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![bullet](../_themes/gandhi/tecbul1a.gif) | The second cover, personal mail
from the town of Roorkee, was also mailed on the 15th, with the slogan mark on
the obverse. The stamp used was the 1½ anna issue commemorating India's
independence (first free Indian issue) and the propaganda slogan was only in English. |
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The slogan is in the obverse COMMUNAL HARMONY
WILL SAVE GANDHIJI, along
with delivery markings that indicate 11:30 AM delivery on the 18th of January, after
Gandhiji vowed to live to a ripe old age of one hundred and twenty-five! |
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