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1849 Kircumbady HG 1 Cover

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1849 Kircumbady HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-1511
Kircumbady HG 1 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1511)

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Date

1849

Description

1849 KIRCUMBADY Paid Giles 1 on tiny native cover with Madras G.P.O. and boxed AM

Auction

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13, Lot 17

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Other recorded marks at Kircumbady

1 mark

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

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About this record

This 1849 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kircumbady HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 9 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 13, lot 17.