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Description
Nagpore post office Handstruck postage stamps record – with Nagpore paid in red & Nagpore Bearing? in black. Such records were retained to keep a record of the number of Handstruck postage struck on letter. Minor blemishes and couple of filing holes do not detract.
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-4548 is a Nagpore pre stamp cover bearing the Nagpore HG 4 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Nagpore postal history — the office known today as Nagpur, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Nagpore post office Handstruck postage stamps record – with Nagpore paid in red & Nagpore Bearing? in black. Such records were retained to keep a record of the number of Handstruck postage struck on letter. Minor blemishes and couple of filing holes do not detract.
2 images of COV-4548 are recorded (front, back); the Nagpore HG 4 mark itself is recorded in use 1846–1850.
Questions about COV-4548
- What is COV-4548?
- COV-4548 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Nagpore, Bombay Presidency, bearing the Nagpore HG 4 handstamp in black. Nagpore post office Handstruck postage stamps record – with Nagpore paid in red & Nagpore Bearing? in black. Such records were retained to keep a record of the number of Handstruck postage struck on letter. Minor blemishes and couple of filing holes do not detract.
- How scarce is the Nagpore HG 4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Nagpore HG 4 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1846–1850.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nagpore HG 4 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded.