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      • B.O.A.C. Comet 4 Jetliner Service London to Tokyo April 1959
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      • 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
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  • Pre-1953 Airlines
    • 1911 1st Aerial Post NIC
    • Indian State Air Services >
      • 1929 Karachi - Delhi via Hyderabad & Jodhpur
      • 1931 Last Flight Karachi-Delhi
    • Delhi Flying Club >
      • 1931 Emergency Flight by Delhi Flying Club
      • 1932 Karachi - Delhi
    • Indian Trans-Continental Airways >
      • 1933 Karachi - Calcutta >
        • 1933 Eastwards: Karachi - Calcutta
        • 1933 Westwards: Calcutta to Karachi
      • 1933 Calcutta - Rangoon via Akyab >
        • 1933 Eastwards: Calcutta - Rangoon via Akyab
        • 1933 Westwards: Rangoon - Calcutta via Akyab
      • 1933 Karachi - Singapore Extension
      • 1934 Karachi - Australia Extension
      • 1936 Rangoon - Hong Kong
    • Indian National Airways >
      • 1933 Calcutta - Dacca
      • 1933 Rangoon - Calcutta
      • 1934 Karachi - Lahore
      • 1938 Delhi - Lahore
      • 1939 Karachi - Delhi
      • 1940 Karachi - Calcutta
      • 1947 Calcutta - Rangoon
    • Air Services of India Ltd >
      • 1938 Bombay-Kathiawar
      • 1940 Bombay-Amreli
      • 1940 Kolhapur - Bombay
    • Madras Air Taxi Service
    • Experimental & Survey Flights. >
      • 1931 England - Australia Flight >
        • 1st Experimental Flight
        • 2nd Experimental Flight
      • 1938 Flying Boat Coogee
    • Dalmia-Jain Airways Ltd
    • Orient Airways Ltd
    • Starline / Indian Overseas Airline >
      • 1948 - Nagpur - Lucknow
      • 1949 First Indian Night Mail Flight
      • 1949 All Up Internal Air Mail
    • Bharat Airways >
      • 1949 - Calcutta - Hong Kong
      • 1950 - Calcutta - Singapore
    • Himalayan Aviation
    • Aviation Related Events >
      • 1938 Karachi Airport
      • 1940 Hyderabad Air Service
    • WW2 Flights
    • Unknown Airlines
  • Tata Airlines
    • 1931 - Karachi - Madras: Route Survey Flight
    • 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 - Errors
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      • DG's Circular & Postal Notices
      • Official Covers
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      • 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
  • Indian Airlines
    • 1960 - 1964
    • 1965 - 1969
    • 1970 - 1974
    • 1975 - 1979
    • 1980 - Onward
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  • Foreign Airlines
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    • B.O.A.C. >
      • 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
    • LOT (Polish Airlines)
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03-Dec-2025   1936 Zeppelin Hindenburg leaflet about New York, Air Express Service to Europe in 1 days
04-Nov-2025   Graf Zeppelin - 50th Crossing of the Ocean, flight to Chicago World Exhibition (14 Oct-2 Nov, 1933) Cover flown on                                        via Friedrichshafen (Germany) to Lima (Peru), Cover mailed from Mahe (India) 18 Sep 1933.
28-Oct-2025    NIC - LOT (Polish Airlines) POLAND Flight 2 Covers dated 7 June 1930 addressed to Karachi and Delhi respectively.
20-Sep-2025   ​Official Souvenir Cover addressed to Auckland New Zealand. Cancelled with the BOMBAY G.P.O., 8 June 1948                                                     cancellation but did not receive the Bombay-London first flight cachet.
15-Sep-2025   AMSIPEX-26 Online Entry Form live now
05-Sep-2025    26th October 1969 Commemoration issue of the cover to celebrate the visit of the Apollo 11 Astronauts to Bombay
28-Aug-2025    Karachi to Delhi by Air onward to Calcutta by surface KARACHI 27 Feb 1931. Signed by: R.N. Chawla.
27-Aug-2025    A special cancellation was released at the Mumbai GPO to celebrate the 2nd National Space Day on 23rd August 2025.
27-Aug-2025    NIC Indian Astronauts Rakesh Sharma and Ravish Malhotra autographed Soviet cover 
26-Aug-2025    NIC First Day Cover issued by the Indian Posts & Telegraphs Department to commemorate Dr. Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai.
26-Aug-2025    NIC Indian Airlines meter franked cover to South Africa redirected to USA – meter franking New Delhi 25 Aug 1956
26-Aug-2025    NIC Amsterdam Meter Franking Fly Air India the airline that moves you –on very large creased 5 Dec 1974
26-Aug-2025    NIC Air India Hong Kong meter franked London illustrated postcard 21 Sep 1966
25-Aug-2025    NIC Starline 1949 All Up Internal Air mail Nagpur Bombay Stage 1st Apr 1949
25-Aug-2025    NIC Private Covers Gallery Air India 1948 Bombay to London FFC/FDC – signed by pilot Captain K. R. Guzdar.
22-Aug-2025    NIC India 1959 (Nov 9) Jai Hind on airmail cover tied by Eastern Court, New Delhi, on Hotel Janpath stationery, to Germany
22-Aug-2025     ASM 6104 India - France 50 Years Of Space Co - Operation 2015 Set Of 2 Val Stamps On FDC 10th April 2015. NIC
22-Aug-2025     ASM 5068 India In Space 2000 Se - Tenant FDC 29th Sep 2000. NIC
22-Aug-2025      ASM 8045 India’s 1st Experimental Communication Satellite Cover 19th August 1981 France. NIC
20-Aug-2025      Helicopter Mail 2003 Lauch of Helicopter Post Sikkim cover. Image Courtesy: Mr. Kishore K.T. (NIC)
​14-Aug-2025      ​ASM 68562M 2 Cover Lot 2020 Sea Plane Tourism & Ship Mail 2006 Carried Cover
14-Aug-2025      ASM 68561M Lot Of 5 Carried Cover By Sea Plane From Sabarmati River To Statue Of Unity In Kavadia 2020
14-Aug-2025      ​​ASM 68558M Carried Cover Solar Impulse 2 From Ahmedabad To Varanasi ( World First Solar Powered Flight )
14-Aug-2025     ​ ASM 68405K Saichan Glacier Carried By Helicopter Special Cover 4 - 10 - 2011 . 56 APO Cancellation
12-Aug-2025      NIC Indian Airlines 1975-79 on Airbus-A300-B2 "Inaugural Flight" Airmail cover from Bombay to Calcutta
12-Aug-2025      Indian Airlines 1975-79 on Airbus-A300-B2 "Demonstration Flight" Airmail cover sent within Dum Dum Airport Calcutta
07-Aug-2025      Fake Zeppelin cachet From India Lahore Cover to Hamburg, Germany Franking 11a6p. ​dated 03-May-1932
05-Aug-2025      NIC Private Covers Gallery Another interesting air mail cover  with an aeroplane motif in red and blue 
31-Jul-2025       1934 DLH Catapult Mail – From Kuwait to Pernambuco, Brazil 30 July 1934 – Kuwait
31-Jul-2025         LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin - 1933 Cover from Bahrain to Brazil 26 July 1933 - Bahrain
29-Jul-2025         Indian airmails Image courtesy Gaurav Gupta. 08-Jun-1948 NIC​
29-Jul-2025          Indian airmails Fakes & Forgeries  Fake Zeppelin cover dated 28 JUN 34 from Calcutta/Rangon (sic) NIC
​23-Jul-2025          Indian Astrophilately Axiom 4 mission Special Cancellation Raipur ​25 Jun 2025
23-Jul-2025          Indian Astrophilately Axiom 4 mission Special Cancellation Raipur ​25 Jun 2025
​16-Jul-2025          Indian Airlines - Stationery Cover (Inland letter Card 2003
​16-Jul-2025          Indian Airlines - Stationery Cover (Inland letter Card 2003
16-Jul-2025          Indian Airlines - Stationery Cover
30 Jun 2025     1st Shuttle Flight 15-18 Nov 1935 , registered cover with airmail franking 12a 6p from Delhi 22 Oct 1935, to                                                          Pernambuco, Brazil. ​​Delivery mark Pernambuco on 18 Nov. 1935.
