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Date
30 December 1840
Description
1840 (Dec 30) Poonah (Pune)–London, England letter sent overland via Marseille to bankers Drummonds & Co., with tripartite rectangular Giles 9 POONAH Paid mark dt. 183 December 30 (3rd digit year slug not replaced with 4) in red with 1A in ms indicating the internal postage to Bombay (Mumbai), elliptical Giles SD7 (ex-BX3) INDIA mark of Bombay (Mumbai), 3/6 in ms in black, comprising 1s10d Br. packet rate+1s8d Fr. rate for a single sheet of paper/weighing between 7.09gm (¼oz) & 14.18gm (½oz) for being carried entirely by Br. packets & London cds dt. 8 FE 8 1841 in red. Carried by British Royal Navy paddle sloop HMS Victoria.
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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 6handstampRed1822-29
- Poona HG 7handstampRed1832-37
- Poona HG 8handstampRed1833–1837
- 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
About this record
This 30 December 1840 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Poona HG 9 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with NityaPushta.