SCARCE FDC Gandhi 1948 India Independence Full stamp Jai Hind - Pondicherry

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One of the
Rarest
1948
India Gandhi Independence
iconic full stamp
Jai Hind
-
Complete
on First Day Cover
with the
scarce Pondicherry
postmark.
This cover was
postmarked
during the
French Colonial period.
Less than 5 covers known to have existed.
High Cash Value
Background
Pondicherry
or
Puducherry
is a city, an
urban agglomeration
and a
municipality in Pondicherry district
in the
Indian union territory of Puducherry.
It is
affectionately known
as
Pondy
, and has been
officially known by the alternative name
Puducherry
since
2006
.
French influence
.
The
City of Pondicherry
have recorded history after the advent of the
Colonial Powers like the Dutch, Portuguese, English and the French.
Though nearby places like
Arikamedu, Ariyankuppam, Kakayanthoppe, Villianur, Bahur
which were annexed by the
French East India Company
over a
period of time
and which became the
Union Territory of Pondicherry
after
Independence
have
history predating the Colonial History.
The
French acquired Puducherry in 1674
and held control, with
occasional interruption
from the
British and Dutch, until
1954 (de jure in 1956),
when it was incorporated into the
Indian Union
along with the
rest of French India.
Puducherry
still has a
large number of Indian and a small number of non-Indian descent residents
with
French passports.
These are
descendants
of those who
chose to remain French
when the
then-ruling French establishment
presented the people of
Puducherry
with an option to either
remain French
or
become Indians
at the time of
Puducherry's
transfer to
India
in 1954.
Truly a Superb Exhibition piece .
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