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Date
11 June 1851
Description
1851 Folded letter from Sadras to Madras with Type 1 "SADRAS / PAID" postmark. Postage paid 6 pais. General despatch mark boxed "AM" and Madras "G.P.O. / date" receipt stamp also seen on the cover.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Sadrass
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Sadrass is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this record
This 11 June 1851 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sadrass HG 2 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.