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1854 Simla HG 8 Cover

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1854 Simla HG 8 pre stamp cover — COV-1419

Simla HG 8 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1419)

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Date

1854

Description

1854 GB 1/- green on cover to India with rare array of handstamps. Calcutta 22, Allahabad 4a, Simlah 8 and Calcutta G14

Auction

StampBay

11, Lot 11

Same office

Other recorded marks at Simla

9 marks

9 other pre-1854 postal markings of Simla are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.

Simla HG 1handstampBlack1832
Simla HG 2handstampBlack1835-36
Simla HG 3handstampRed1838-45
Simla HG 4handstampBlack1849–1852
Simla HG 5handstampRed1845–1850
Simla HG 6handstampRed1845–1851
Simla HG 7handstampBlack1849–1854
Simla HG 9handstampRed1852
Simla HG 10handstampBlack1848

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About this record

This 1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Simla HG 8 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 8 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 11, lot 11.