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Date
1837
Description
India: Cancellations and Covers: 1837 (Nov. 22) entire to Saugor with framed “Bombay/Bearing” three line datestamp with part framed “SAUGOR” datestamp; poorly struck or defective (Giles type 2 or 3) with date and amount “bg 11as” in manuscript and with large part red wax seal on reverse. Written by 2nd Lieutenant John Laughton to Major General Sir Thomas Anburey K.C.B. “I had the pleasure of disembarking this morning from Bushire and thank God I am safe for the vessel all but foundered in a hurricane we had off this place....I intend....marching for Calcutta...only waiting for my horses....Colonel Baumgardt is here for trying by a Court Martial.....H.Ms. Govt have given us all the local rank of Field Officers in Persia....His Majesty the Shah was pleased to confer on me the Order of the Lion and Seen of the 1st class of Major....last news from Tehran....that the King gone on in progress against Herat but I do not think he will succeed in taking it.....” Important insight into the Persian Campaign and with a typed transcript. Photo.
Auction
Same office
Other recorded marks at Saugor
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Saugor are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Saugor pre stamp cover
COV-5224 is a Saugor pre stamp cover of 1837 bearing the Saugor HG 3 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Saugor postal history — the office known today as Sagar, Bombay Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
India: Cancellations and Covers: 1837 (Nov. 22) entire to Saugor with framed “Bombay/Bearing” three line datestamp with part framed “SAUGOR” datestamp; poorly struck or defective (Giles type 2 or 3) with date and amount “bg 11as” in manuscript and with large part red wax seal on reverse. Written by 2nd Lieutenant John Laughton to Major General Sir Thomas Anburey K.C.B. “I had the pleasure of disembarking this morning from Bushire and thank God I am safe for the vessel all but foundered in a hurricane we had off this place....I intend....marching for Calcutta...only waiting for my horses....Colonel Baumgardt is here for trying by a Court Martial.....H.Ms. Govt have given us all the local rank of Field Officers in Persia....His Majesty the Shah was pleased to confer on me the Order of the Lion and Seen of the 1st class of Major....last news from Tehran....that the King gone on in progress against Herat but I do not think he will succeed in taking it.....” Important insight into the Persian Campaign and with a typed transcript. Photo.
Its recorded auction history runs through Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions 174th Auction - British Empire & Foreign Countries lot 1151 (2026); and Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions GPA 171: British Empire and Foreign Countries lot 1408 (2026).
1 image of COV-5224 is recorded; the Saugor HG 3 mark itself is recorded in use 1837–1851.
Questions about COV-5224
- What is COV-5224?
- COV-5224 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Saugor, Bombay Presidency of 1837, bearing the Saugor HG 3 handstamp in black. India: Cancellations and Covers: 1837 (Nov. 22) entire to Saugor with framed “Bombay/Bearing” three line datestamp with part framed “SAUGOR” datestamp; poorly struck or defective (Giles type 2 or 3) with date and amount “bg 11as” in manuscript and with large part red wax seal on reverse. Written by 2nd Lieutenant John Laughton to Major General Sir Thomas Anburey K.C.B. “I had the pleasure of disembarking this morning from Bushire and thank God I am safe for the vessel all but foundered in a hurricane we had off this place....I intend....marching for Calcutta...only waiting for my horses....Colonel Baumgardt is here for trying by a Court Martial.....H.Ms. Govt have given us all the local rank of Field Officers in Persia....His Majesty the Shah was pleased to confer on me the Order of the Lion and Seen of the 1st class of Major....last news from Tehran....that the King gone on in progress against Herat but I do not think he will succeed in taking it.....” Important insight into the Persian Campaign and with a typed transcript. Photo.
- How scarce is the Saugor HG 3 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Saugor HG 3 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1837–1851.
- What is the provenance of COV-5224?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions 174th Auction - British Empire & Foreign Countries lot 1151 (2026); and Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions GPA 171: British Empire and Foreign Countries lot 1408 (2026).
- When was COV-5224 posted?
- COV-5224 is dated 1837, within the recorded period of use of Saugor HG 3 (1837–1851).
About this record
This 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Saugor HG 3 handstamp of the Bombay Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, 174th Auction - British Empire & Foreign Countries, lot 1151, (2026); Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, GPA 171: British Empire and Foreign Countries, lot 1408, (2026).