Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1830
Description
The "BERHAMPORE / Post Paid" stamp has two settings - the 1816-31 setting is 40mm × 21mm the "P" of Post is under the "R" of the BERHAMPORE and the "t" in Post always points upwards in the second setting of 1833-38, the frame is 39 mm × 23 mm, the "P" of Post is under the first "E" of BERHAMPORE and the "t" in post is horizontal. The examples of 1831 and 1837 below illustrate these differences. A letter from Berhampore to Calcutta with scare dispatch stamp "BERHAMPORE/Post Paid", of the first setting, but at very late date of use, mainly, July, 1831.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Berhampore
8 marks8 other pre-1854 postal markings of Berhampore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1830 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Berhampore HG 3 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 9 surviving covers with this mark recorded.