30-Jun-2025     6th South America Flight 15-18 June 1935 , registered cover with airmail franking 12a 6p from Delhi 6 Jun 1935, to                                          Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. ​Delivery mark Berlin on 15th June 1935. ​
17-Jun-2025     Indian Airlines crash Mail IC-605 / 14 Feb 1990 Banglore. Press Photo.
11-Jun-2025     Postcards from IISC (Indian Institute of Science) to accompany Shux ​dated 11-Jun-2025
05-Jun-2025     Indian Rocket Mail ​JC-10 / JC-11 Experiments 06-Jun-1935
05-Jun-2025     Indian Airlines Proving Flight cover BAC-III-475 from Kathmandu to Delhi with Certificate 03 July 1976
08 May 2025     NIC - This Air-India international souvenir cover sent from Karachi to Cairo.
03 May 2025     ​​NIC - Air-India Amsterdam bi-lingual stationery cover with ‘Fly Air-India
02 May 2025      NIC - Air Mail Societies, Aero Philatelic Club of India ​
02 May 2025       Port Blair Proving Flight to Calcutta 18 June 1977 – sent by the Station Manager at Port Blair.
02 May 2025       Indian Airlines Madras to Bombay Newspaper advertisement flight cover dated 20 December 1976 NIC
02 May 2025       ​NIC - Air India Bombay to Bangkok en-route to Hong Kong 1954, Bangkok delivery cds on reverse.
01 May 2025       ​Athens via Karachi to Bombay on Tata Sons Ltd. 1st Flight 15-16 Oct 1932.
01 May 2025       NIC - The First Rocket Ship to carry Living Passengers Rocket Mail - JC 12 - 29th June 1935
30 Apr 2025         NIC - Air India stamp on cover to Singapore sent after the Flight had left – 8 June1948 by Salisbury Park Pune cds.
30 Apr 2025         Air India 29 May 1948 First Day Cover–both stamps tied by 29 May 1948 Bombay cds
30 Apr 2025         NIC - ​Newspaper Cutting from 21 Feb 1911–The World’s First Aerial Post highlighted by one E. S. Holland.
30 Apr 2025          NIC - the 4th South American Flight of the LZ-127 Cancellation DELHI G.P.O. 6 May 1935. ​
23 Apr 2025           NIC - After Aryabhata, the first Indian satellite, was launched, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
21 Apr 2025           Story of Aryabhata's Lift-Off, The Times of India, Bengaluru Saturday,  19-April-2025
19 Apr 2025           ​The Cover belongs to Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA. June 7th 1979 NIC.
19 Apr 2025           Air letter form with Air India Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet image (30 June 1997) NIC.
14 Apr 2025           Air-India International First Day Cover from Singapore to Bombay flown on 4th September 1955
 10 Apr 2025         Indian Airlines Demonstration Flight Airbus A300 B2 - VTEDV 20 Nov 1976.​
  10 Apr 2025                     1st Flight - Trans-Australian ELIZABETH ST. MELBOURNE  Airmail + Karachi - London Reg'd Airmail                                                                      131/2d. 14 DEC'29.
    25 Mar 2024                    Indian Airlines Proving Flight from Leh to Delhi Fokker Friendship 28, 14 March 1976
    13 Jan 2025                      Compilation of Pigeonograms from 1931 - 2012 by Mr. Pratisad Neurgaokar.
   07 Feb 2024                       Air-India International 8-Jun-1948 First Flight cover from Kolad to Manchester and Surat to Cairo. ​
    08 Jan 2025                      8-June-1948 Air-India International registered cover to England from Interesting Place of Origin – Coonor.
    11 Dec 2024                      1939 Indian National Airways - Delhi-Lahore & Delhi-England. ​
    11 Dec 2024                      WW2 Flights - Catalina and Liberator 1943.
    11 Dec 2024                       Unknown Airline - 1st Civilian Air Mail after WW2 July 1945: Delhi-Chaklala (Rawalpindi), Fatehjang                                                                        (Islamabad) - New Delhi, Chaklala (Rawalpindi) - New Delhi & Gujarat (Sialkot) - New Delhi.
    11 Dec 2024                       B.O.A.C. Test Letter number #5 (31-Dec-45), #9 (25-Jan-46) & #24 (10-May-46).
    11 Dec 2024                       Tata Air Lines 1946 - Calcutta-Bombay cover address to J.R.D. Tata, Nagpur to Bombay. 
     23 Nov 2024                      AMSIPEX-25 Entry Submission Deadline Extended to 25th December 2024.
     22 Nov 2024                     1st April 1949 - First All Up Internal Air Mail - Bombay Cover address locally on 1st April 1949.
     21 Nov 2024                     Unlisted in PT - Private cover addressed to Station Manager, Air-India International, Geneva from Victory                                                               Stamp Co., Madras on 8 June 1948. 
     21 Nov 2024                     Spot under the Left-wing error. Registered cover to England, franked with the 12as Air-India stamp issue,                                                             tied with the special boxed rectangular cachet. There is a white spot under the left wing.
     09 Sep 2024                     Indian Airlines Proving Flight 737 Flight from Calcutta to Port Blair on 18th June 1977.
     09 Sep 2024                     Indian Airlines 1st Boeing 737 Flight from Bangalore to Calcutta Stage on 18th May 1977
     09 Sep 2024                    Indian Airlines 1st Boeing 737 Flight from Bangalore to Hyderabad Stage on 18th May 1977.
     09 Sep 2024                     Indian Airlines 1st Boeing 737 Flight from Calcutta to Hyderabad Stage on 18th May 1977.
     09 Sep 2024                     Indian Airlines First Flight Delhi-Lahore 21 July 1976.
    09 Sep 2024                      Indian Airlines First Flight from Madras to Calcutta (IC-265) Caravelle Jet 1st January 1966
     09 Sep 2024                      Starline (Indian Overseas Airlines) Cover posted in Nagpur tied with the postal cancellation mark                                                                           NAGPUR R.M.S., AIR, 19 FEB 48 and on verso JUBBULPORE, DELY, 19 FEB 48, 5 PM.  Franked 2a 6p.
