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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
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 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 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with collectorbazar.