Kaladab · History, Heritage & People

People

Discover biographies and family histories contributed to the Kaladab archive.

Letters from the archive

Written in Time — Memories in the Mail

These fifteen scans preserve mail connected with people of Kaladab, including prisoner-of-war messages, pre-Partition postal items, and later correspondence. The collection will grow as more letters and verified details become available.

Dates are given only where a postmark can be read. Select an image to view the full scan.

Official mail envelope; date not confirmed

Postal card with handwritten address; date not confirmed

Postal card, postmarked 22 February 1936

Postal card with India Postage stamps; date not confirmed

Air mail letter card; postmark appears to show 1934, pending verification

Message from a prisoner of war in Hong Kong, marked 28 March 1942

Censored prisoner-of-war card addressed to Walayat Khan Saeed; date not confirmed

Printed prisoner-of-war reply card; date not confirmed

Italian prisoner-of-war postal card; date not confirmed

Postal card addressed to Walayat Khan; date not confirmed

Service envelope addressed to Walayat Khan; date not confirmed

Address and postal markings in Urdu; date not confirmed

Urdu correspondence with Pakistan postage; date not confirmed

Reply postcard with Pakistan postage; date not confirmed

The collection is growing

Published entries will appear here as the archive grows.