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(原稿为英文）

This cancellation mark is available for only those postal articles, which are posted at 'Gandhi ashram post office of Ahmedabad,'- A world famous place of Mahatma gandhi's memorial.

As you know Mahatma gandhi is known as 'Father of our nation'.who played leading role for freedom of India. In memory of Gandhiji about 72 contries had released stamps & other philatelic meterials worldwide, which itself is record

This special cancellation mark shows CHARKHA. which is a two wheel mechanism on which thread can prepared
from row cotton,which is finally used to prepare KHADI- A typical variety of cotton cloth.

Khadi & charkha was very much liked by Gandhiji & he was believing that by involving people,specially of
village level, in khadi making activity on chby itself in itself.

这是一枚特殊的盖销邮戳，它只有在从“艾哈艾德巴德（AHMEDABAD）圣雄甘地邮局”-- 世界著名的圣雄甘地纪念馆的所在地--邮寄信件时才能得到。

正如人们所知，圣雄甘地是印度的国父，他是印度获得自由独立的领导人。全世界已有72个国家发行了纪念他的邮票或是其它各种集邮品。

这枚特殊的盖销戳上还显示了一种带有两个轮子的织布机--“CHARKHA”，在这种织布机上，棉花被纺成棉线，最后可以织成一种传统的棉布--“KHADI”。

甘地非常喜爱“CHARKHA”和“KHADI”，他知道在印度，人们，特别是在农村生活的人们都喜爱它。纺织KHADI使得他自己得到了莫大的活力