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This 7 February 1858 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bhawndy HG 1 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, lot 187, (2025).
Date
7 February 1858
Description
India, 1854, 2a Green (5; SG 31). Tight to touching margins, used with 1854, 1a Red, Die I (4; SG 12) and 1856, 4a Black (16; SG 45), 1a margins to touching, 4a with perfs cut all around (possibly an act to imitate the 1854 Lithographs), all tied by bold strikes of barred "10" cancels with red framed "BHRWNDY, Paid" handstamp and manuscript "7-2-58" date added on uprated 1a Brown on Blue entire, addressed to Bath, England, sender's directive "via Marseilles", red framed "INDIA PAID" handstamp, Bombay and London (Mar. 6) transit, the latter also tying 1a and 4a, and Bath arrival datestamps, cover with small edge tear at top, Very Fine and unusual use of an uprated entire
Auction
Sale 1360 - The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 5, Lot 187, (2025)
Provenance
Magnolia
Same office
Other recorded marks at Bhawndy
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Bhawndy is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.