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Description
Postal cover from bombay (bombay), bearing HG A handstamp in Black. Note: 1 example recorded. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Bombay
111 marks111 other pre-1854 postal markings of Bombay are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Bombay HG 1handstampBlack1800
- Bombay HG 1BhandstampBlack1800–1801
- Bombay HG 2handstampBlack1804–1818
- Bombay HG 3handstampBlack1804–1806
- Bombay HG 4handstampBlack1809–1815
- Bombay HG 5handstampBlack1808–1814
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About this Bombay pre stamp cover
COV-4503 is a Bombay pre stamp cover bearing the Bombay HG A handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Bombay postal history — the office known today as Mumbai, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from bombay (bombay), bearing HG A handstamp in Black. Note: 1 example recorded. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
1 image of COV-4503 is recorded (front); the Bombay HG A mark itself is recorded in use 1790.
Questions about COV-4503
- What is COV-4503?
- COV-4503 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Bombay, Bombay Presidency, bearing the Bombay HG A handstamp in black. Postal cover from bombay (bombay), bearing HG A handstamp in Black. Note: 1 example recorded. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Bombay HG A mark on this cover?
- The census grades Bombay HG A as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1790.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bombay HG A handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.