton promoting their India services.

B.O.A.C. Junior Jet Club log book dated 1964
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