Scan or Photo Courtesy of D Pittie
Date
9 July 1830
Description
INDIA (9 JULY) OUTER WRAPPER FROM DACCA STRIKE OF DOUBLE OVAL "DACCA/POST PAID" TO TIPPERAH, SHOUINC ON REVERSE VERY FINE COVER FLAP TORN AND LICHT TONING, STILL, COOD CONDITION. HIKE DATE IN M/S CHANMOND GILES TYPE 6).
Same office
Other recorded marks at Dacca
10 marks10 other pre-1854 postal markings of Dacca are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Dacca HG 1handstampBlack1775–1783
- Dacca HG 2handstampBlack1799
- Dacca HG 3handstampBlack1806–1820
- Dacca HG 4handstampBlack1813
- Dacca HG 5handstampBlack1815–1821
- Dacca HG 7handstampBlack1812–1818
- Dacca HG 8handstampBlack1824–1834
- Dacca HG 9handstampRed1854
- Dacca HG 10handstampBlack1854
- Dacca HG 10AhandstampRed1852–1854
About this record
This 9 July 1830 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dacca HG 6 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 10 surviving covers with this mark recorded.