     06 Sep 2024                       Catapult Mail by Imperial Airways, Calcutta to Marseilles and, By Air France from Marseilles to                                                                                Buenos Aires 28-Jun-1937.
     07 Aug 2024                       Letter from Bharat Airway Ltd. on their official letter-head to The Private Secretary to The                                                                                   Honorable Deputy Prime Minister of India, New Delhi dated 28 Sep 1950.
     06 Aug 2024                       LZ-129 Hindenburg Flight Olympia Flight - 1-Aug-1936. Frankfurt to Berlin, Cover to Calcutta, India.       ​
     18 Jul 2024                        Announcement - AMSIPEX-2025 International On-Line Aerophilatelic Exhibition on 15-23 February 2025.
     29 Jun 2024                       1948 Air-India International Flight Flight unusual cover with 12a stamp DC-4 stamp issued on cover.                                                                   (Image Courtesy: Gaurav Gupta).
     26 Jun 2024                      1938 Air Services of India, Bombay to Kathiawar Service - Pilot signed cover updated.
     26 Jun 2024                  1937 Tata Sons - First Flight Delhi - Bombay - Polit signed cover updated.
06 Jun 2024                       1934 Karachi - Australia Extension - Croydon to Karachi on Imperial Airways, Karachi to Singapore                                                                          alternate flight by Imperial Airways / ITCA, and ​Singapore to Brisbane on Qantas Empire Airways.
31 May 2024                      Indian National Airways - 1940 Karachi - Calcutta Service.
31 May 2024                      Air Services of India Ltd - 1940 Kolhapur-Bombay Service.
31 May 2024                      Air Services of India Ltd - 1940 Bombay - Amreli Service.
 31 May 2024                     Aviation Related Events - 1938 Karachi Airport and 1940 Hyderabad Air Service.
  24 May 2024                     1938 Bombay-Kathiawar Service - Porbander - Jamnagar, Porbandar - Rajkot & Rajkot - Bhavnagar.
  24 May 2024                     Letter from B.O.A.C. District Sales Manager to Comet Agents about the announcement of Comet 4 to India                                                         Service from London to Tokyo via Calcutta and Singapore in June 1959.
  24 May 2024                     1934 Madras Air Taxi 1st Flight airmail cover from Calcutta to Madras and onwards to Karachi on Tata Airlines.
   24 May 2024                     Air-India International Bombay-Geneva 1st Flight Nathan cover BOMBAY / 8 JUN 48, affixed with Mixed                                                               Franking (purely philatelic cover) Indian franking 12a 6p and British 1d.
   24 May 2024                     1948 Air-India International 12a stamp example of later use of First Day cover dated Calcutta G.P.O. / 1 Apr 69.
    24 May 2024                    1932 Tata Airlines 1st Flight on Northwards stage Pilot H.D. Bharucha signed cover from Bombay-Karachi.
    24 May 2024                    1939 Indian National Airways - Westwards stage - Delhi-Lahore and Delhi-Karachi via Lahore. 
     24 may 2024                   Souvenir cover issued on 75th Anniversary of Zeppelin. Cover from Mauritania to Bombay (no.311)                                                                        ​Unstamped Airmail 12 Aug 77 delivery mark.
     14 May 2024                   21 Nov 1938 - Air Services of India Limited -New Update- Bhavnagar to Rajkot, Bhavnagar to Jamnagar,                                                               Jamnagar to Porbandar and Jamnagar to Bhavnagar.
     10 May 2024                    NIC - Cover intended to flown on R-101 from London to Singapore via Karachi 3rd Oct 1930.     ​
      27 Apr 2024                     Foreign Airline - TWA (NIC) 4th April 1949 Cover from Zurich address to Air-India International Bombay.
      26 Apr 2024                    1938 Indian National Airways Delhi - Lahore Service. ​
      26 Apr 2024                    1938 Air Services of India Bombay to Kathiawar Service. ​
      26 Apr 2024                    Indian Air Force 21st Anniversary of First Flight of Hawker Hunter F1 16th May 1975. ​Souvenir pilot                                                                     signed cover, cancelled at PARLIAMENT STREET / NEW DELHI 16 MAY 75. ​
      26 Apr 2024                    JC-37: James H. E. Cook Rocket No. 173, photo of Rocket No.164 Marianne Kronstein flown on                                                                              rocket no. 173. 16 flown. Rare.
      26 Apr 2024                    Airmail cover from Calcutta to Bueno Aris. franked 57a 6p and cancelled ​PARK STREET CALCUTTA / 26                                                             JAN 39. Verso, arrival mark BUENO ARIS / ARGENTINA / 5 FEB 1939.
      26 Apr 2024                    Air Services of India Ltd. - 1938 Bombay - Kathiawar Service.
      24 Apr 2024                    Orient Airways Ltd - Dacca to Karachi First Flight cover from Dacca to Karachi. ​Cover cancelled at                                                                          RAMNA / DACCA / 1 OCT 47, also Pakistan overprint stamps as 1st day of use.
      05 Apr 2024                    Platinum Jubilee of First Squadron, Indian Air Force, Cover flown on Mirage 2000 - 1st April 2008.
      05 Apr 2024                    Miscellaneous Airmails covers.
      05 Apr 2024                    Modern Airlines - Star Air, Vayudoot & Vistara.
      19 Mar 2024                    Inaugural Flight - First Indigenous Jet Aircraft Bangalore 12 December 1964.
      19 Mar 2024                    1951 Himalayan Aviation - Indo-Afghanistan Air Service.
      19 Mar 2024                    Bharat Airways - 1949 Calcutta-Hong Kong and 1950 Calcutta-Singapore.
      19 Mar 2024                    Starline / Indian Overseas Airline - 1948 Nagpur-Lucknow, 1949 First Indian Night Mail Flights & 1949 First All                                                     Up Internal Air Mail.
      19 Mar 2024                    10 December 1947  Inaugural Scheduled flight of the new airline Air Ceylon.
      19 Mar 2024                   1947 Indian National Airways - Calcutta - Rangoon Service, complimentary souvenir card.
      19 Mar 2024                   1946 B.O.A.C. Test Letter #9, 11 & 19.
      18 Mar 2024                   An Article on THE WAICHOW INCIDENT – IMPERIAL AIRWAYS “DARDANUS” FORCED DOWN BY JAPANESE                                                      FIGHTERS By Ken Sanford La Catastrophe in 2007.
      13 Mar 2024                   A book on 'Air Crash Mail of the World' edited by Ken Sanford - Order Form & Book Review. ​
      09 Feb 2024                    Air-India pilot signed (Capt. S F Pedder) First Flight Boeing 707 return cover from Sydney to                                                                                    Bombay on 9th May 1962.
      09 Feb 2024                    Air-India pilot signed (Capt. S F Pedder) First Boeing 707 Flight cover to Sydney from Bombay on 7th May 1962
      09 Feb 2024                    Interesting Places of origin - Air-India souvenir cover address to London from Coorg. Franked with block of 4,                                                    12a stamp, tied with special cachet Type C.
