Scan or Photo Courtesy of David Feldman Auctions
Description
NAGPUR — NATIVE INDIAN RECEIPT BOOK. Unusual page from a contemporary native Indian merchant’s receipt book, bearing multiple strikes of the NAGPUR HG4 and HG5 handstamps on both front and reverse. Such books were maintained by local shopkeepers and merchants as records of local deliveries and transactions, providing fascinating evidence of the everyday commercial application of postal markings. A distinctive and seldom-encountered piece of Nagpur postal and social history.
Auction
2026 Winter Auction Series — India, Indian States, Nepal, Tibet, Lot 40108, (2026)
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-5796 is a Nagpore pre stamp cover of 2026 bearing the Nagpore HG 5 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?
NAGPUR — NATIVE INDIAN RECEIPT BOOK. Unusual page from a contemporary native Indian merchant’s receipt book, bearing multiple strikes of the NAGPUR HG4 and HG5 handstamps on both front and reverse. Such books were maintained by local shopkeepers and merchants as records of local deliveries and transactions, providing fascinating evidence of the everyday commercial application of postal markings. A distinctive and seldom-encountered piece of Nagpur postal and social history.
Its recorded auction history runs through David Feldman SA 2026 Winter Auction Series — India, Indian States, Nepal, Tibet lot 40108 (2026).
2 images of COV-5796 are recorded; the Nagpore HG 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1850–1852.
Questions about COV-5796
- What is COV-5796?
- COV-5796 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Nagpore, Bombay Presidency of 2026, bearing the Nagpore HG 5 handstamp in red. NAGPUR — NATIVE INDIAN RECEIPT BOOK. Unusual page from a contemporary native Indian merchant’s receipt book, bearing multiple strikes of the NAGPUR HG4 and HG5 handstamps on both front and reverse. Such books were maintained by local shopkeepers and merchants as records of local deliveries and transactions, providing fascinating evidence of the everyday commercial application of postal markings. A distinctive and seldom-encountered piece of Nagpur postal and social history.
- How scarce is the Nagpore HG 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Nagpore HG 5 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1850–1852.
- What is the provenance of COV-5796?
- Its recorded auction history runs through David Feldman SA 2026 Winter Auction Series — India, Indian States, Nepal, Tibet lot 40108 (2026).
About this record
This pre-1854 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 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with David Feldman, 2026 Winter Auction Series — India, Indian States, Nepal, Tibet, lot 40108, (2026).