Scan or Photo Courtesy of D Pittie
This 5 September 1827 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Poona HG 6 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.
Date
5 September 1827
Same office
Other recorded marks at Poona
16 marks16 other pre-1854 postal markings of Poona are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Poona HG 1handstampBlack1805–1811
- Poona HG 2handstampBlack1814-34
- Poona HG 3handstampBlack1817
- Poona HG 4handstampRed1823-35
- Poona HG 5handstampBlack1823-27
- Poona HG 7handstampRed1832-37
- Poona HG 8handstampRed1833–1837
- Poona HG 9handstampRed1838-54
- Poona HG 10handstampBlack1838-56
- Poona HG 10ahandstampRed1860
- Poona HG 11handstampRed1841-53
- Poona HG 12handstampRed1845-49
- Poona HG 12AhandstampBlack1845
- Poona HG 13handstampBlack1846-68
- Poona HG 14handstampBlack1868
- Poona HG 15handstampPurple1852