Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
15 March 1829
Description
1829: H.G.1 : The only recorded example of the 1829 intaglio handstruck mark of the "GOWAHATY / POST OFFICE" stamp, GOWALPARA Post Office used a similar designed stamp during 1830-37 and therefore the GOWAHATY stamp may also have been used during the same period. GOWAHATY (GOA - HATHI = "High land covered with areca-palms") in KAMRUP district in ASSAM on the banks of Brahmaputra river, later becomes Headquarters of Assam Division.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Gowahaty
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Gowahaty are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 15 March 1829 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Gowahaty HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 3 examples recorded in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 111, (Oct. 2000).