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Date
4 August 1836
Description
India, Belgaum, 1836, "BELGAUM/POST PAID" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Excellent strike in red applied in transit on back of 1836 folded cover from Goa to Bombay, sender's directive "via Belgaum" , manuscript "4 de Agt 1836" despatch and rate markings, faint "GOA" and "PAGOV PORTE DO CORo" handstamps, cover with overall toning, Fine and scarce combination of strikes on cover from Goa, this Belgaum marking is unrecorded in red (though we have encountered other examples)
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10017, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Belgaum
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Belgaum are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 4 August 1836 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Belgaum HG 1 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10017.