Lot 307
India SG O150b cover





The Academic Collection | Part 3 | S24012
Auction: 9 August 2024 at 10:00 BST
£16,800
Description
Officials. 1948 OHMS cover (vertical folds) bearing Gandhi 3½a Service to Porto Novo, well tied by CDS. ‘C. Rajagopalachari’ handstamp at lower left and with inoffensive ink notations on front regarding provenance. Wax seal on reverse, and handstamp of the ‘Assistant Secy. Office of the Private Secy. to the Governor General, India’. A wonderful cover, with BPA Certificate (1985). SG O150b, £2750 off cover
Footnote
Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India, and the only Indian to hold the post before its abolition in 1950





