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COV-1235

1850 Malda HG 2 Cover

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1850 Malda HG 2 pre stamp cover — COV-1235
Malda HG 2 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1235)

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Date

1850

Description

1850 MALDA Bearing Giles 2 on handmade cover to Berhampore

Auction

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6, Lot 17

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Other recorded marks at Malda

1 mark

One other pre-1854 postal marking of Malda is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.

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About this record

This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Malda HG 2 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 StampBay, 6, lot 17.