Scan or Photo Courtesy of David Feldman Auctions
Date
2 March 1857
Description
JC TYPE B4: Group of 18 covers and 9 stamps neatly mounted and written up on 7 album pages, incl. three litho frankings, one cover with Ellichpoor Post Paid hs unrecorded by Giles, one mourning cover, one registered, etc., better than average quality
Auction
May 2014 Auction Series, Lot 20284, (26 May 2014)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Ellichpoor
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Ellichpoor is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this record
This 2 March 1857 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ellichpoor HG 1A handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with David Feldman, May 2014 Auction Series, lot 20284, (26 May 2014).