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Date
7 September 1854
Description
India, Nagode, 1854, "NAGODE/SEP. (7) 1854/Bearing (½a)" Datestamp (Unrecorded in Giles). Faint but clear red boxed datestamp with manuscript "7" date and "½a" rate added applied to back of petite native cover to the Raja of Rewa, Fine, while there is a record of this post office in the North Western Provinces, this datestamp is unrecorded by Giles
Auction
The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 3 1325, Lot 3046, (06/26/2024)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Nagode
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Nagode is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this record
This 7 September 1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nagode HG 2 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 Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, The Magnolia Collection: India Stamps and Postal History, Part 3 1325, lot 3046, (06/26/2024).