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Date
5 December 1830
Description
Ferreedpore: 1830 (5 Dec.) entire letter to Commercolly showing a good strike of the rare octagonal "FERREEDPORE/P. P./18" in pale sepia with part date and rate in manuscript (HG 1).
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor
Same office
Other recorded marks at Ferreedpore
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Ferreedpore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 5 December 1830 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ferreedpore HG 1 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 Spink, lot 84.