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Date
1850
Description
India, Digra, 1850, "DIGRA/Paid" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1, 2000 Supplement). Clear strike in faint red with manuscript "12th Novr 50" date and "6 fs" rate added on back of folded letter to Mauritius, red framed "INDIA", framed "AM", and "ship letter" handstamps, Calcutta transit and Mauritius arrival backstamps
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About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Digra HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, lot 10038.