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Description
India Postal History Pre-Adhesive Folded Letter Fragment, Featuring a Clear Red Boxed 'AJMERE' Handstruck Postage Mark, Classified as Giles Type 1, Showing Native Script Annotations
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Other recorded marks at Ajmere
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Ajmere are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Ajmere pre stamp cover
COV-3622 is an Ajmere pre stamp cover of 2026 bearing the Ajmere HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Ajmere postal history — the office known today as Ajmer, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
India Postal History Pre-Adhesive Folded Letter Fragment, Featuring a Clear Red Boxed 'AJMERE' Handstruck Postage Mark, Classified as Giles Type 1, Showing Native Script Annotations
Its recorded auction history runs through Sephils 598 lot 0112 (2026).
2 images of COV-3622 are recorded; the Ajmere HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1850–1853.
Questions about COV-3622
- What is COV-3622?
- COV-3622 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Ajmere, North Western Provinces of 2026, bearing the Ajmere HG 1 handstamp in black. India Postal History Pre-Adhesive Folded Letter Fragment, Featuring a Clear Red Boxed 'AJMERE' Handstruck Postage Mark, Classified as Giles Type 1, Showing Native Script Annotations
- How scarce is the Ajmere HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Ajmere HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1850–1853.
- What is the provenance of COV-3622?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Sephils 598 lot 0112 (2026).
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ajmere HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Sephils, 598, lot 0112, (2026).