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15 February 1854 Dinapore HG 9 Cover

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15 February 1854 Dinapore HG 9 pre stamp cover — COV-2880
Dinapore HG 9 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-2880)
Dinapore HG 9 pre stamp cover — scan 3 (COV-2880)

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Date

15 February 1854

Description

1854 (Feb 15) Dinapore (Danapur)–Futtyghur (Fatehgarh) inland letter, with rare tripartite rectangular Giles 9 DINAPORE Paid mark dt. 18 followed by 54 Feby 15 in ms & 3as in ms postage paid for wt. upto 2.92gm (¼ tola) for distance 684km (425 mile) & with unrecorded rectangular Futtyghur (Fatehgarh) mark dt. FEB 19 in red.

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About this record

This 15 February 1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dinapore HG 9 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with NityaPushta.