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Henri Pequet’s Humber-Sommer biplane in flight beside the circular postmark of the first aerial post, with the words “First Aerial Post Golden Jubilee 1911-1961”, on a ₹1 stamp.
Fifty Years of Air Mail
India Post issued three stamps on 18 February 1961 for the golden jubilee of the first official air mail in the world. On 18 February 1911 the French pilot Henri Pequet flew a Humber-Sommer biplane from the grounds of the United Provinces Exhibition at Allahabad across the Yamuna to Naini, a few miles away, carrying some 6,500 letters and cards stamped with a special postmark of an aeroplane. The 5 naye paise stamp shows that postmark. This ₹1 stamp shows Pequet’s biplane in flight beside the postmark of the first aerial post, from the U.P. Exhibition at Allahabad.
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