      30 Jan 2024                     Indian Rocket Mail - Rocket No. 15, date 7th May 1936. 33 Missives carried.
      30 Jan 2024                   Air-India International cover with an example of later use of the stamp, though it was only valid to be used on                                                     8 Jun 1948. ​This cover was cancelled BOMBAY R.M.S. / 15 SEP 48 and sent to Sweden. 
      30 Jan 2024                     Pearl below the first 'A' of the word INTERNATIONAL in the lower left stamp of a block of four.
      30 Jan 2024                     Air-India International block of 12 postage stamps with example of Early Use. 
                                                 
Cancelled COUNCIL HOUSE / NEW DELHI / 4 JUN 48.
      30 Jan 2024                    1931 Last Flight of Indian State Air Service cover from London to Delhi, LONDON/51/18 DEC 31. 
                                                 
Flight from Croydon to Karachi by IE-143 departure from 19 Dec and arrival on 27 Dec.
      30 Jan 2024                   1936 Mid-Directed Mail - Cover intended for Croydon-Karachi-Bahawalpur. Wrongly affixed India-Ceylon Special                                                  Air Mail cachet. Detected at Madras, then forwarded to Sadiq-Garh Palace, Bahawalpur.
      30 Jan 2024                   1936 Tata Airlines Indo-Ceylon Special Christmas Flight - Underpaid Airmail (T 12c) cover from Calcutta to                                                          Colombo.
      30 Jan 2024                   1936 Tata Airlines Indo-Ceylon Special Christmas Flight - ​Pilot (H. D. Bharucha) signed cover from Colombo to                                                    Madras and Trichinopoly to Madras stage.
      30 Jan 2024                   1934 Indian National Airways PD Sharma (Pilot signed covers) on the flight stage - Karachi-Lahore,                                                                        Lahore-Multan, Lahore-Sukkur, Lahore-Karachi, Multan-Sukkur, Multan-Karachi & Sukkur-Karachi.
      17 Jan 2024                   Official First Day cover to commemorate the 50 Years of Civil Aviation signed by 'JRD Tata 15.10.82'.
      10 Jan 2024                   R-101 Cachet trials by Stephen H Smith. The cachet was prepared for mail intended on the R-101 return                                                             1st flight from Karachi to England and sheet with SHS description.
      10 Jan 2024                   Unlisted in PT Private cover addressed to Air-India International, London from Victory Stamp Co., Madras                                                           on 8 June 1948. Cover shows a cartoon drawing of the Lockheed L-749A, with the 12 as stamp issued for                                                           use on the 1948 first flight to London.
      08 Jan 2024                   Cover from Ahmedabad to Mandra via Cutch, franked 2a and cds AHMEDABAD / AIR / 16 APR. 37.
      03 Jan 2024                  Zeppelin Airship LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin, Airmail cover to Bombay from Germany. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN /                                                                  LUFTPOST / 24 MAR 29. ​Tied with special cachet LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN / ORIENTFAHRT 1929.
      01 Jan 2024                  Cover to South West Africa postmarked BOMBAY FOREIGN / 17 OCT.32. Jusqu'a mark applied at Karachi                                                          'PAR AVION JUSQU'A Johannesburg' (Ref: JCW: IND-A-1.1).
      01 Jan 2024                  White spot on 'N' of India. ​Block of four unused 12a Air-India International stamps with error on the                                                                      bottom left stamp.
      16 Nov 2023                  Graf Zeppelin, 3rd South America Flight, from Kuwait to Pernambuco, Brazil. 23 - 26 June 1934.
      16 Nov 2023                   Graf Zeppelin - Kuwait to Brazil, 4th South American Flight, ​5 - 8 April 1933.
      16 Nov 2023                   LZ-129 Hindenburg Flight, 7th North American Flight, 20 - 22 August 1936.
      10 Oct 2023                    Published article - Rare WW II censorship handstamp – used only at Batanagar By Piyush Khaitan,                                                                          CCSG Bul.220, Vol.50.4 - October 2023.
      10 Oct 2023                    Published article - Letter to Editor By Piyush Khaitan, CCSG Bul.220, Vol.50.4 - October 2023.
      10 Oct 2023                    Published article - The Dardanus incident and the Pasind 5 cachet By Piyush Khaitan, BAMS Journal                                                                      Vol.65, No.261, August 2023.
      07 Sep 2023                   Indian Airlines Corporation Cargo section postcard, 9np meter franked from New Delhi to Bhopal,                                                                          postcard shows the cargo arrival notice.
      04 Sep 2023                   LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin - On Board Postal Stationery & Cancellation. Cover franked with 2 Reichsmark                                                                     Zeppelin postage stamp, and tied with LUFTSCHIFF  GRAF ZEPPELIN / 10. 4. 1931 cancellation mark,                                                                   and Egyptian arrival mark, Graff Zeppelin, Cairo, 11 AR 31. ​
      26 Jul 2023                     Airmail cover from England to Australia via India, intended to go by Royal Airship R 101 only from                                                                         Cardington Beds. ​​Cover franked 2 1/2d. and cancelled LONDON E.O./ 4 Oct 1930.
      26 Jul 2023                     9 maps showing evolution of Indian air mail routes from 1929 to 1960.
      25 Jul 2023                     The Dardanus incident and the PASIND 5 cachet By Piyush Khaitan India Post No.227, Vol.57/2 (2023)
      25 Jul 2023                     Dalmia-Jain Airways Ltd. - Cover from Calcutta to Delhi on Srinagar Service on 25th July 1947.
      22 Jul 2023                     B.O.A.C. Comet 1  London to Singapore October 1952 service - Update, Delhi-Calcutta, Delhi-Bangkok,                                                                  Delhi-Singapore, Calcutta-Bangkok & Calcutta-Singapore.
      21 Jul 2023                    Airmail cover from Gwalior to Bhopal on First Delhi Bombay Flight, franked 2a and cancelled ​GWALIOR                                                                 R.S./ 8 NOV. 37. Delivery mark applied at back BHOPAL / DELY. / 8 NOV. 37.
      17 Jul 2023                    WARNING Beware of this seller on ebay. He lists Zeppelin material he does not possess at bargain prices. 
                                               Seller name: Stampsworl-52.
      29 Jun 2023                    Suriname issued a postage stamp on 23 May 1949 to celebrate the first flight from Paramaribo and                                                                      Amsterdam by KLM.
      09 Jun 2023                   JC 30b: Pink Label carried by Rocket No. 162 - "MISS FORTUNE" - 200 printed.
      09 Jun 2023                  Promotional Card - B.O.A.C. Inaugural Flight by Boeing 707 from London to Sydney via Fiji on 1st April                                                                  1967 and ​return flight from Sydney to London via USA on 2nd April 1967.
      07 Jun 2023                  Deli Flying Club - Karachi to Delhi list of cover updated - Delhi to Jodhpur, Delhi to Hyderabad, Delhi to Karachi,                                                     Jodhpur to Hyderabad, Jodhpur to Karachi & Hyderabad (Sind) to Karachi.
