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Date
25 October 1805
Description
Moorshedabad: 1805 (25 Oct.) entire letter from "Obia, via Berhampore" to Calcutta, the address panel showing good to fine strike of the double-line framed "MOORSHEDABAD/POST PAID" (HG 2) completed in manuscript; light overall tone spotting and fold crosses strike, otherwise fine. Only one example recorded. Interesting content referring to the poor air quality: "the noxious vapour of this place, which proved mortal to many of my kin in my absence".
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Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
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 25 October 1805 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Moorshedabad HG 2 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 131.