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Description
Entire posted from Muttra to Gwalior with double oval "Muttra/ 18/ Bearing" HG2 handstamp in black color with other postage rate as indiacted in native manuscript.
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Other recorded marks at Muttra
10 marks10 other pre-1854 postal markings of Muttra are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Muttra HG AddhandstampBlack1805–1813
- Muttra HG Add.2handstampBlack1823
- Muttra HG 1handstampBlack1823–1836
- Muttra HG 3handstampBlack1832
- Muttra HG 4handstampBlack1832
- Muttra HG 5handstampBlack1842
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About this Muttra pre stamp cover
COV-4009 is a Muttra pre stamp cover bearing the Muttra HG 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Muttra postal history — the office known today as Mathura, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Entire posted from Muttra to Gwalior with double oval "Muttra/ 18/ Bearing" HG2 handstamp in black color with other postage rate as indiacted in native manuscript.
2 images of COV-4009 are recorded (front, back); the Muttra HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1832–1836.
Questions about COV-4009
- What is COV-4009?
- COV-4009 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Muttra, North Western Provinces, bearing the Muttra HG 2 handstamp in black. Entire posted from Muttra to Gwalior with double oval "Muttra/ 18/ Bearing" HG2 handstamp in black color with other postage rate as indiacted in native manuscript.
- How scarce is the Muttra HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Muttra HG 2 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1832–1836.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Muttra HG 2 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded.