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Date
1850
Description
India, Mooltan, 1850, "MOOLTAN/1850 NOV 3/WEIGHT TOLA/BEARING" Framed Datestamp (Giles 1). Complete and mostly clear strike with manuscript "3 as" rate added on back of petite native cover to Loodiana, with original enclosure, Fine and scarce, this strike is noted as used in only 1851 by Giles, this predating recorded use by a year
Auction
Sale 9054, Lot 10071, — The Magnolia Collection Part 7
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mooltan
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mooltan are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Mooltan pre stamp cover
COV-480 is a Mooltan pre stamp cover of 1850 bearing the Mooltan HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Mooltan postal history — the office known today as Multan, Punjab. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Mooltan, 1850, "MOOLTAN/1850 NOV 3/WEIGHT TOLA/BEARING" Framed Datestamp (Giles 1). Complete and mostly clear strike with manuscript "3 as" rate added on back of petite native cover to Loodiana, with original enclosure, Fine and scarce, this strike is noted as used in only 1851 by Giles, this predating recorded use by a year
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9054 lot 10071.
2 images of COV-480 are recorded (front, back); the Mooltan HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1850–1851.
Questions about COV-480
- What is COV-480?
- COV-480 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mooltan, Punjab of 1850, bearing the Mooltan HG 1 handstamp in black. India, Mooltan, 1850, "MOOLTAN/1850 NOV 3/WEIGHT TOLA/BEARING" Framed Datestamp (Giles 1). Complete and mostly clear strike with manuscript "3 as" rate added on back of petite native cover to Loodiana, with original enclosure, Fine and scarce, this strike is noted as used in only 1851 by Giles, this predating recorded use by a year
- How scarce is the Mooltan HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mooltan HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1850–1851.
- What is the provenance of COV-480?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9054 lot 10071.
- When was COV-480 posted?
- COV-480 is dated 1850, within the recorded period of use of Mooltan HG 1 (1850–1851).
About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mooltan HG 1 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9054, lot 10071.