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20 November 1815 Tipperah HG 2 Cover

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20 November 1815 Tipperah HG 2 pre stamp cover — COV-1155
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Tipperah HG 2 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1155)

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Date

20 November 1815

Description

Tipperah: 1815 (c.) entire letter to a passenger on board a ship offSaugor, showing a good strike of the rare double octagon "TIPPERAH/s' w"' with rate (12a.) and date in manuscript. A fine exhibition iterl

Auction

SpinkSpink

Lot 198

Provenance

Dr. Soli Contractor

Same office

Other recorded marks at Tipperah

3 marks

3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Tipperah 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 20 November 1815 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Tipperah HG 2 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 198.