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  • AIR 29/846/11943 Aug-1947 May

    1 Base Postal Unit, Karachi and Mauripur (India BPU). With appendices

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  • AIR 29/846/2 1943 Sept-1947 Jan 2 Base Postal Unit, Bombay (India BPU). With appendices
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  • AIR 29/846/3 1943 Sept-1945 Oct 3 Base Postal Unit, Bangalore (India BPU).
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  • AIR 29/846/4 1942 Aug-1942 Oct 3 RAF Postal Clearing Centre, Karachi (India BPU).
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  • AIR 29/846/5 1943 Sept-1947 May 4 Base Postal Unit, New Delhi (India BPU).
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  • AIR 29/846/6 1943 Sept-1947 Mar 5 Base Postal Unit, Calcutta (India BPU).
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  • AIR 29/846/7 1943 Sept-1946 June 6 Base Postal Unit, Chittagong, Akyab and Singapore (India Burma BPU). With appendices
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  • AIR 29/846/8 1944 Dec-1946 July 7 Base Postal Unit, Colombo (Ceylon BPU).
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  • AIR 29/846/9 1944 Dec-1947 May 8 Base Postal Unit, Imphal and Rangoon (India Burma BPU).
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  • AIR 29/846/10 1944 May-1945 Aug 9 Base Postal Unit, Madras (India BPU).
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  • AIR 29/846/11 1946 Mar-1948 Mar 11 Base Postal Unit, Iwakuni (Japan BPU)
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