Scan or Photo Courtesy of Chandak Kishore
Date
23 January 1853
Description
This handstamp : A three tired box in black with roundish corner, "BAULEAH / 18 (for date) / Bearing". This handstamp was used from 1851. Handstamp having large letters for the city name than recorded by Giles.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Bauleah
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Bauleah are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Bauleah pre stamp cover
COV-732 is a Bauleah pre stamp cover of 23 January 1853 bearing the Bauleah HG 4a handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Bauleah postal history — the office known today as Rajshahi, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
This handstamp : A three tired box in black with roundish corner, "BAULEAH / 18 (for date) / Bearing". This handstamp was used from 1851. Handstamp having large letters for the city name than recorded by Giles.
1 image of COV-732 is recorded (front); the Bauleah HG 4a mark itself is recorded in use 1853.
Questions about COV-732
- What is COV-732?
- COV-732 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Bauleah, Bengal Presidency of 23 January 1853, bearing the Bauleah HG 4a handstamp in black. This handstamp : A three tired box in black with roundish corner, "BAULEAH / 18 (for date) / Bearing". This handstamp was used from 1851. Handstamp having large letters for the city name than recorded by Giles.
- How scarce is the Bauleah HG 4a mark on this cover?
- The census grades Bauleah HG 4a as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1853.
- When was COV-732 posted?
- COV-732 is dated 23 January 1853, within the recorded period of use of Bauleah HG 4a (1853).
About this record
This 23 January 1853 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bauleah HG 4a handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.