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Date
22 December 1851
Description
India, Mooltan, 1851, "MOOLTAN/1851 DEC ?/WEIGHT TOLA/PAID" Framed Datestamp (Giles Unrecorded). Clear strike in red with manuscript "6 as" rate added on back of folded letter datelined "Mooltan 22nd Dec. 1851", addressed to Madeira "via London" , sender's directive "Per Overland Mail via Marseilles" , red "INDIA" oval handstamp, two different "Returned for Postage" and framed "No. __/Detained for Postage" handstamps, Bombay (Jan. 2) and London (Feb. 1) transit datestamps, few manuscript rate markings ending with "3/8" and "160" (reis) rate handstamp, Very Fine and well-travelled cover, this strike is very similar to Giles No. 1 except that is for "Bearing" versus the "Paid" in the handstamp offered here
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10098, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
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 22 December 1851 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mooltan HG 1Add handstamp of the Punjab, a mark with 2 examples recorded 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 9042, lot 10098.