Lot 1951

Description

India, Kapurthala State, The Grand Raffle ticket 34093 from book 3100, in aid of The State Hospital, 25 April 1925, conducted by Jolly Bros, Kapurthala, Pewsar, counterfoil attached, unissued; Bikaner State War Fund Lottery, ticket 228266, date of draw 10 March 1942; Gandhi Rashtriya Smarak Nidhi fund raising receipts for one rupee (green AX-215224), five rupees (3, orange N9-069064, brown AX-050023, yellow AX-000224), ten rupees (yellow AX-335224), all identical banknote style design with image of Gandhi and all with counterfoil attached. The first with spike hole in counterfoil and two pin holes and rough bottom edge, extremely fine, the second extremely fine, the rest with staple holes in margin where taken from book, otherwise crisp uncirculated. (7)

The Gandhi receipts were issued for contributions to the National Gandhi Memorial Trust established in 1949 by the Indian National Congress after his assassination in 1948.