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Date
1846
Description
India, Nagpore, 1846/1855, "NAGPORE" Paid and Bearing Handstamps (Giles 3-4). Two covers, first clear strike of red framed "NAGORE/1855 (Jan) 1/Paid" handstamp on back of petite cover to Jubbulpore, with 1854, ½a Blue, Die II (2D; SG 6), large margins, tied by barred "75" diamond, framed "AM" handstamp, faint red Jubbulpore (Jan. 3) arrival datestamp, minor edgewear, second with complete strike of framed "NAGPORE/Bearing" with manuscript "30-8-46" date and "4 as" rate added on folded mourning edged letter to Kolapore, faint red arrival handstamp, Fine-Very Fine, the Giles 3 is a particularly late use into the Lithograph period
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10097, — 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 1846 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nagpore HG 3 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 10097.