Scan or Photo Courtesy of D Pittie
This 30 September 1812 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dacca HG 7 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.
Date
30 September 1812
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 3handstampBlack1812–1820
- Dacca HG 4handstampBlack1813
- Dacca HG 5handstampBlack1815-21
- Dacca HG 6handstampBlack1820–1836
- Dacca HG 8handstampBlack1824–1834
- Dacca HG 9handstampRed1854
- Dacca HG 10handstampBlack1854
- Dacca HG 10AhandstampRed1852