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Date
1847
Description
1847-54 NWP and Punjab: 3 folded letters including MUTTRA Paid HG 5a to UK, NYNEETAL Paid HG 1 to Meerut, and another from Sealkote to Wuzeerabad
Auction
Same office
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 2handstampBlack1832–1836
- Muttra HG 3handstampBlack1832
- Muttra HG 4handstampBlack1832
- Muttra HG 5handstampBlack1842
- Muttra HG 6handstampRed1845
- Muttra HG 7handstampRed—
- Muttra HG 8handstampBlack—
About this record
This 1847 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Muttra HG 5a 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 41.