Mahatma Gandhi Signed Post Card, 1929, King George V ½A Post Card, Sabarmati to Gondal, written in Gujarati script at Sabarmati. The content of this postcard was written in Gujarati script by Mahatma’s assistant on both sides as per instruction/dictation by Mahatma Gandhi. It is signed by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma as he is popularly known on the 3^rd August 1929.  It was sent to Shri Vishvanath Mangan Lal Bhatt, Gondal, and has a dispatch postmark “SABARMATI | 3 AUG 29 | 6- PM” on it, it was delivered in Gondal on 8^th August 1929.  Letter Recorded under serial no. 32577/90/1 in Kusumbehn Desai's Diary, excellent condition, Exceedingly Rare.

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The content of the letter is

I have your letter. Your dictionary is for scholars. It has its place. My demand is for something different. I have felt the need for a dictionary for a busy man like me who can immediately find the right word when he is stuck such a man would not ask for evidence in support of the meaning given. Your dictionary is likely to be expensive too. And what I want is simple words that people can easily understand, like havagadi for a motor car, not words coined by joining some Sanskrit words.

This lot has 2 more covers which were sent to the same address:

1. Book post cover of KG VI period, used 9Ps Postage Stamp of KG VI on it, delivery seal “RAJKOT |19 Dec 1950”.
2. Printed Cover of Indian Post and Telegraph Department, S. B. Pass Book of Account dispatched at the insured cover, Delivery Seal “26-6-61 | Madhudha”.