      05 Jun 2023                  Graf Zeppelin - Rome Flight, cover sent to Karachi, Friedrichshafen - 29 May 1933.
      12 May 2023                 NIC: J.R.D. Tata signed cover from Karachi to Madras carried by the first Airmail flight on 15-Oct-1932.
      12 May 2023                  NIC: J.R.D. Tata signed cover from Karachi to Bombay carried by the first Airmail flight on 15-Oct-1932. 
      12 May 2023                 Air-India postal meter panel - Bombay, 26th August 1954. 
      13 Apr 2023                  Article: Indian Postal Rates By Piyush Khaitan ​PDMSG Newsletter No.105, March 2023.
      13 Apr 2023                  Article: Master Class (Pun Intended) By Piyush Khaitan PDMSG Newsletter No.105, March 2023.
       24 Mar 2023                 Cover sent from Klon, Germany to Solapur, India with Zeppelin stamp on 12 April 2007.
       14 Mar 2023                 A Postcard sent from Madras to Hyderabad on 4 JAN 35 on a First Flight from Madras to Hyderabad.
                                               Postcard also carry delivery mark HYDERABAD DECCAN/DELY./4 JAN 35.
       23 Nov 2022                 Air-India International souvenir registered cover from Bombay to London, having First Flight cachet Type                                                            A and franked with 12a (front) + 4a (reverse). Interestingly, the 4a registration fee applied at reverse of the                                                            cover has a pair of KGVI 1a tete-beche Stamps.
       16 Nov 2022                 A photograph of the Memorial garden and Sundial that honor the memory of the victims of the 1985 Air-                                                             India disaster located in ​West Cork’s tiny Ahakista village in Ireland.
       13 Nov 2022                 1934 - 11th South American Flight from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco from 27th to 30th October 1934.
​       24 Sep 2022                 Indian Airlines meter panel - New Delhi, 5 December 196?
​       24 Sep 2022                 Indian Airlines stationery cover address to New Delhi. Meter franked with Rs. 0.20 and cds EASTERN COURT                                                       P.O./I.A. D-236/22 XI 71. and additionally with 5p Refugee Relief India Postage stamps.
​       24 Sep 2022                 Indian Airlines official stationary cover dated 18 December 1971
​       24 Sep 2022                  B.O.A.C. AP Wire photo datelined New York, April 9, 1954
​       24 Sep 2022                  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.
​       24 Sep 2022                  B.O.A.C. Junior Jet Club log book dated 1964.
​       24 Sep 2022                 Qantas & B.O.A.C. Timetable effective from 1st February 1952
​       24 Sep 2022                 Q.E.A. and B.O.A.C. labels set
​       24 Sep 2022                 Air-India meter panel - New Delhi, 31st January 1971 & New Delhi,  21st February 1972
​       24 Sep 2022                Air-India International stationery cover  address to Air-India International office, Bombay, 10th May 1950
​       24 Sep 2022                Air-India International Malabar Princess - 2010 recovery, Enclosed slip is in the original handwriting of the finder                                                - Two Scottish students on a Expedition to Mont Blanc.
       24 Sep 2022                Special cover produced by Department of Posts, India to commemorate the First Air-India International Flight                                                    from Indore ​on 15th July 2019.
       24 Sep 2022                Air-India 1948 First Flight covers addressed to Domestic destinations, and actually flown on the inaugural                                                           flight.
       08 Sep 2022               1938 Trichinopoly to Trivandrum extension - Cover sent from Trivandrum to Colombo via Trichinopoly,                                                                 franked with 2a postal stamp and cancelled TRIVANDRUM / 3 MAR 38.
       08 Sep 2022               ​1935 Bombay - Travancore Air Mail Services by Tata - Pilot signed cover from Trivandrum to Bombay.
       08 Sep 2022               Indian National Airways - Karachi to Calcutta via Lahore on 3rd July 1940.
       08 Sep 2022               Star Line - 1st All Up internal Air Mail ​on 1st April 1949.
       02 Sep 2022              Air India Collector - Piyush Khaitan & Vivek Matthai e-Magazine - 100 Knots, September 2022 edition
       23 Jul 2022                NIC Registered cover (R-217) sent on First Flight to London. From Bombay to Cairo by Mr. T.K. Punjabi                                                                (who lives in Bombay) on behalf of  Sunder Sukhdev as return address, who lives in Karachi. Cover is                                                                    franked with 16a (overstamped with 2a) and cancelled by special flight cachet type B.
       28 Jun 2022               Useful links: Flying to the Emirates: The end of British Overseas Airways Corporation’s service to Dubai and                                                        Sharjah in 1947" by Nicholas Stanley-Price.
       27 Jun 2022              ​39-70: An interesting cover cancelled KARACHI AIR PORT / 26 OCT 39 and signed by the pilot M. H. Khan.                                                           Addressed to Cawnpore
       22 Jun 2022              Foreign Airlines - B.O.A.C.
       22 Jun 2022               Philatelic Workshop on "Latest Trends in Exhibiting" Conducted by: Mr. Madhukar Jhingan,                                                                                      Bengaluru, 16 June 2022.
       16 Jun 2022               Useful Links - Axis and Allied Propaganda to Indian Troops, by SGM Herbert A. Friedman (Ret.) ​
       04 Jun 2022                Interesting places of origin: Air-India International 1948 two cover sent from Tirupur to Cairo and Tirupur                                                             to Geneva. 
       04 Jun 2022                Air-India International Air Mail label used in Egypt c.1950s. Listed under India in the Air Mail Labels                                                                       catalogue # IND-B-3.
       16 May 2022               NIC - ​Press clipping dated 9th April 1960. The release of Two First Flight Cover (FDC) to commemorate the                                                         First Air-India's Boeing 707 flight from Bombay to London on 19th April 1960 and Bombay to New York on                                                           14th May 1960.
       14 May 2022               Blog Post - ​Ed Wolf - Philatelic researcher, storyteller and aerophilatelist extraordinaire.
       10 May 2022               In-depth article on the 1931 Second Experimental flight to Australia, by Mr. Ed Wolf.
       10 May 2022               In-depth article on the 1931 First Experimental Return flight From Australia, by Mr. Ed Wolf.
       04 Apr 2022                 ​Air-India International souvenir cover printed specially for the return flight (London – Geneva – Cairo –                                                                Bombay) in mint condition. An unused and blank cover is being recorded for the first time.
       29 Apr 2022                 Return Flight Cover -  Air -India International red souvenir registered cover (Geneve-1 295) for the return flight                                                      was posted in time. the cancellation mark on the postage stamp , GENEVE-1, POSTE AERIENNE, 12-VI-48-7  and                                                an arrival mark on the reverse INLAND REGN., DELY. DEPTT, BOMBAY G.P.O., DELY, 15 JUN 48, 10.45 A.M.
       29 Apr 2022                 Block of 16 with Constant Error Broken Tail and White spot on the plane variety. Block of four 12a. stamp issued                                                for the inaugural Air-India flight.
