COV-332
30 March 1813 Wallajahabad HG 1 Cover
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Date
30 March 1813
Description
India, Wallajahabad, 1813, "WALLAJAHBAD/POST PAID" Two-Line Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint but just legible strike with manuscript "30 March 1819" date and rate markings on folded letter to Lisburn, Ireland, sender's directive "for Europe" , Crowned Ship Letter London (May 16) and May 17 transit datestamps, manuscript rate markings corrected three times with "2/1" rate marking applied, cover with some overall soiling, Fine strike of this very rare marking, Giles notes "Rare - 2 examples recorded" and we doubt many more outside of this number exist
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10142, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Wallajahabad
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Wallajahabad are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 30 March 1813 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Wallajahabad HG 1 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark with 3 examples recorded in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10142.