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      • 1931 Emergency Flight by Delhi Flying Club
      • 1932 Karachi - Delhi
    • Indian Trans-Continental Airways >
      • 1933 Karachi - Calcutta >
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      • 1933 Karachi - Singapore Extension
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      • 1933 Calcutta - Dacca
      • 1933 Rangoon - Calcutta
      • 1934 Karachi - Lahore
      • 1939 Karachi - Delhi
      • 1947 Calcutta - Rangoon
    • Madras Air Taxi Service
    • Experimental & Survey Flights. >
      • 1931 England - Australia Flight >
        • 1st Experimental Flight
        • 2nd Experimental Flight
      • 1938 Flying Boat Coogee
  • Tata Airlines
    • 1932 - Karachi - Madras >
      • Official Southbound
      • Official Northbound
      • Other Southbound
      • Other Northbound
      • Other Material
    • 1933 - Karachi - Madras via Poona
    • 1935 Karachi - Madras via Hyderabad >
      • 1935 - Karachi - Madras via Hyderabad
      • 1935 Bombay-Hyderabad Errors on Stamp
    • 1935 - Bombay - Calcutta demonstration flight
    • 1935 - Bombay - Travancore via Goa & Cannanore
    • 1936 - Madras to Colombo via Trichinopoly
    • 1937 - First Flight to Bhuj
    • 1937 - Delhi - Bombay via Gwalior, Bhopal & Indore
    • 1938 - Karachi - Madras extension to Colombo via Trichnopoly
    • 1938 - Trichinopoly - Trivandrum extension
    • 1938 - Mansoon halt at Poona
    • 1946 - Bombay - Calcutta via Nagpur
  • Air-India
    • 1948 Air-India International Bombay - London Flight >
      • Postage Stamps - Constant Errors
      • The Postage Stamp
      • First Day Covers
      • DG's Circular & Postal Notices
      • Official Covers
      • Air-India Covers
      • Special Flight Cachet
      • Postage Rates gallery
      • Local Cancellations
      • Private Covers Gallery
      • Interesting Places of Origin & Destinations >
        • Interesting Destinations
        • Interesting Places of Origin
        • Interesting Places of Origin & Destinations
      • More interesting covers
      • Return Flight covers
      • Other Philatelic Curiosities
      • Award winning exhibit
    • 1948 - 1953 Early Route Expansion
    • 1954 - 1959 Early Route Expansion
    • 1960 - 1965 Air-India Boeing 707 Era.
    • 1966 - 1970 Air-India Boeing 707 Era.
    • 1971 - 1975 Boeing 747 & Other Aircraft Era
    • 1976 Onward Boeing 747 & Other Aircraft Era
    • Crash Mail Covers
    • Postal Meter panels
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    • 1965 - 1969
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    • 1980 - Onward
    • Meter Panel & Stationery
  • Others
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      • LZ-13 Hansa
      • LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin
      • LZ-129 Hindenberg
      • LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II
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Madras Air Taxi Service
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N 1-1, Madras - Ganavaram (Bezwada) 
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N 1-2, Madras - Vizagapatnam 

N 1-3, Madras - Puri 

N 1-4, Madras - Calcutta 
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Imperial Airways, Indian internal flights, 10 February 1934 Madras to Calcutta arrival at Calcutta  in 11 Feb 1934
Cancelled Broadway ( Madras ) 9 Feb 34

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N 2-2, Ganavaram (Bezwada) - Vizagapatnam 
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34-50: Cover flown from Gannavaram to Vizagapatam franked with 2  1/2a. stamps and tied with Bezwada, 9 Feb 34 , cancellation marks. Arrival stamp on verso, Vizagapatam, 10 Feb 34.

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N 2-3, Ganavaram (Bezwada) - Puri

N 2-4, Ganavaram (Bezwada) - Calcutta 

N 3-3, Vizagapatnam - Puri 
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34-50 : Cover flown from Vizagapatam to Puri franked with 2 1/2a. stamps and tied with Telephone makes life easier handstamp, and on the side, Bezwada, 10 Feb 34, cancellation mark. Arrival stamp on verso, Puri, Dely, 10 Feb 34.

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N 3-4, Vizagapatnam - Calcutta
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34-50 : Cover flown from  Vishakapatnam to Calcutta with postal cancellation at VISHAKAPATNAM, 10 Feb 34, and arrival mark and delivery mark respectively on verso, CALCUTTA G.P.O.  D.B.N., 10 FEB 34, 6 - P.M., and PARK STREET, CALCUTTA, DELY, 11FEB 34, 11A.M. David Ezra monogrammed stationery cover, signed by Stephen H. Smith.

N 4-4, Puri - Calcutta
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S 1-1, Calcutta - Puri
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34-55 : Cover flown from Gaza ( Palestine ) to Puri in February 1934. On front cancelled Gaza 5 FE 34, and on  verso, arrival stamps Calcutta G.P.O. 12 FEB 34, and Puri Dely 13 Feb 34.
 This cover was flown from Gaza to Karachi on Imperial Airways, and then on to Calcutta by Indian Transcontinental Airways, and then to Puri on the inaugural Madras Air Taxi Service flight.

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Madras Air Taxi Service, service from Madras to Calcutta, cover flown from Calcutta to Puri ( return flight )
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over flown from Calcutta to Puri franked with 2 1/2a. stamps and tied with a faint, Calcutta, 10 Feb 34, cancellation mark.
​Arrival stamp on verso, Puri, Dely, 11 Feb 34.

S 1-2, Calcutta - Vizagapatnam 

S 1-3, Calcutta - Ganavaram (Bezwada) 
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Service from Madras to Calcutta, cover flown from Calcutta to Gannavaram (return flight )
Provenence : The Lady Ezra collection.
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34-50 : Cover flown from Calcutta to Puri franked with 3a. 3p. stamps and tied with Park Street, Calcutta, 10 Feb 34, cancellation marks. Also on verso, Calcutta D.G.N. , 10 Feb 34 , and Gunnavaram, 11 Feb 34. Embossed David Ezra cover, signed by Stephen H. Smith.

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S 1-4, Calcutta -  Madras
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S 2-2, Puri - Vizagapatnam
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Service from Madras to Calcutta, cover flown from Puri to Vizagapatam (return flight )​.
34-50 : Cover flown from Puri to Vizagapatam franked with 2 1/2a. stamps and tied with, Puri, 11 Feb 34, cancellation mark. Arrival stamp on verso, Vizagapatam, Dely, 11 Feb 34. Also small round handstamp Puri 12 Feb 34, and regular round New Delhi, Dely, 16 Feb 34 arrival stamps.

S 2-3, Puri - Ganavaram (Bezwada)

S 2-4, Puri - Madras 

S 3-3, Vizagapatnam - Ganavaram (Bezwada)
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Service from Madras to Calcutta, cover flown from Vizagapatam to Gannavaram (return flight )​.
34-50 : Cover flown from Vizagapatam to Gannavaram franked with 2 1/2a. stamps and tied with Telephone makes life easy obliterator. Handstamp on verso, Vizagapatam, 11 Feb 34. Also Arrival handstamp Bezwada, Dely, 12 Feb 34.

S 3-4, Vizagapatnam - Madras

S 4-4, Ganavaram (Bezwada) - Madras
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