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Date
1850
Description
1850s entire with black boxed ``HANSI`` and ``WEIGHT TOLA / BEARNING`` cachets
Auction
Same office
Other recorded marks at Hansi
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Hansi are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Hansi pre stamp cover
COV-3161 is a Hansi pre stamp cover of 1850 bearing the Hansi HG 3 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Hansi postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
1850s entire with black boxed ``HANSI`` and ``WEIGHT TOLA / BEARNING`` cachets
Its recorded auction history runs through collectorbazar.
2 images of COV-3161 are recorded (front, back); the Hansi HG 3 mark itself is recorded in use 1850–1851.
Questions about COV-3161
- What is COV-3161?
- COV-3161 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Hansi, North Western Provinces of 1850, bearing the Hansi HG 3 handstamp in black. 1850s entire with black boxed ``HANSI`` and ``WEIGHT TOLA / BEARNING`` cachets
- How scarce is the Hansi HG 3 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Hansi HG 3 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1850–1851.
- What is the provenance of COV-3161?
- Its recorded auction history runs through collectorbazar.
- When was COV-3161 posted?
- COV-3161 is dated 1850, within the recorded period of use of Hansi HG 3 (1850–1851).
About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Hansi HG 3 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with collectorbazar.