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Date
1797
Description
1799 : H.G. 1 : Letter from MIDNAPOOR [6 April] to MOORSHIDABAD traveled via TOOMLUK, ODOBERIA and BEHARAMPUR covering 122 miles. The then Governor General was Lord Wellesley and the PMG was C.W. BLUNT.This handstamp: MIDNAPOOR in single line of varying size letters, as carved out cancellation, in Black used during 1797 to 1799. Probably the latest used cover. A very rare handstamp.
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Other recorded marks at Midnapore
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Midnapore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1797 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Midnapore HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.