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COV-243

Hatras HG 1 Cover

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Hatras HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-243
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Hatras HG 1 pre stamp cover — back (COV-243)
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Description

India, Hatras, ca. 1840s, "HATRAS/Bearing" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Clear strike with manuscript "11 Nov" date and "3as" rate markings on back of petite native cover to Loodhiana, Very Fine and particularly scarce marking, this is the exact marking used by Giles for his book

Auction

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Sale 9020, Lot 10051, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5

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Other recorded marks at Hatras

1 mark

One other pre-1854 postal marking of Hatras is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.

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About this record

This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Hatras HG 1 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 9020, lot 10051.