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COV-1272

9 May 1837 Dinapore HG 2 Cover

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9 May 1837 Dinapore HG 2 pre stamp cover — COV-1272
Dinapore HG 2 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1272)
Dinapore HG 2 pre stamp cover — scan 3 (COV-1272)
Dinapore HG 2 pre stamp cover — scan 4 (COV-1272)
Dinapore HG 2 pre stamp cover — scan 5 (COV-1272)
Dinapore HG 2 pre stamp cover — scan 6 (COV-1272)

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Date

9 May 1837

Description

1837 DINAPORE POST PAID HG 2 on fl to General commanding at Saugor with 8a postage paid. Contents about Cholera and Small pox spreading

Auction

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7, Lot 23

Provenance

StampBay Auction 3

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Other recorded marks at Dinapore

8 marks

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About this record

This 9 May 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dinapore HG 2 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 19 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 7, lot 23.