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cover Bangalore: 1860-84 native envelopes (3) each showing a good to fine strike of the scarce "BANGALORE. PAID" Anche Postal Servie h.s. (HG 6, one crossed by creases), and Mysore 1870 native envelope showing similar type (HG 6); scarce marks
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Note: The reason for the existance of these particular stamps probably stems from the Madras Post Office Postal Regulations dated 19 November, 1808, in which it states "Distinct stamps shall be used for each description of letters, which shall have engraved on them, the word single, double, treble, quadruple or packet, and the same shall be repeated in each of the native languages"