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Date
30 June 1834
Description
1834 Nepal – Edinburgh mourning entire via Cape route, with Hellrigl type B1 "NIPAUL/POST OFFICE/Post Paid" despatch handstamp, date "30th June 1834" & rate "12 as" (comprising 9A single-letter inland postage to Calcutta & 3A sea outward postage) applied in manuscript. At Calcutta, SR9 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/9 JU 9/1834" transit mark applied, sent bearing from India via Cape route, entered through Greenock port in the UK, "GREENOCK/INDIA SHIP LETTER", "GREENOCK/DEC 27/1834" transit mark + **"½"**d Scottish wheel tax handstamp & "1/" (comprising Greenock–Edinburgh 8d single-letter inland postage, as travelled between 50–80 miles, + 4d concessional rate single-letter incoming India–UK sea postage) applied, which was collected from the recipient.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Nepaul
3 marks3 other pre-1854 postal markings of Nepaul are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Nepaul pre stamp cover
COV-2459 is a Nepaul pre stamp cover of 30 June 1834 bearing the Nepaul HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Nepaul postal history — the office known today as Kathmandu, Nepal. What is a pre stamp cover?
1834 Nepal – Edinburgh mourning entire via Cape route, with Hellrigl type B1 "NIPAUL/POST OFFICE/Post Paid" despatch handstamp, date "30th June 1834" & rate "12 as" (comprising 9A single-letter inland postage to Calcutta & 3A sea outward postage) applied in manuscript. At Calcutta, SR9 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/9 JU 9/1834" transit mark applied, sent bearing from India via Cape route, entered through Greenock port in the UK, "GREENOCK/INDIA SHIP LETTER", "GREENOCK/DEC 27/1834" transit mark + **"½"**d Scottish wheel tax handstamp & "1/" (comprising Greenock–Edinburgh 8d single-letter inland postage, as travelled between 50–80 miles, + 4d concessional rate single-letter incoming India–UK sea postage) applied, which was collected from the recipient.
1 image of COV-2459 is recorded (front); the Nepaul HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1836.
Questions about COV-2459
- What is COV-2459?
- COV-2459 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Nepaul, Nepal of 30 June 1834, bearing the Nepaul HG 1 handstamp in red. 1834 Nepal – Edinburgh mourning entire via Cape route, with Hellrigl type B1 "NIPAUL/POST OFFICE/Post Paid" despatch handstamp, date "30th June 1834" & rate "12 as" (comprising 9A single-letter inland postage to Calcutta & 3A sea outward postage) applied in manuscript. At Calcutta, SR9 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/9 JU 9/1834" transit mark applied, sent bearing from India via Cape route, entered through Greenock port in the UK, "GREENOCK/INDIA SHIP LETTER", "GREENOCK/DEC 27/1834" transit mark + **"½"**d Scottish wheel tax handstamp & "1/" (comprising Greenock–Edinburgh 8d single-letter inland postage, as travelled between 50–80 miles, + 4d concessional rate single-letter incoming India–UK sea postage) applied, which was collected from the recipient.
- How scarce is the Nepaul HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Nepaul HG 1 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1816–1836.
- When was COV-2459 posted?
- COV-2459 is dated 30 June 1834, within the recorded period of use of Nepaul HG 1 (1816–1836).
About this record
This 30 June 1834 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Nepaul HG 1 handstamp of the Nepal, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 9 surviving covers with this mark recorded.