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Date
14 December
Description
Unknown Year Date
Same office
Other recorded marks at Moradabad
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Moradabad are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Moradabad pre stamp cover
COV-2265 is a Moradabad pre stamp cover of 14 December bearing the Moradabad HG 6 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Moradabad postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Unknown Year Date
1 image of COV-2265 is recorded (front); the Moradabad HG 6 mark itself is recorded in use 1854.
Questions about COV-2265
- What is COV-2265?
- COV-2265 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Moradabad, North Western Provinces of 14 December, bearing the Moradabad HG 6 handstamp in red. Unknown Year Date
- How scarce is the Moradabad HG 6 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Moradabad HG 6 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1854.
- When was COV-2265 posted?
- COV-2265 is dated 14 December, within the recorded period of use of Moradabad HG 6 (1854).
About this record
This 14 December pre stamp cover of British India bears the Moradabad HG 6 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.