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COV-443

14 September 1841 Nowgaum HG 2 Cover

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14 September 1841 Nowgaum HG 2 pre stamp cover — COV-443
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Nowgaum HG 2 pre stamp cover — back (COV-443)
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Date

14 September 1841

Description

India, Nowgaum, 1841, "NOWGAUM/Bearing" Framed Handstamp (Giles 2). Bold strike with manuscript "14 Sept 1841" date and "6 as" rate added on back of folded letter to Ooty in "Nilgherry Hills" , faint strike of Ootacamund Bearing (Giles 5) arrival datestamp, Very Fine strike

Auction

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Sale 9042, Lot 10104, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6

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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 14 September 1841 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nowgaum HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10104.