Lot 212
India Gandhi 1922 Pictorial propaganda cachet on Malaya cover




Stamps and Covers of Asia & the Middle East | S25009
Auction: 2 September 2025 at 11:00 BST
£36
Description
1922 Malaya envelope with (on the reverse) Straits 1c block of four and single, Malacca CDSs 6 NO 22, Ipoh transit and Taiping arrival. Above the stamps is a pictorial propaganda cachet of Mahatma Gandhi; an unusual item for the specialist collector. The envelope with some staining and a clipped corner
Footnote
At this time Gandhi was in prison for sedition, as a result of his 'Non-cooperation' movement protesting against British rule in India




