I am pleased to offer a rare and historically important sheet of commemorative headed notepaper used during the First Indian Round Table Conference held at St. James’s Palace London SW1 from 12^th November, 1930 to 19^th January, 1931.

This rare sheet of Indian Round Table Conference headed notepaper has 4 King George V ‘Postal Union Congress London 1929’ commemorative postage stamps affixed, with each stamp tied with a clearly struck special ‘Indian Round Table Conference’ handstamp dated ’17 NO 30’ (17^th November 1930).

The stamp’s 4 values are ½d green (SG434) – 1d scarlet (SG435) - 1½d – purple brown (SG436) - 2½d blue (SG437)

This sheet of Indian Round Table Conference headed notepaper has at the top left the ‘GR’ Royal Cypher of King George V, who officially opened the Conference, below which is the Conference’s official telephone number ‘GERRARD 4040’ and top right is the address where the Conference was held ‘St. James’s Palace SW1’ (London).

This First Indian Round Table Conference was organized by the British Government and Indian political personalities in response to the growing demands for ‘Swaraj’ or self-rule for India on the recommendations made to the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, who chaired the Conference, by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Indian Viceroy Lord Irwin in response to the Simon Commission report submitted in May 1930.

Various British and Indian politicians attended with the main topic of discussion being about the constitution and India's future.

The First Indian Round Table Conference did not produce any significant results due to Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the prominent Indian National Congress party boycotting the Conferencewith the British government realizing that the participation of the Indian National Congress was necessary in any discussion about the future of constitutional government in India, a second Indian Round Table Conference were held subsequently in London from 7th September 1931 to 1^st December 1931.

This First Indian Round Table Conference headed notepaper sheet is in excellent original condition, is printed on the correct watermarked paper, has a mid-fold line and also comes with my 30 days full money back authentication guarantee that this headed notepaper sheet, the 4 KGV stamps affixed and the commemorative handstamp are 100% genuine and authentic dated 17^th November 1930 and are not copies, reproductions or facsimiles.

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