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Description
India, Landour, ca. 1850s, "LANDOUR/18?? JULY 3/BEARING" Framed Datestamp (Giles Unrecorded). Relatively bold strike with manuscript "12" rate marking on back of mourning to Sir Robert Maddock in Alipore, Ceylon, Calcutta transit backstamp, accompanied by original enclosure, Very Fine and presumably quite scarce as it is unrecorded in Giles or his later supplements
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10085, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Landour
9 marks9 other pre-1854 postal markings of Landour are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Landour HG 8 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 Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10085.