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Date
15 September 1843
Description
INDIA, Ajmere, 1843, "AJMERE/FREE" Handstamp (Unrecorded in Giles). Complete red oval handstamp with manuscript "15 Sept. 43" date added on back of folded cover to Lieutenant in Nuseerabad, manuscript "P Service" and countersigned, red "NUSEERABAD/184 September 16/FREE" three-line oval arrival datestamp (unrecorded in Giles), slight cover fold affecting Ajmere strike and slight soiling, otherwise Very Fine strikes, a rare combination of markings, both are not recorded by Giles
Auction
Sale 1301, Lot 6001
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Ajmere
5 marks5 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 record
This 15 September 1843 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ajmere HG 6 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1301, lot 6001.