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Date
1845
Description
"NELLORE/Paid" Handstamp (Unrecorded in Giles). Bold strike in Orange Red.
Auction
Provenance
- •2025, Robert A. Siegel Sale No. 1325, Lot 3048
Same office
Other recorded marks at Nellore
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Nellore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1845 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nellore HG 3 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, lot 3048, (2025).