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Date
1847
Description
1847-54 NWP and Punjab: 3 folded letters including MUTTRA Paid HG 5a to UK, NYNEETAL Paid HG 1 to Meerut, and another from Sealkote to Wuzeerabad
Auction
Same office
Other recorded marks at Sealkote
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Sealkote are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1847 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sealkote 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 StampBay, 7, lot 41.