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Date
15 July 1857
Description
Postal cover from mund-lesier (bombay), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Dated 15 July 1857. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Provenance
Jochen Heddergott (from Edition D'Or released by Corinphila Auctions)
About this Mund lesier pre stamp cover
COV-1433 is a Mund lesier pre stamp cover of 15 July 1857 bearing the Mund lesier HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Mund lesier postal history — the office known today as Mandleshwar, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from mund-lesier (bombay), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Dated 15 July 1857. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Jochen Heddergott (from Edition D'Or released by Corinphila Auctions)
1 image of COV-1433 is recorded; the Mund lesier HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1857.
Questions about COV-1433
- What is COV-1433?
- COV-1433 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mund lesier, Bombay Presidency of 15 July 1857, bearing the Mund lesier HG 1 handstamp in red. Postal cover from mund-lesier (bombay), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Red. Dated 15 July 1857. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Mund lesier HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mund lesier HG 1 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1857.
- What is the provenance of COV-1433?
- Jochen Heddergott (from Edition D'Or released by Corinphila Auctions)
- When was COV-1433 posted?
- COV-1433 is dated 15 July 1857, within the recorded period of use of Mund lesier HG 1 (1857).
About this record
This 15 July 1857 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mund lesier HG 1 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.