Recently I saw India 1948 Gandhi FDC from Allahabad which was sold for $75 from eBay seller "rohit98103"
It's very RARE as you will only see most of the FDC with BOMBAY cancellation.
According to me (you don't have believe me) this RARE means is nothing but BOGUS(never exist).
TO ME IT ALL 1948 Gandhi First Date CANCELLATION from various cities ARE FORGERY OR BOGUS (except Bombay/Delhi/Chennai/Calcutta) BECAUSE OF DEMAND AND GLORIFICATION done by various online Gandhi stamp exhibit, Gandhi Stamp exhibition and stamp HANDBOOK which gives false information about stamp collection.
How can you get delivery CDS at back without address ?
Following is taken from previous blog post
Is Gandhi stamps all about FORGERY ?
http://gandhistampsclub.blogspot.in/2013/11/is-gandhi-stamps-all-about-forgery.html
Now let's compare above cancellation with other rubber stamp (cancellation) issued (or made).
Following will explain you why First Date Cancellation from various cities of India are BOGUS.
SO BEWARE OF THIS.!!
Do research yourself after looking all of the following special cancellation. Look for following information and compare.
1) G.P.O missing on Simla, Nagpur and Shillong. WHY ? ( Genuine or BOGUS or Forgery)
2) Alphabet type and size : Shillong, Delhi, New Delhi
3) Shapes of special cancellation (Madras)
4) Is it AUG or AUGUST.
5) Compare lines and size inside the cancellation
6) Compare Hindi languague alphabet "जय हिन्द"
7) All kinds of different things you can think and compare.!!
But there are more forgeries of this cancellation than any cancellation in stamp collection history.!!
You can see all following cancellation from different cities and try to be JUDGE yourself.!!
Calcutta cancellation is Forgery and Simla cancellation are both different.!!
Both SHILLONG cancellation looks different with HINDI alphabet "Jai Hind" and type & # of lines.
Compare above four cancellation from BOMBAY and check for # of lines, types of lines in center of special cancellation. (some has 7 and some has 8 and some don't make sense.!!)
Above two cancellation are from MADRAS. Only cancellation with "AUG".!! Also look at the difference between them in shapes. Also "." is missing.
Forgers have not only manufactured stamps for the philatelic market, they have added forged cancellations to those stamps.
Forged cancellations have also be applied to genuine stamps, in cases where the stamps are worth much more postally used. In addition, where rare cancellations are desired by collectors, those cancellations have also been forged.
Cancellations also may be used to prove that certain philatelic items are genuine. For example, forgers have fabricated many supposedly valuable postal covers by adding genuine stamps and forged postal markings to pre-stamp covers. (
From Wikipedia)
Poona & Simla cancellation looks like BOGUS
Above two cancellation are from NAGPUR looks BOGUS. Look at the difference.
Kanpur & Patna cancellation with irregular alphabets and letters along with shapes
Delhi and New Delhi cancellation. Looks at the difference.
Pondicherry was ruled by French India in 1948. Compare it with MADRAS which only has "AUG" where as Pondicherry has "AUGUST" even though they are very near.!!
Does ALLAHABAD & PATNA cancellation looks like GENUINE ?
In this forgery cancellation, it has been have push to collect cancellation from different post office in India.!!
So forger created for you cancellation from Simla, Patna, Allahabad, Poona, Nagpur, Kanpur, Pondicherry, Calcutta, Bombay and lot more hiding in someone collection.!!
So what do you think about Allahabad stamps ?
Also what do you think about online Gandhi stamp exhibit, Gandhi Stamp exhibition and stamp HANDBOOK. ?
Can you believe them ?
Thanks
Gandhi Stamps Club.
