GPSCC is proud to welcome noted philatelist Sandeep Jaiswal to its September 15 meeting. Sandeep will present "Some of My Favorite Indian States Items."
 

Sandeep began collecting Indian States at the age of 20, shortly after moving from Calcutta to California to attend college. Until then, his focus had been the King George VI issues of the British Commonwealth, a collection he started at the age of 14. That direction changed when he met Liz Blake, an ardent collector of Indian States living in San Francisco. She introduced him to the captivating world of the Indian Feudatory States, and within six months, thanks to the generous financial support of his uncle, he acquired her remarkable 30-volume collection. He has never looked back. Although he later expanded into additional areas such as the postal stationery of British India, Aden, Burma, Ceylon, and Nepal, his deepest passion remains all aspects of the Indian Princely States (stamps, postal history, and postal stationery) just as strongly today as it was four decades ago.

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Over the years, he has written numerous articles and exhibited at both national and international levels, earning more than fifty Gold/large Gold medals across more than 25 different exhibits. He is a past editor of India Post, the journal of the India Study Circle, and he expertizes Indian States philatelic material for three organizations, including ISES. He also serves as a consultant to two additional organizations and is recognized as an “Expert” for eBay.

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Sandeep is the owner of Stamps Inc. which specializes in all aspects of Indian States philately, holding semi-annual auctions. He is currently working on an in-depth online catalog of Indian States stamps and postal stationery which will be available on the internet.