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Date
6 July 1837
Description
India, Nagpore, 1837, "NAGPORE POST PAID" Circular Handstamp (Giles 2). Faint but legible red frameless strike on top flap of folded letter with manuscript "Nagpore Residency Post Office, 6th July 1837, Postage Paid 12 As" despatch docketing, addressed to Inverness, Scotland, forwarded to Edinburgh, framed "INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL" handstamp (Robertson In. 4a), two different "1/2" handstamps (one framed), two red Liverpool (Nov. 12) and Inverness (Nov. 14) transit datestamps, manuscript "1/6" rate crossed out and rerated, Very Fine, noted as "scarce" by Giles
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10096, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Same office
Other recorded marks at Nagpore
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Nagpore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 6 July 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nagpore HG 2 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10096.