Karachi (PK)

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Karachi (Sindhi: ڪراچي, Urdu: کراچی‎ ) is capital of province Sindh as well as the largest and most populous metropolitan city of Pakistan and the main seaport and financial centre of the country. Karachi is also known as City of Lights mainly due to city's night life, for which it is famous as the city which never sleeps.Karachi is the 2nd-largest city in the world by population within city limits, the 7th largest urban agglomeration in the world and the largest city in the Muslim world. It is Pakistan's centre of banking, industry, economic activity and trade and is home to Pakistan's largest corporations, including those involved in textiles, shipping, automotive industry, entertainment, the arts, fashion, advertising, publishing, software development and medical research. The city is a hub of higher education in South Asia and the Muslim world.

Special cancels

Special cancel Philatelic Bureau Karachi 1971.

Meter cancels

Meter cancel Karachi G.P.O., 1963

Meter cancel Karachi City P.O., 1972

Meter cancel KAR.G.P.O., 1988

Meter cancel KAR.Cant.P.O., 1988

Meter cancel KAR.City H.P.O., 1991

Meter cancel KAR.City H.P.O., 1994

Meter cancel G.P.O.Karachi, 1994

Meter cancel Kar.Saddar G.P.O., 1994

Meter cancel G.P.O.Karachi, 1995

British India Era

Bridge in 1914

Karachi Camp

In the late 800's the Town had become two equal size areas. To the East the Karachi Camp and to the West the City of Karachi.

KARACHI CAMP Squared-circle on the 1891 issue.

KARACHI CAMP Squared-circle on the 1894 issue.

Covers

PAN AM First Clipper Flight cover Karachi to Gander Newfoundland 1947	PAN AM First Clipper Flight cover Karachi to Limerick Ireland 1947
PAN AM First Clipper Flight cover Karachi to Ankara Turkey 1947