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India 1949 Slogan Mark First Flight Cover

bulletThe first cover, personal mail from the town of Nagpur, is a first flight cover commemorating the inaugural flight of Inland Night Airmail from Nagpur to Delhi.
bulletThe stamps used are the 1a and 1½a George VI issues of British India (India was still a Dominion, not a Republic).  The cover was redirected subsequently from New Delhi to Lucknow.   Delivery markings in the back indicate that the cover was in Delhi before noon the next day.
bulletThe slogan Sabko Sanmati De Bhagwan is in the front of the cover, in Devanagiri Script (Hindi).