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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
6 marks6 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.
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.