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1851 Gowahaty HG 5 Cover

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1851 Gowahaty HG 5 pre stamp cover — COV-1446
Gowahaty HG 5 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1446)
Gowahaty HG 5 pre stamp cover — front (COV-1446)
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Gowahaty HG 5 pre stamp cover — front (COV-1446)
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Date

1851

Description

1851 GOWAHUTTY FREE oval Unrecorded and alongside GOWAHUTTY Paid Giles 3 on folded letter to Nowgong, Assam

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11, Lot 34

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Other recorded marks at Gowahaty

5 marks

5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Gowahaty are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.

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About this record

This 1851 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Gowahaty HG 5 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 11, lot 34; eBay.