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COV-2173

1 July 1816 Cumbum HG 1 Cover

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1 July 1816 Cumbum HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-2173
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Scan or Photo Courtesy of Terry Hare-Walker

Date

1 July 1816

Provenance

Terry Hare-Walker

Same office

Other recorded marks at Cumbum

1 mark

One other pre-1854 postal marking of Cumbum is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.

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About this record

This 1 July 1816 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cumbum HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 5 examples recorded in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.