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Jai Hind postmarked cover posted from Bombay on 20 August 1947, carried on the ill-fated Portland seaplane which crashed in Bahrain Marine Base. Cachet of ‘Damaged by Sea Water’ was applied on the front of the cover.

Jai Hind Park Street Calcutta postmark 15 August 1947 tied to Kohima Rocketgram. Stephen Smith’s contribution to Jai Hind philately.

Jai Hind Pondicherry postmark on National Flag and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s poem printed Private cover.

Bombay Jai Hind postmark 15 August 1947 on Asiatic Private cover.

Bombay Jai Hind postmark 15 August 1947 tied with label on Map of India Private cover.

Bombay Jai Hind postmark 15 August 1947 on Tricolour cover.

Fascinating multiple posted Nathan cover. First posted with Madras Jai Hind postmark on stamps of India, Burma and Ceylon. Posted again on 21 November with National Flag stamp tied by 21 November 1947 cds and finally on 15 December 1947 with both Jai Hind stamps issued on that date. Magnificent creation by noted Madras philatelist of that era, S. S. Nathan.

KGVI Airmail postcard to Scotland mentioning the last day of posting in India as an Empire and the new postmark that would be issued on 15 August.