Sunday, April 21, 2013

Stamp Exchange
Hi,
If you are interested in exchanging stamps with me, you have come to the right place. I’m willing to make some stamp exchange with anyone with the ratio of 1:1.
If you are an experienced exchanger and want exchange, then here it is… Sent me any number of used worldwide stamps. I’ll pick what I like and replace them with mint/used worldwide stamps. No wantlists or similar wishes as this is worldwide stamps exchange.my address given below.
Dr.Jignesh H sanghvi
bhatia Dharamsala Road,
Arihant Apartment
Junagadh-362001
Gujarat
India

India 1948 Gandhi stamps set of 4


The plan to issue a set of stamps depicting Mahatma Gandhi ("Bapu", or "father" in Hindi), the architect of Indian independence, was initiated in January 1948. The India Security Press in Nashik was entrusted with the task of producing a set of 4 stamps. But before the stamps were issued, Gandhi was assassinated. The Indian Government decided to print these stamps as a memorial, using photogravure press, and hence had to employ the services of the Swiss printers, Helio Courvoisier, Sa. LaChaux De Fonds, instead of the India Security Press. The word "Bapu" was printed on the stamp in Hindi and Urdu languages as a symbol of communal harmony. Four sets of stamps with denominations 1.5 annas, 3.5 annas, 12 annas and 10 rupees were issued. The stamps were controversial since Bapu was not shown in his customary dhoti. One of the stamps of the set was issued with a very high price of 10 Rs., out of reach of the common populace in India. The stamps were issued on 15 August 1948, on the occasion of the first anniversary of India's Independence Day.
 



The 10 Rupees Postage stamp depicting Mahatma Gandhi issued by India in 1948 is one of India's most famous stamps. A set of 100 of these stamps were overprinted with the word "Service" and provided only to the Governor General of India for his official use. This "Service" overprinted stamp is one of India's costliest and rarest stamps. This stamp was a part of the 1948 "Service" set which was auctioned for 38,000 Euros in the David Feldman auction sale on 5 October 2007. In an auction on May 19 2011 at Geneva, David Feldman sold the 1948 10 Rupee Mahatma Gandhi stamp of India for a World Record price of EUR 144,000 (US$ 205,000); this also set the record for the most expensive modern stamp.