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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 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.