       29 Apr 2022                 Indian Airlines Inaugural Flight - Mangalore to Bombay on 20-Dec-1977.       
       29 Apr 2022                 Indian Airlines Inaugural Flight - Bombay to Mangalore on 19-Dec-1977.       
       29 Apr 2022                 Indian Airlines Inaugural Flight - Dibrugarh to Calcutta on 21-Dec-1977.       
       29 Apr 2022                 Indian Airlines Inaugural Flight - Jorhat to Dibrugarh on 21-Dec-1977.
       29 Apr 2022                 Indian National Airways - 1st Flight from Karachi to Lahore onwards to Srinagar. Carry error cancellation 6-DEC-                                                38 instead 6-DEC-34.
       29 Apr 2022                Great Britain Post office Notice, November 1933.
       29 Apr 2022                 Red Cross & St. John War Organisation 1939-1947, ​Published in 1949 and complied by P.G. Cambray & G.G.B.                                                    Briggs.
       04 Apr 2022                  Air-India International souvenir cover used in 1954. Cover sent from Siwri/Bombay on 28 JUN 54 to Beograd,                                                     Jugoslavia. On the reverse of the cover has arrival mark. Cover affixed with 14as postage rate stamp.
​       28 Mar 2022                 NIC - Covers that actually carry an arrival postmark of the UK
       28 Mar 2022                NIC - Interesting Places of Origin - This cover was flown from Allahabad, India to London, UK.
       28 Mar 2022                 NIC - Indian Airlines IC 605 Crash at Bangalore, Indian on 14th February 1990.
       14 Mar 2022              Indian Post Office Publication
       11 Mar 2022              The Postal Message Scheme of the French Red Cross in France & Its African Colonies in World War 2 by                                                              David Trapnell, The Stuart Rossiter Trust.
       11 Mar 2022              ​British West Africa and the French Air Mail Services to June 1940 by Barbara Priddy
       11 Mar 2022              Post Office Guide Part-I, Rules and Regulations relating to the Inland and Foreign Post. Corrected up to                                                                30th June 1960. Published under the Authority of the Director-General of Posts & Telegraphs.  
       11 Mar 2022              Tata Airline First Regular Air Mail Indian-Ceylon flight, Cover sent from Madras to Ceylon on 28th Feb 1938.
       19 Feb 2022               Air-India International First Flight to Rome-Sydney. Cover carry the cancellation ROMA FERR/(POSTA                                                                  AEGEA SEZA)/4.10.56-16. Air Mail label cancelled by pencil at Sydney? (JCW: AUS-C-1.4, used in 1956)
       28 Jan 2022               First Flight from Bombay to London, Cover sent to Bristol, England. 8 June 1948, Plain cover franked with                                                            the 12a value stamp issued for this flight and cancelled with the boxed rectangular special cancellation                                                                mark type C applied at Bombay on 8 JUN 48. The cover used is a business cover from THE GENERAL                                                                  ELECTRIC CO., (INDIA) LTD.
       27 Jan 2022               Air-India Postal Meter Panels - ​Boxed Meter Franked 2 Rupee value, with advertising panel (in Hindi and in                                                          English) FLY MY 747TH WONDER OF THE WORLD! and  date stamp BOMBAY / A.I. / BS-1038 / 19 VI 90
       27 Jan 2022               Air-India souvenir cover intended to flown on First Flight Bombay-London on 8th June 1948. Cover affixed                                                           with 12as postage stamp and was intended to sent from Ghatkopar to London. Cover does not carry any                                                           postal cancellation.
       27 Jan 2022                 Air-India International souvenir cover sent to London. Cover affixed with 12as value stamp and cancelled                                                            by special cachet type D. Insert found inside the cover which reads, With The Compliments of Air-India                                                                International Souvenir First Flight Cover June 8, 1948. 
       27 Jan 2022                Tata Airlines - 36-91: Cover mailed in Saharanpur on 15 December 1936, and flown on the Madras -                                                                       Colombo special flight on 23 December 1936. Interestingly cover is signed by the pilot Mr H. D. Bharucha.
       31 Dec 2021                Interesting Places of origin and destination: Air-India International souvenir cover flown from New Delhi,                                                              India to Guernsey, Channel Islands on inaugural First Flight of Air-India International from Bombay to                                                                  London on 8th June 1948. Cover carry 12as value stamp and have special flight cachet applied Type B. 
       16 Dec 2021                Indian Airlines Corporation stationery cover with the Airlines House, New Delhi-1 address. meter franked with                                                      Rs. 0.20 and cds EASTERN COURT P.O./I.A. D-236/8 II 72. and additionally with 5 p Refugee Relief India Postage                                               stamps.
       16 Dec 2021                Indian Airlines stationery cover with the Airlines House, New Delhi-1 address. On reverse meter franked with Rs.                                               0.20 and cds EASTERN COURT P.O./I.A. D-236/6 III 72. and additionally with 5p Refugee Relief India Postage                                                      stamps.
       16 Dec 2021                Indian Airlines stationery cover sent on 21 January 1972 to Nizamuddin East, New Delhi. On the reverse, delivery                                                mark NEW DELHI-13/DEL./24-1-72/9-HRS.
       16 Dec 2021                Indian Airlines stationery cover with the Airlines House, New Delhi-1 address. meter franked with Rs. 0.20 and                                                    cds EASTERN COURT P.O./I.A. D-236/28 XII 71. and additionally with 5 p Refugee Relief India Postage stamps.
       16 Dec 2021                Indian Airlines stationery cover with the Airlines House, New Delhi-1 address. Meter franked with Rs. 0.20 and                                                    cds EASTERN COURT P.O./I.A. D-236/17 XII 71. and additionally with 5p Refugee Relief India Postage stamps.
       09 Dec 2021                ​Jusqu'a Hand Stamps and Other Route Indications (2nd Edition) by Jan C. ter Welle, published in 2018.
       09 Dec 2021                The story of the England-India Air Mail by Harry Harper & Robert Brenard by the Times of India Annual 1936. 
       09 Dec 2021                Air-India First Flight Mumbai to Doha. Air-India 969, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, 21st February 2020 and Air-India                                                 First Flight Doha to Mumbai. Air-India 969, Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, 21st February 2020. Cover sent from Doha,                                               Qatar to Mumbai, India.
       09 Dec 2021                Air-India International First Flight Bombay to London, Cover sent to Cairo from Bhavnagar, Pura. Kathiawar.
                                             Cover having special flight cachet type B. ​
       23 Nov 2021               Interesting places of origin and destination: Air mail cover sent on Air-India International First Flight on 8th                                                           June 1948 from Pandur, South India to San Francisco, USA. Cover is correctly franked with 18as postal                                                               stamp and bearing a type C cachet and have Bombay cancellation mark - BOMBAY G.P.O./8.JUN.48.
                                             Air-India International souvenir 12as stamp have Broken Tail Error. 
       23 Nov 2021               Postage Stamps Broken Tail Variety: Air mail cover sent on Air-India International First Flight on 8th June                                                             1948 from Pandur, South India to San Francisco, USA. Air-India International souvenir 12as stamp have                                                               Broken Tail Error. 
