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Description
1828 Paneeput – Calcutta inland entire, with circular "Paneeput/Post Paid/18xx" unrecorded despatch handstamp, date "25 Octr. 1828" & rate "1Rs-5a" (paid 1R5A as single-letter inland postage to Calcutta) applied in manuscript. At Calcutta, Giles G9 "CALCUTTA/GPO/30 OC 30/1828" & "PM" receipt & time marks applied.
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Other recorded marks at Panipat - Paniput
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Panipat - Paniput are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Panipat - Paniput HG 1A handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Private.