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Date
1855
Description
1a. Die II (2) and, on reverse, 4a. 2nd. Printing blue and red (2, one with a tear), all with margins largely all round, cancelled with diamond of dots on 1855 (16 Dec.) entire letter from Calingapatam "via Madras & Suez" to France and showing despatch datestamp on reverse, transit marks in red on face; a little soiled though a rare franking. Holcombe Certificate (1995)
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About this record
This 1855 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calingapatam HG 1 handstamp of the Madras 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 Spink, lot 713.