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Date
1852
Description
India, Sehore, 1852, "SEHORE/DEC. 12 1852/Paid" Framed Datestamp (Giles 3). Clear strike in reddish violet with manuscript "1 as" rate on back of petite native folded letter, Very Fine strike, this is the exact marking used by Giles for his book
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10124, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Same office
Other recorded marks at Sehore
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Sehore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sehore HG 3 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10124.