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Date
1856
Description
1856 stampless native cover with red boxed ``NAGPORE / 1856 ** 19 / Paid`` handstuck stamp with inverted ``1`` in ``19``
Auction
Same office
Other recorded marks at Nagpore
5 marks5 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 Nagpore pre stamp cover
COV-3575 is a Nagpore pre stamp cover of 1856 bearing the Nagpore HG 3 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Nagpore postal history — the office known today as Nagpur, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1856 stampless native cover with red boxed ``NAGPORE / 1856 ** 19 / Paid`` handstuck stamp with inverted ``1`` in ``19``
Its recorded auction history runs through collectorbazar.
2 images of COV-3575 are recorded (front, back); the Nagpore HG 3 mark itself is recorded in use 1838–1859.
Questions about COV-3575
- What is COV-3575?
- COV-3575 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Nagpore, Bombay Presidency of 1856, bearing the Nagpore HG 3 handstamp in red. 1856 stampless native cover with red boxed ``NAGPORE / 1856 ** 19 / Paid`` handstuck stamp with inverted ``1`` in ``19``
- How scarce is the Nagpore HG 3 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Nagpore HG 3 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1838–1859.
- What is the provenance of COV-3575?
- Its recorded auction history runs through collectorbazar.
- When was COV-3575 posted?
- COV-3575 is dated 1856, within the recorded period of use of Nagpore HG 3 (1838–1859).
About this record
This 1856 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 15 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with collectorbazar.