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1852 Bongong HG 1 Cover

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1852 Bongong HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-1330
Bongong HG 1 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1330)

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Date

1852

Description

1852 BONGONG Paid (Bongaon, West Bengal) on cover to Calcutta. Unrecorded by HG

Auction

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8, Lot 5

About this record

This 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bongong HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 8, lot 5.