For general info on cinderellas, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella_stamp
Shown below are seven cinderellas (imperf) of the Azad Hind series from my collection. These were printed for the provisional government of Azad Hind (Free India) at Reichsdruckerei (Government Printing Plant), Berlin.
Map of the Indian sub-continent, breaking the shackles for freedom, amidst two ceremonial swords.
Indian girl working at a Charkha
Plough farming a rice field; farmer; and Himalayas
Nurse comforting a wounded soldier
Sikh soldier with INA insignia aiming a German MG-34
The cinderellas shown above were designed by Werner and Maria von Axter-Heudtlass ("AX-HEU" appears on each one). Though not used postally, on 23 Jan, 1964 these were used in Calcutta on First Day Covers of two commemorative isses on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (with a special postmark "Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Netaji Bhavan, Calcutta. 23-1-64").
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