HOW THESE RARE LABELS CAME TO ME

POSTAL  ENVELOPE ,ONE ANNA,
GEORGE VTH(1911-1936),
FRONT SIDE.
(IN WHICH THE LABELS WERE FOUND)

BACK SIDE

BOYCOTT BRITISH GOODS  LABELS,
STRIP OF 4 

MY STORY OF

BRITISH BOYCOTT LABELS

DATED : SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 1920’S

PLACE: CHOR BAZAAR(A NOTORIUS  FLEA MARKET IN MUMBAI ) ON FRIDAY’S WHEN THE LOCAL SHOPS ARE CLOSED AND LOCALS PUT UP SMALL MAKE SHIFT SHOPS ON PAVEMENTS AND ON THE ROADS.

THEY SELL ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM ELECTRONICS TO MOBILES,BOOKS,CLOTHES,AND ALMOST EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF IN NEW AND USED TO STOLEN ETC.

MY VISITS TO CHOR BAZAAR STARTED DURING MY COLLEGE DAYS(FIRST TIME 1988),MY FRIENDS WOULD LOOK OUT FOR SHOES,VIDEO GAMES,ETC AND I WOULD GO IN SEARCH OF COINS.

ALL THESE YEARS HAVE GOT MANY COINS,MEDALS,SMALL ANTIQUES,ETC AT GOOD BARGAINS.

BACK SIDE,
PERFORATED .

RECENTLY I STARTED COLLECTING POSTCARDS,AND BOUGHT SOME DIRT CHEAP(YOU HAVE TO BARGAIN A LOT TO GET A GOOD PRICE),SOMETIMES YOU JUST WALK AWAY AND YOU ARE CALLED BACK,AND GET THINGS AT YOUR PRICE(ON LUCKY DAYS)

BY NOW HAVE A GOOD COLLECTION OF 2000 PLUS POSTCARDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS FROM AROUND THE WORLD,ALL MORE THAN 50 YEARS OLD AND ABOVE.

YOU CAN SEE THEM ON : http://oldpicturesandpostcards.blogspot.in/

SOME MONTHS BACK AROUND MID 2012,HAD BEEN ON A SIMILAR TRIP,WAS LOOKING FOR SOME POSTCARDS,AND FOUND A BUNDLE OF SOME OLD PHOTOS,OLD POSTCARDS SOME OTHER COVERS ETC,AND IN THE BUNCH WAS THIS ONE ANNA POSTAL COVER OF GEORGE 5^TH.AFTER GOING THRU THEM FOUND THE COVER INTERESTING AS IT WAS IN GOOD CONDITION,SO WANTED TO BUY IT,ON ENQUIRY FOUND THAT HE WANTED TO SELL THE WHOLE LOT FOR 600 INDIAN RUPEES( ABT 12 DOLLARS).

I WANTED TO BUY IT FOR 1/3 THE PRICE AND HE READILY AGREED.

AS USUAL STARTED LOOKING FOR OTHER STUFF IN THE AREA AND RETURNED BACK HOME.

MY WIFE IS ALSO INTERESTED IN MY BUYS AND SHE GOES THRU THEM WHEN I COME BACK.SHE WAS GOING THRU THE BUNCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING INSIDE THE COVER,TO OUR SURPRISE WE FOUND A ONE ANNA STAMP WHICH WAS STUCK INSIDE (TRIED REMOVING IT) THE COVER,AND THERE WAS THIS STRIP OF FOUR BRITISH BOYCOTT GOODS LABELS INSIDE.

AFTER SOME RESEARCH FOUND THAT THESE WERE RARE AND HARD TO FIND.

THE LABELS I FOUND WERE INSIDE THE POSTAL COVER OF GEORGE 5^TH,AND ALONG WITH THE OTHER PHOTOS AND LETTERS AND POSTCARDS IN THE BUNCH TAKES THE DATING BACK TO THE PERIOD OF THE  BOYCOTT ERA.

SOMEBODY MUST HAVE GOT THESE TO SEND IT TO SOMEBODY AND SPREAD THE AWARENESS,BUT FORGOT,AND ALL THESE YEARS WERE IN SOMEBODY’S HOUSE LONG FORGOTTEN IN SOME CUPBOARD,AND SOLD ALONG WITH SOME OTHER BELONGINGS,ONLY TO COME BACK TO CHOR BAZAAR,TO BE BOUGHT BY ME IN ONE OF MY BARGAIN BUYS TO BE DISCOVERED BY MY WIFE.

AND HERE AGAIN IN ONE OF MY BLOGS WITH A STORY TO TELL.