       23 Nov 2021               Other interesting cover - Air-India International souvenir First Flight cover. This is an example of later use of                                                         cover only. This cover was sent from Philatelic Bureau Bombay to London. FDC - Conquest of Everest.
       18 Nov 2021               Air-India First Flight cover from Bombay to Bahrein on 2nd May 1962. Unclaimed & Undelivered, return to                                                             sender.
       18 Nov 2021               Air-India business stationery: two stationery cover sent from the Republic of Nauru to Bombay, India.
       18 Nov 2021               Other interesting cover: Air-India International First Flight Bombay - London 8 June 1948. Sender's address                                                         on front and recipient address on verso. ​cachet type D.
       18 Nov 2021               Interesting places of origin: Air-India International First Flight cover, Bombay-London 8 June 1948. The                                                                 cover was obviously posted in India by a sender, who wanted this to be sent to an address in the UK upon                                                           completion of the flight.
       16 Nov 2021               Interesting places of origin: Air-India International First Flight from Simla to Cairo, Simla to Geneva                                                                         and Simla to London. ​
​       03 Sep 2021                Interesting Places of origin: Air-India International First Flight to London from Bombay. Cover sent from                                                               Jhansi, India to Geneva, Switzerland. Cover is postage due with 2as & cachet applied on the cover is type C.
       03 Sep 2021                Privately printed souvenir cover of Philatelie Orient, Bombay send to Geneva with the 12as + 2as value                                                                 stamp issued for use that day and cancelled with the special boxed rectangular first flight cachet type C.
       30 Aug 2021                Air-India International First Flight from Bombay to London 8 June 1948 This is souvenir cover sent from                                                             Bombay to Geneva. Cover is underpaid 2as, as the postal rate for the Europe other than London was 14as.                                                         Cachet applied on the cover is Type C.
       30 Aug 2021                Interesting places of origin: Air-India International First Flight to London from Bombay. Cover sent from                                                               Surat and Bilimora to London
       12 Jul 2021                  Interesting Places of origin: Air-India International First Flight, 8 June 1948, Cover sent                                                                                              from Secunderabad (Deccan) to London, UK.
       02 Jul 2021                  Bombay Philatelic Company cover addressed to England with the 1948 Air-India International stamp.
       25 Jun 2021                 Resources - The Postal History of Prisoner of War Camps in India in WW2 and Indian Prisoners of War                                                                     Overseas. by David Trapnell, Published by India Study Circle, UK in 2016 and based on the collection of                                                                 Mr. Raj Sukhani. 
       25 Jun 2021                 Self adhesive Geneva meter franking label dated 22.6.78 with panel showing the Air-India Boeing 747                                                                  Jumbo Jet and the legend FLY /AIR-/INDIA. 
       14 Jun 2021                 The Anglo-Boer War Philately Society Publication No.2
       24 may 2021                Air-India International stationery cover Geneva office, Rome 18 April 1950.
       23 May 2021               Interesting Origin: Air-India International First Flight cover on 8th June 1948, from Nagpur to Geneva and                                                             Trichinopoly to Geneva.
       16 May 2021               Tata Airlines - 1938 Karachi to Madras extension to Colombo via Trichinopoly - Cover from Trichinopoly to                                                           Colombo updated.
       03 May 2021               Indian Inland Postal Rates from 1957-2019 By Abhishek Bhuwalka ​
       03 May 2021               1933 ITCA Karachi-Calcutta Service: Windhoek-Calcutta, Palestine-Calcutta & Calcutta-Cairo.
       03 May 2021               1933 ITCA Calcutta to Rangoon via Akyab: Baghdad-Akyab, Athens-Akyab, Antwerpen-Akyab, Wageningen-                                                          Akyab, Stockholm-Akyab, London-Rangoon, Wageningen-Rangoon, Brussel-Rangoon, Luxembourg-                                                                      Rangoon, Gibraltar-Rangoon, Vienna-Rangoon, Lausanne-Rangoon, Malta-Rangoon, Athens-                                                                                  Rangoon, Alexandria-Rangoon, Baghdad-Rangoon, & Basarah-Rangoon.
       03 May 2021               1933 ITCA Karachi-Singapore Extension: Rangoon-Bandon, Tavoy-Leicester, Bandon-London, Bangkok-                                                                London, Akyab-Cape Town, Akyab-Singapore, Calcutta-Bangkok, Calcutta-Alor Star & Karachi-Singapore.
       03 May 2021               1933 Indian National Airways: Calcutta-Sandoway (Rangoon), Calcutta-Bassein, Calcutta-Chittagong,                                                                    Bassein-Calcutta & Chittagong-Calcutta.
       03 May 2021               1933 Indian National Airways: Calcutta-Dacca and Dacca to Calcutta
       03 May 2021               1934 Indian National Airways, Karachi to Lahore.
       03 May 2021               1939 Indian National Airways, Karachi to Delhi via Lahore service: Lahore-Delhi.
       03 May 2021               1934 Madras Air Taxi Service - Brindisi to Puri via Karachi & Calcutta, and Calcutta to Vizagapatnam.
       03 May 2021               1932 Tata Airlines Karachi Madras - Other Southbound: Ahmedabad-Bombay
       03 May 2021               1932 Tata Airlines Karachi Madras - Other Northbound: Madras-St. Helena, Bellary-Bombay &
                                              Madras-Bombay.
       03 May 2021               1932 Tata Airlines - Karachi-Madras, Official Northbound - Bombay to Limassol.
        28 Apr 2021                Reference Book  - C.E.F. - The China Expeditionary Force 1900-1923 By D.S. Virk, John C. Hume, Derek                                                                  Lang & Gerald Sattin, Published Jointly by The Philatelic Congress of India (PCI) & The Army Postal                                                                      Service Association in 1992.
        28 Apr 2021                Air-India Kanchenjunga  24 January 1966 - Boeing 707 aircraft debris recovered from the glacier melt by                                                              Mr. Alan Tramontana (a retired policemen who lived there) below the crash site in the Alps in 2019.
        27 Apr 2021                 NIC - 1948 Air-India - Other Interesting Cover - Cover bearing the 1947 issued 12a airmail rate postage                                                                 stamp used on this flight and addressed to Switzerland. Cancelled by the first flight cachet, a rare                                                                         sighting. Understamped by 2a and taxed 29c.
        26 Apr 2021                 1931 England-Australia 1st Experimental Flight -  Eastwards Stage: Darwin-Rangoon, Darwin-Karachi,                                                                   Allahabad-Delhi and Westwards Stage: Delhi-Allahabad, Delhi-Victoria Point, Jodhpur-Rangoon.
        26 Apr 2021                 1931 England-Australia 2nd Experimental Flight - Calcutta-Victoria Point.
        26 Apr 2021                 1929 Indian State Air Service - Calcutta-London Stage and Jodhpur-Hyderabad Stage.
        25 Apr 2021                Joint War Organisation Indian Red Cross & St John Cinderella Stamp Seals. by www.myindianstamp.com,                                                           4th June 2017.
