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COV-3931

1 January 1846 Rotuck HG 1 Cover

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1 January 1846 Rotuck HG 1 pre stamp cover — COV-3931
Rotuck HG 1 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-3931)
Rotuck HG 1 pre stamp cover — scan 3 (COV-3931)
Rotuck HG 1 pre stamp cover — scan 4 (COV-3931)

Scan or Photo Courtesy of Sephils

Date

1 January 1846

Description

India 1846 First Anglo Sikh war prestamp cover from Rotuck (Giles Type 1) to Cornwall w/ day to day troop movement war details - Very Rare

Auction

SephilsSephils

94, Lot 0095, (2024)

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Other recorded marks at Rotuck

1 mark

One other pre-1854 postal marking of Rotuck is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.

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About this record

This 1 January 1846 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Rotuck HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Sephils, 94, lot 0095, (2024).