1943 Azad Hind Set of 4 Stamps made by Nazi Germany

Own Seldom-Seen Unissued Azad Hind Stamps
Printed by Nazi Germany for Free India

During World War II, a political movement arose pushing to liberate India from British control and join the Axis powers.  With support from Imperial Japan, the Provisional Government of Free India, also known as the Azad Hind, was formed on October 21, 1943.  Led by Subhas Chandra Bose, the provisional government created its own currency, court, civil code, and stamps.  The Azad Hind government effectively ended in 1945 with the death of its leader.  After the war, India did gain its independence from Britain and was split into two countries – India and Pakistan.

This is your chance to own four neat unissued stamps produced for this provisional government during the war.  Printed by photogravure in sheets of 100, the stamps were produced at the Government Printing Bureau in Berlin by the Third Reich!  The Azad Hind’s president had personally commissioned the stamps in 1943 during a visit to Berlin.  A total of ten stamps were made and only one million or less of each were printed.  Who knows how many survived the war!

The stamps in this set picture a woman at a spinning wheel, a nurse with a wounded man (perforate and imperforate), and a farmer plowing a field.  Neat pieces of World War II history!  Order yours now.