COV-1674
9 August 1856 Damaun HG 1 Cover
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Date
9 August 1856
Description
India, Used in Damaun, 1854, 1a Dull Red, Die II (4B; SG 14). Large to full margins, tied by "13" diamond grid cancel with violet "DAMAUN/PAID" boxed datestamp (Giles 1) with manuscript "9-8-56" date on native cover VERY FINE. A DESIRABLE AND EXCEPTIONAL USE OF THE 1854 ONE-ANNA FROM DIE II USED ON NATIVE COVER FROM DAMAUN -- AN OFFICE IN THE PORTUGUESE INDIA TERRITORY. Damaun was the only British post office that was set up within the Portuguese territories of India and was given the "13" numeral cancel. Ex Dr. Kornan and "Magnolia".
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Kornan "Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Damaun
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Damaun is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this record
This 9 August 1856 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Damaun HG 1 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 11 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1286, lot 224, (May 2023); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1377, lot 4215, (Apr. 2026).