This receipt is from the time Quaid-E-Azam was practicing law at the Bar in London, it details his measurements for a suit along with the cost for the same. The receipt and the image are copyright of Henry Poole and & Company. This is the same suit that is famously worn by the Young Mr. Jinnah during his photo at Lincoln's in and is on display that the Quaid-E-Azam Museum:
Quaid-E-Azam and Dr. Allama Iqbal sat together at the round table conference in London in 1930.
A portrait of Quaid-E-Azam still hangs at Lincolns Inn in London:
Although Jinnah died in 1948, it was only in 1956 that a committee was formed to organize the building of the mausoleum. After consulting the leading engineers of the country, an international design competition was undertaken, with the winning design of the British architect Raglan Squire being announced in 1958. However, Fatima Jinnah, the sister of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, rejected the design and insisted that a design by Yahya Merchant of Bombay be accepted. In 1960 General Ayub Khan, the President of Pakistan, approved the design proposed by Fatima Jinnah and work commenced.
During the ten years that it took to build the mausoleum, various problems were encountered, one of which was a lack of money. In an effort to raise funds, donations were sought from the public and the receipts illustrated here were prepared to give to donors. While these receipts are not ‘cash coupons’ or ‘emergency issues’, they are nevertheless interesting items for collectors of Pakistani banknotes. It is because they carry the famous portrait of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, which appears on the banknotes of Pakistan, and because they are printed by Thomas De La Rue and Company, who printed Pakistan’s first banknotes, that the receipts are of interest. While the 1-rupee receipts are reasonably common, receipts for the higher values are quite rare, particularly the 10- and 100-rupee receipts.
Several nations issued special stamps in honor of Quaid-E-Azam