        24 Apr 2021                Rocket Mail - Type JC 23 (a) - Girl Guides Rally :2 March 1937 - Propagnda. R. No.8
        24 Apr 2021                1948 Air-India - Interesting Place of Origin - Cover address from Satara & Yercaud.
        24 Apr 2021                1948 Air-India - Interesting Place of destination - Cover address to Guernsey, Channel Islands.
        23 Apr 2021                Crash Mail Air-India B-707 Annapurna 22 June 1982, one more salvaged cover recovery from crash site
        23 Apr 2021                Crash Mail - Air-India Kanchenjunga some more crash site material recovery.
        18 Apr 2021                A is for AIRGRAPH - The Airgraph Service (17 April 1941 to 31 July 1945) by William M. Senkus                                                                              on https://alphabetilately.org/, 24th July 2020.
        17 Apr 2021                Air-India B-787-8 Dreamliner First Flight To and Far, Bombay to Nairobi, 27 Nov 2019 and 29 Nov 2019                                                                  respectively.
        17 Apr 2021                Postal Meter Panel - Bombay, 7 March 1961
        16 Apr 2021                Catalog of Postal Stationery Airgraphs - First Edition. by Wayne Menuz, FRPSL and Published by The                                                                    United Postal Stationery Society (UPSS) in October 2020
        13 Apr 2021                Copyright on website has been updated.
        08 Apr 2021                February 1937 - Rocket Mail cover and other material updated.
        07 Apr 2021                Unlisted in PT - Privately printed souvenir cover of Philatelie Orient, Bombay send to London.
        07 Apr 2021                Indian Airlines First flight – Calcutta to Jorhat, Calcutta to Dibrugarh and  Dibrugarh to Jorhat on                                                                            24 December 1977
        07 Apr 2021                Indian Airlines First flight –Bhavnagar to Bombay 2 January 1978
        07 Apr 2021                Indian Airlines First flight – Bombay to Bhavnagar 21 December 1977
        07 Apr 2021                Colombo-Bombay survey flight Tata Sons, Piloted by Neville Vintcent, 7 May 1931.
        25 Mar 2021               Other Interesting cover: Cover from Calcutta to London has special Flight cachet# type A., The BOMBAY                                                              G.P.O. / 8 JUN 48 cds is missing. Cover sent from Calcutta to London.
        25 Mar 2021               Error on stamp: Air-India souvenir cover has special Flight cachet# type C. Error on stamp, white spot in                                                              the middle of the plane between engine two and three.
        25 Mar 2021               Later use of stamp: An example of later usage of the commemorative stamp on cover, which is cancelled                                                            on 11 June 1948 by Bombay G.P.O.
        25 Mar 2021               Local Cancellations - against the Postal Dept. instructions. Souvenir cover has a COUNCIL HOUSE /NEW                                                           DELHI/31 MAY 48 cancellation on front of the cover. This cover actually postally not  travelled.
        25 Mar 2021              Early usage of stamp: rare example of early usage of commemorative 8 Jun e1948 stamp on 3rd May                                                                1948 which is as per postal authority is not authorised. 
        25 Mar 2021              Return Flight cover: Rare ​ Air-India International souvenir cover with return first flight from London to                                                                     Bombay on 10 June 1948. 
        25 Mar 2021              Postage Due (Underpaid): Air-India International souvenir cover sent from Bombay to USA. Cover has                                                                   special flight cachet type A and under stamped by T 29 cent.
        25 Mar 2021              Interesting Place of origin: Cover from Nainital to London, Nainital to Geneva (underpaid by 2as) and                                                                     Bangalore/Basra to Geneva (underpaid by 2as). ​
        19 Mar 2021               Air-India International First Inaugural Flight Bombay to Tokyo on 7 May 1955 souvenir cover 'With Best                                                                Compliments of Air-India International’ card.
        19 Mar 2021               Air-India 25 years of International services, 8 June 1973, First Day Cover
        19 Mar 2021               Alliance Air (A subsidiary of Air India) First Flight from Mysuru to Mangaluru 11 December 2020. Special                                                              cover issued to commemorate the flight. One cover cancelled at Mysuru and another meter franked at                                                                Mysuru with a Philatelic Bureau cachet..
        19 Mar 2021               Air-India 25 years of International services, 8 June 1973, First Day Cover
        19 Mar 2021               Air-India International First Inaugural Flight Bombay to Tokyo on 7 May 1955 souvenir cover 'With Best                                                                Compliments of Air-India International’ card.
        19 Mar 2021               Air-India International Business Stationery cover Amsterdam, Holland 8 Dec 1949.
        14 Mar 2021               Catapult Mail Calcutta to Pernambuco by air 1-2 April 1937 on DLH
         24 Jan 2021               NIC - 1948 India to Switzerland cover. Sender request for "Wait for person from Iraq"
         15 Jan 2021               NIC - 1936 Indo-Ceylon Special Christmas Flight, Colombo - UK cover from Mike Robinson Collection ​
         12 Jan 2021              The Catapult Mail by The Postal History of ICAO. (Courtesy: Rainbow Stamp News, Monthly e-stamp magazine                                                    Dehradun, January 2021, Vol.XIII No.157)
         10 Jan 2021               NIC - 1938 Flying Boat Coogee 8 Covers and pilots log book from Terry Hare-Walker Collection.​
         08 Jan 2021                Imperial Airways at Southampton Empire Flying Boat Services, 1936 to 1940, by Peter Wingent.
         28 Dec 2020                NIC - 1955 India to USA via Nepal, example of later use of commemorative Air-India 1948 stamps
         04 Dec 2020                Money used in Prisoner-of-War Camps in India. by Rezwan Razack
        28 Oct 2020                 NIC - 1932 Delhi Flying Club- 1 Cover on Eastwards & 2 covers on Westwards from Terry Hare-Walker                                                                   Collection.
        15 Oct 2020                 NIC - 1937 Tata Airlines - First Flight to Bhuj, one cover from Terry Hare-Walker collection.
        15 Oct 2020                 NIC - 1937 Tata Airlines Delhi-Bombay Flight, one Southbound and one Northbound cover from Terry Hare-                                                         Walker Collection.  
         15 Oct 2020                NIC - 1932 Delhi Flying Club, one Eastwards and one Westwards cover from Terry Hare-Walker Collection. 
          15 Oct 2020               NIC - 1929 India State Air Services,  one Eastwards and two Westwards covers from Terry Hare-Walker                                                                 Collection. 
           11 Oct 2020              1933 Tata Air Lines - NIC - Poona to Bellary cover from Terry Hare-Walker Collection. 
           11 Oct 2020              1946 Tata Air Lines Bombay-Calcutta stage - NIC - Two covers each on Westbound and Eastbound from Terry                                                    Hare-Walker Collection.
            30 Sep 2020             1932 Tata Airlines - NIC - Official Southbound, Northbound and Other Northbound Cover from                                                                                Terry Hare-Walker Collection.
            17 Aug 2020             Article - Post-War Airlines of India by Maurice Wickstead. Published in the Propliner Annual 2018 & 2019
            16 Aug 2020:             Flying Boat Coogee Survey Flight February-March 1938
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