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Description
Postal cover from digra (bengal), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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About this Digra pre stamp cover
COV-1645 is a Digra pre stamp cover bearing the Digra HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Digra postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from digra (bengal), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.
1 image of COV-1645 is recorded (front); the Digra HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1850.
Questions about COV-1645
- What is COV-1645?
- COV-1645 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Digra, Bengal Presidency, bearing the Digra HG 1 handstamp in red. Postal cover from digra (bengal), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Digra HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Digra HG 1 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1850.
- What is the provenance of COV-1645?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Digra HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd.