Postcard from India — Calcutta, 10 March 1940 — 9 p. stamp and postmark

Description

Indian postcard dated 10 March 1940, sent from Calcutta (Kolkata) to Rome, with a green 9 p. stamp depicting King George VI. The back features handwritten correspondence in Devanagari script, with a cursive address. Two circular postmarks indicate the dispatch date and time in Calcutta (12:30 p.m.) and the arrival date in Rome (9 March 1940).