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Date
1851
Description
India 1851 Entire Letter from Nagpore (Giles #5) to Wrexham, Wales, via Bombay and Marseilles, featuring 2as paid marking. Includes red 'INDIA' oval ship letter dispatch and transit postmarks.
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 1851 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nagpore HG 5 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Sephils, 506, lot 0073, (2026).