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Date
1843
Description
Pre-stamp to 1860s postal history selection of covers and cards (21), including undated Sit Charles Napier cover front to Sukkur (rebacked) bearing "karatchee/free" oval h.s., 1843 Nagpore to London redirected to Crookham (Hampshire) with 1d. red cancelled numeral "2" in maltese cross, 1858 Allahabad Cantonment to London Indian Mutiny cover franked 10a. routed via Calcutta (Bombay crossed out) and Marseilles with note in flap "Bombay steamer in - telegraph out of order", 1859 "per overland via marseilles" envelope franked 6a. to Cardiff, 1866 Meeanmeer to Cardiff cover franked 6a8p., 1879 Second Anglo-Afghan War 8p. soldier's letter with contents describing the 10th Royal Hussars drowning incident in the Kabul River near Jalalabad leaving 47 men dead, 1880 ¼a stationary card uprated 2a. to London to philatelist F.A. Philbrick noting "The Rajpeepla stamps are already obsolete" and "All the old square Bhopal have been destroyed", 1894 9p. soldier's letter of the 3rd Battation Rifle Brigade Peshawar, various North West Frontier F.P.O.s, including F.P.O. 6 squared circle on 1897 cover to Surrey with R.P.S. cert (1983) and F.P.O. 33 on cover to Bombay with R.P.S. cert (1983). Mixed condition.
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Other recorded marks at Nagpore
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Nagpore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Nagpore pre stamp cover
COV-1923 is a Nagpore pre stamp cover of 1843 bearing the Nagpore HG 3 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Nagpore postal history — the office known today as Nagpur, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Pre-stamp to 1860s postal history selection of covers and cards (21), including undated Sit Charles Napier cover front to Sukkur (rebacked) bearing "karatchee/free" oval h.s., 1843 Nagpore to London redirected to Crookham (Hampshire) with 1d. red cancelled numeral "2" in maltese cross, 1858 Allahabad Cantonment to London Indian Mutiny cover franked 10a. routed via Calcutta (Bombay crossed out) and Marseilles with note in flap "Bombay steamer in - telegraph out of order", 1859 "per overland via marseilles" envelope franked 6a. to Cardiff, 1866 Meeanmeer to Cardiff cover franked 6a8p., 1879 Second Anglo-Afghan War 8p. soldier's letter with contents describing the 10th Royal Hussars drowning incident in the Kabul River near Jalalabad leaving 47 men dead, 1880 ¼a stationary card uprated 2a. to London to philatelist F.A. Philbrick noting "The Rajpeepla stamps are already obsolete" and "All the old square Bhopal have been destroyed", 1894 9p. soldier's letter of the 3rd Battation Rifle Brigade Peshawar, various North West Frontier F.P.O.s, including F.P.O. 6 squared circle on 1897 cover to Surrey with R.P.S. cert (1983) and F.P.O. 33 on cover to Bombay with R.P.S. cert (1983). Mixed condition.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink 25118 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction lot 4507.
1 image of COV-1923 is recorded; the Nagpore HG 3 mark itself is recorded in use 1838–1859.
Questions about COV-1923
- What is COV-1923?
- COV-1923 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Nagpore, Bombay Presidency of 1843, bearing the Nagpore HG 3 handstamp in red. Pre-stamp to 1860s postal history selection of covers and cards (21), including undated Sit Charles Napier cover front to Sukkur (rebacked) bearing "karatchee/free" oval h.s., 1843 Nagpore to London redirected to Crookham (Hampshire) with 1d. red cancelled numeral "2" in maltese cross, 1858 Allahabad Cantonment to London Indian Mutiny cover franked 10a. routed via Calcutta (Bombay crossed out) and Marseilles with note in flap "Bombay steamer in - telegraph out of order", 1859 "per overland via marseilles" envelope franked 6a. to Cardiff, 1866 Meeanmeer to Cardiff cover franked 6a8p., 1879 Second Anglo-Afghan War 8p. soldier's letter with contents describing the 10th Royal Hussars drowning incident in the Kabul River near Jalalabad leaving 47 men dead, 1880 ¼a stationary card uprated 2a. to London to philatelist F.A. Philbrick noting "The Rajpeepla stamps are already obsolete" and "All the old square Bhopal have been destroyed", 1894 9p. soldier's letter of the 3rd Battation Rifle Brigade Peshawar, various North West Frontier F.P.O.s, including F.P.O. 6 squared circle on 1897 cover to Surrey with R.P.S. cert (1983) and F.P.O. 33 on cover to Bombay with R.P.S. cert (1983). Mixed condition.
- How scarce is the Nagpore HG 3 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Nagpore HG 3 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1838–1859.
- What is the provenance of COV-1923?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink 25118 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction lot 4507.
- When was COV-1923 posted?
- COV-1923 is dated 1843, within the recorded period of use of Nagpore HG 3 (1838–1859).
About this record
This 1843 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nagpore HG 3 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 16 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, 25118 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale - e-Auction, lot 4507.