I'm a member and regular reader of the dialog among India-Royalty members. However, I haven't participated, as most of the conversation requires more depth of knowledge than I possess. However, I am prompted to write now to inquire as to whether any members have old letters, signed photographs, manuscripts or autographs of current or former Indian royalty that they would consider selling to me for a reasonable price. I am 65 years old and retired, living on my pension. I have a special interest in Indian autographs and would like to hear from anyone who has such autographs for sale or trade. I would also welcome scans of any items you might have but would not wish to sell or trade, as I maintain a reference file of scanned signatures. Your help on this would be most gratefully appreciated. Sincerely, Jim Havel JHAVEL@columbus.rr.com

Try Duleep Shahani, art@vsnl.com, in Bombay. He has lots of these, and I bought some nice ones from him. I was after the letterheads rather than the autographs. Also a good source in Bombay, but pricier, is Farukh Todywalla, todywallahouse@hotmail.com, also in Bombay. David Phillips San Francisco -----Original Message----- From: india-royalty-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-royalty-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Havel Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 12:55 PM To: india-royalty@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Inquiry from Jim Havel I'm a member and regular reader of the dialog among India-Royalty members. However, I haven't participated, as most of the conversation requires more depth of knowledge than I possess. However, I am prompted to write now to inquire as to whether any members have old letters, signed photographs, manuscripts or autographs of current or former Indian royalty that they would consider selling to me for a reasonable price. I am 65 years old and retired, living on my pension. I have a special interest in Indian autographs and would like to hear from anyone who has such autographs for sale or trade. I would also welcome scans of any items you might have but would not wish to sell or trade, as I maintain a reference file of scanned signatures. Your help on this would be most gratefully appreciated. Sincerely, Jim Havel JHAVEL@columbus.rr.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Dear Jim, It is indeed pleasure to know that, you are interested in collecting signatures of the indian princess. I am also an avid collector of signature letters myself and posses modertate collection of few of them. My collection includes signatures of many prominant princess like, Maharaja Harisingh (Jammu & Kashmir) Maharaja Gangasingh (Bikaner) Maharaja Bhupalsingh (Udaipur) Chatrapati Shahu (Kolhapur) Jamsaheb Ranjitsinghji (Nawanagar) I would be glad to send you the scan images of those letters for your collection. Meanwhile, try the following link. http://indianautographs.com/rulers-of-indian-princely-states.html This is a autograph site where you will find many interesting things for your collection. Regards Abhijit --- Havel <JHAVEL@columbus.rr.com> wrote: > I'm a member and regular reader of the dialog among > India-Royalty members. However, I haven't > participated, as most of the conversation requires > more depth of knowledge than I possess. However, I > am prompted to write now to inquire as to whether > any members have old letters, signed photographs, > manuscripts or autographs of current or former > Indian royalty that they would consider selling to > me for a reasonable price. > I am 65 years old and retired, living on my pension. > I have a special interest in Indian autographs and > would like to hear from anyone who has such > autographs for sale or trade. I would also welcome > scans of any items you might have but would not wish > to sell or trade, as I maintain a reference file of > scanned signatures. > Your help on this would be most gratefully > appreciated. > Sincerely, > Jim Havel > JHAVEL@columbus.rr.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