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 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.