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cover Benares: 1808 (27 July) entire letter from Capt. Leslie at Seeroli to Calcutta showing, on reverse, manuscript "Benares pt paid 8as 27 July 1808" alongside Calcutta G.P.O c.d.s.; the earliest of the few recorded examples of this manuscript mark used prior to the introduction of handstamps at this office. Photo
cover Benares: 1808 (27 July) entire letter from Capt. Leslie at Seeroli to Calcutta showing, on reverse, manuscript "Benares pt paid 8as 27 July 1808" alongside Calcutta G.P.O c.d.s.; the earliest of the few recorded examples of this manuscript mark used prior to the introduction of handstamps at this office. Photo

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cover Benares: 1808 (27 July) entire letter from Capt. Leslie at Seeroli to Calcutta showing, on reverse, manuscript "Benares pt paid 8as 27 July 1808" alongside Calcutta G.P.O c.d.s.; the earliest of the few recorded examples of this manuscript mark used prior to the introduction of handstamps at this office. Photo