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Date
1854
Description
1854 MUNDESSORE Paid HG 3 but with variety: month and year incorporated within tablet on small native fl to Ajmere
Auction
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mundissore
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mundissore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Mundissore pre stamp cover
COV-1290 is a Mundissore pre stamp cover of 1854 bearing the Mundissore HG 3 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Mundissore postal history — the office known today as Mandsaur, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
1854 MUNDESSORE Paid HG 3 but with variety: month and year incorporated within tablet on small native fl to Ajmere
Its recorded auction history runs through StampBay 7 lot 40.
1 image of COV-1290 is recorded; the Mundissore HG 3 mark itself is recorded in use 1854-55.
Questions about COV-1290
- What is COV-1290?
- COV-1290 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mundissore, North Western Provinces of 1854, bearing the Mundissore HG 3 handstamp in red. 1854 MUNDESSORE Paid HG 3 but with variety: month and year incorporated within tablet on small native fl to Ajmere
- How scarce is the Mundissore HG 3 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mundissore HG 3 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1854-55.
- What is the provenance of COV-1290?
- Its recorded auction history runs through StampBay 7 lot 40.
- When was COV-1290 posted?
- COV-1290 is dated 1854, within the recorded period of use of Mundissore HG 3 (1854-55).
About this record
This 1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mundissore HG 3 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 7, lot 40.