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COV-3557

21 January 1851 Deyrah HG 1 Cover

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21 January 1851 Deyrah HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-3557
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Deyrah HG 1 pre stamp cover — back (COV-3557)
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Deyrah HG 1 pre stamp cover — detail (COV-3557)
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Date

21 January 1851

Description

Early India Cancellations: Cooper type 1 diamond of dots cancel in GREEN on 1855 cover fw 1854 ½a blue imperf from Dehradun to Calcutta with unrecorded “DEHRA Paid” and Calcutta delivery cds

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About this record

This 21 January 1851 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Deyrah HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with StampBay.