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Date
1848
Description
1848 Pre-stamp entire with illegible black boxed and ``WEIGHT TOLA / BEARNING`` cachets
Auction
About this Bhewanee pre stamp cover
COV-3154 is a Bhewanee pre stamp cover of 1848 bearing the Bhewanee HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Bhewanee postal history — the office known today as Bhiwani, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
1848 Pre-stamp entire with illegible black boxed and ``WEIGHT TOLA / BEARNING`` cachets
Its recorded auction history runs through collectorbazar.
2 images of COV-3154 are recorded (front, back); the Bhewanee HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1848–1852.
Questions about COV-3154
- What is COV-3154?
- COV-3154 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Bhewanee, North Western Provinces of 1848, bearing the Bhewanee HG 1 handstamp in black. 1848 Pre-stamp entire with illegible black boxed and ``WEIGHT TOLA / BEARNING`` cachets
- How scarce is the Bhewanee HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Bhewanee HG 1 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1848–1852.
- What is the provenance of COV-3154?
- Its recorded auction history runs through collectorbazar.
- When was COV-3154 posted?
- COV-3154 is dated 1848, within the recorded period of use of Bhewanee HG 1 (1848–1852).
About this record
This 1848 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bhewanee HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with collectorbazar.