Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30th January, 1948. The country paid its homage to the 'Father of the Nation' by bringing out a set of four stamps on 15th August 1948, to coincide with the First Anniversary of Independence. These stamps, bearing the effigy of Mahatma Gandhi, were printed by the helio-gravure process by the renowned Swiss firm of stamp printers viz., Courvoisier, La Chaux de Fonds. The printing was done on a coated paper made of pulp and silk, in sheets of 50 (10 x 5) stamps.

The Indian Embassy in Switzerland had  a limited quantity of these four stamps overprinted 'SPECIMEN' in black. These specimen sets were mounted in black velvet folder where these 'SPECIMEN' stamps were mounted inside on a golden foil with stamp box borders printed in red. On golden foil of Rs 10 Gandhi stamp, legend in red letters was written as under:

Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Stamps
15th August 1948

These folders were specially prepared by the Indian Embassy in Switzerland for presentation to very high dignitaries. As such these folders rarely come across.