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COV-1292

1846 Nowgaum HG 1 Cover

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1846 Nowgaum HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-1292
Nowgaum HG 1 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1292)

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Date

1846

Description

1846 NOWGAUM Paid 10as HG 1 on cover to Aberdeen Scotland inscribed Overland via Marseilles by Madras

Auction

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7, Lot 42

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Other recorded marks at Nowgaum

1 mark

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

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About this record

This 1846 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nowgaum HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 7, lot 42.