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Description
India prestamp cover with letter from Muttra to Jeypore w/ Giles #7 cancel
Auction
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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 2handstampBlack1832–1836
- Muttra HG 3handstampBlack1832
- Muttra HG 4handstampBlack1832
- Muttra HG 5handstampBlack1842
- Muttra HG 5ahandstampRed1843–1847
- Muttra HG 6handstampRed1845
- Muttra HG 8handstampBlack—
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Muttra HG 7 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Sephils, 289, lot 0092, (2025).