Scan or Photo Courtesy of Luiz & Eduardo Barreiros
Date
25 August 1868
Description
Pondá, 25 August 1868 official postage free letter (S.N.R.), forwarded by the Pondá Post Office to the Secretary of the Governor-General in Nova-Goa. Signed Bernardo the administration authority that granted the postage free. Pondá and Livre are separate handstamps.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Ponda
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Ponda are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 25 August 1868 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ponda FP 3 handstamp of the Goa (Portuguese India), a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.