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Description
Entire posted from Nowgaum to Ootacamund without any post paid along with "Nowgaum/ Bearing" all India type HG5 handstamp in black color with 6 annas bearing postage.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Ootacamund
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Ootacamund are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Ootacamund pre stamp cover
COV-4074 is an Ootacamund pre stamp cover bearing the Ootacamund HG 5 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Ootacamund postal history — the office known today as Udhagamandalam, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Entire posted from Nowgaum to Ootacamund without any post paid along with "Nowgaum/ Bearing" all India type HG5 handstamp in black color with 6 annas bearing postage.
1 image of COV-4074 is recorded (front); the Ootacamund HG 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1837-54.
Questions about COV-4074
- What is COV-4074?
- COV-4074 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Ootacamund, Madras Presidency, bearing the Ootacamund HG 5 handstamp in black. Entire posted from Nowgaum to Ootacamund without any post paid along with "Nowgaum/ Bearing" all India type HG5 handstamp in black color with 6 annas bearing postage.
- How scarce is the Ootacamund HG 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Ootacamund HG 5 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1837-54.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ootacamund HG 5 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded.