Lot 19
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cover 1832 (5 MAY) ENTIRE LETTER TO DUM DUM SHOWING, ON REVERSE, THE SOLE EXAMPLE RECORDED OF THE FRAMED "ANNA/POST OFFICE" h.s. (HG G11) with date inserted at top in manuscript; some ink etching to date. Photo

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cover 1832 (5 MAY) ENTIRE LETTER TO DUM DUM SHOWING, ON REVERSE, THE SOLE EXAMPLE RECORDED OF THE FRAMED "ANNA/POST OFFICE" h.s. (HG G11) with date inserted at top in manuscript; some ink etching to date. Photo
Further details
Note: A Calcutta Postal Notice of 1 May 1808 stated that four additional Receiving Offices were to be established and denominated as "One Anna Post Offices". The charge of one anna was to be in addition to any inland postage the covers might bear