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Date
1794
Description
India, Moorshedabad, 1795, "MOORSHEDABAD", "POST PAID", "G.P.O." Handstamps (Giles 1). Three clear handstamps with manuscript "3 Decem" date and "2 an" rate markings on 1794 folded cover addressed to Calcutta, accompanied by original letter, cover and letter heavily toned with some splitting along folds (some reinforced), still Fine strike of these incredibly rare handstamps, while Giles records only one example, we are aware of at least one other (sold in our Magnolia Sale 1325,
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Other recorded marks at Moorshedabad
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Moorshedabad are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1794 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Moorshedabad HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 2 examples recorded in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Auktionen Gaertner, Asia Auction No.21, lot 1060, (6 February 2012); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10091.