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Date
1849
Description
1849 : H.G.1 : Letter from MAHABLESHWUR to NEWPORT - ISLE-of WEIGHT, dated 15th February via MARCELLE. Postage prepaid 2 annas and was rated 2/10 MAHABLESHWUR, a hill station in SATARA District was established by Sir John Malcolm, Governor of BOMBAY, in 1828, as a sanitarium, had a very small population, and very few letters from the period 1820-60 have been found.
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Other recorded marks at Mahableshwar
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mahableshwar are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Mahableshwar HG 1handstampBlack1848
- Mahableshwar HG 2handstampRed1851
- Mahableshwar HG 2BhandstampRed1849–1855
- Mahableshwar HG 3handstampRed1853
- Mahableshwar HG 3AhandstampRed1846–1853
- Mahableshwar HG 4handstampRed1858
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About this Mahableshwar pre stamp cover
COV-843 is a Mahableshwar pre stamp cover of 1849 bearing the Mahableshwar HG 2a handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Mahableshwar postal history — the office known today as Mahabaleshwar, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1849 : H.G.1 : Letter from MAHABLESHWUR to NEWPORT - ISLE-of WEIGHT, dated 15th February via MARCELLE. Postage prepaid 2 annas and was rated 2/10 MAHABLESHWUR, a hill station in SATARA District was established by Sir John Malcolm, Governor of BOMBAY, in 1828, as a sanitarium, had a very small population, and very few letters from the period 1820-60 have been found.
1 image of COV-843 is recorded; the Mahableshwar HG 2a mark itself is recorded in use 1849.
Questions about COV-843
- What is COV-843?
- COV-843 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mahableshwar, Bombay Presidency of 1849, bearing the Mahableshwar HG 2a handstamp in red. 1849 : H.G.1 : Letter from MAHABLESHWUR to NEWPORT - ISLE-of WEIGHT, dated 15th February via MARCELLE. Postage prepaid 2 annas and was rated 2/10 MAHABLESHWUR, a hill station in SATARA District was established by Sir John Malcolm, Governor of BOMBAY, in 1828, as a sanitarium, had a very small population, and very few letters from the period 1820-60 have been found.
- How scarce is the Mahableshwar HG 2a mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mahableshwar HG 2a as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1849.
- When was COV-843 posted?
- COV-843 is dated 1849, within the recorded period of use of Mahableshwar HG 2a (1849).
About this record
This 1849 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mahableshwar HG 2a handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.