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Date
10 December 1827
Description
Postal cover from banda (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 2 handstamp in Black. Dated 10 December 1827. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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Other recorded marks at Banda
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Banda are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Banda pre stamp cover
COV-2679 is a Banda pre stamp cover of 10 December 1827 bearing the Banda HG 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Banda postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from banda (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 2 handstamp in Black. Dated 10 December 1827. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
1 image of COV-2679 is recorded (front); the Banda HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1827–1839.
Questions about COV-2679
- What is COV-2679?
- COV-2679 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Banda, North Western Provinces of 10 December 1827, bearing the Banda HG 2 handstamp in black. Postal cover from banda (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 2 handstamp in Black. Dated 10 December 1827. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Banda HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Banda HG 2 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1827–1839.
- When was COV-2679 posted?
- COV-2679 is dated 10 December 1827, within the recorded period of use of Banda HG 2 (1827–1839).
About this record
This 10 December 1827 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Banda HG 2 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.