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Date
20 August 1856
Description
India 1856 1/2a blue lithograph Die I, SG 2, cover sent from Madras to Jaulnah, tied by manuscript and diamond of lines, with red transit/arrival cachets.
Auction
Same office
Other recorded marks at Jalnah
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Jalnah are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 20 August 1856 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Jalnah HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 12 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Sephils, 710, lot 0057, (2026).