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8 January 1857 Damaun HG 1 Cover

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8 January 1857 Damaun HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-1853

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Date

8 January 1857

Description

Portuguese India 1857 (8 Jan.) native letter from Damaun to Bombay bearing 1854 ½a. blue Die I with margins all round, tied by barred '13' cancel and showing "damaun/Paid" boxed handstamp in violet (Giles 1) with manuscript "8-1-57". Some usual faults including ageing and creasing not detracting from the importance of this very rare cover. Damaun was the only British post office in the Portuguese territories within India. S.G. 2. Photo

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25032 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia featuring the 'Imperial' Collection of Indian Telegraphs and Revenues, Lot 3439

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Other recorded marks at Damaun

1 mark

One other pre-1854 postal marking of Damaun is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.

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About this record

This 8 January 1857 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 Spink, 25032 - Stamps and Covers of British Asia featuring the 'Imperial' Collection of Indian Telegraphs and Revenues, lot 3439.