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Date
22 May 1845
Description
(x) Burma The "Bearing" and "Paid" Datestamps Moulmein 1845 (22 May) entire ex the "Huth" correspondence to London, rated "1/10", showing framed "india" and, on reverse, "moulmein/Paid" d.s. (Type PS3) with "44" year date error (crossed by vertical filing crease), Calcutta transit d.s. (3.6) and arrival c.d.s. (22.7), all struck in red; also 1846 (24 Dec.) entire letter from an abbot of a French mission at Moulmein to France, marked "Via Marseilles" and "P. Paid", showing framed "india" with, on reverse, Calcutta G.P.O. Ship Letter d.s., both in red
Auction
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Other recorded marks at Moulmein
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Moulmein are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 22 May 1845 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Moulmein FP 2 handstamp of the Burma, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 13 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 15046, lot 464, (2015); Spink, 15030, lot 3114, (2015); Spink, 21135, lot 20, (2021).