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Date
24 March 1845
Description
1845 Wallajabad – London overland entire, with Wallajabad Giles 7 "WALLAJABAD/FREE" handstamp, date "24 March 1845" applied in manuscript. Passed free to Bombay as an EIC service letter. The sender endorsed his name at the left bottom corner, "Thomas Wheeler". At Bombay, Giles G2 "GPO/1845 MR 29" & SD7 "INDIA" transit marks applied. Sent to Suez via EIC steamer CLEOPATRA from Bombay on 1st April, then travelled overland to Alexandria & from there sent to Malta via P&O steamer IBERIA, then sent to Marseilles via H.M.'s packet SYDENHAM, and finally reached London. There "LI/4 MY 4/1845" receipt mark applied. "1/10" (indicating 1s 10d India–UK combined British packet rate, comprising 1s 5d British postage & 5d French postage via the Marseilles route, for a letter under ¼ oz.) bearing postage was collected from the recipient.
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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 Wallajahabad pre stamp cover
COV-2451 is a Wallajahabad pre stamp cover of 24 March 1845 bearing the Wallajahabad HG 7 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Wallajahabad postal history — the office known today as Walajabad, Madras Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1845 Wallajabad – London overland entire, with Wallajabad Giles 7 "WALLAJABAD/FREE" handstamp, date "24 March 1845" applied in manuscript. Passed free to Bombay as an EIC service letter. The sender endorsed his name at the left bottom corner, "Thomas Wheeler". At Bombay, Giles G2 "GPO/1845 MR 29" & SD7 "INDIA" transit marks applied. Sent to Suez via EIC steamer CLEOPATRA from Bombay on 1st April, then travelled overland to Alexandria & from there sent to Malta via P&O steamer IBERIA, then sent to Marseilles via H.M.'s packet SYDENHAM, and finally reached London. There "LI/4 MY 4/1845" receipt mark applied. "1/10" (indicating 1s 10d India–UK combined British packet rate, comprising 1s 5d British postage & 5d French postage via the Marseilles route, for a letter under ¼ oz.) bearing postage was collected from the recipient.
1 image of COV-2451 is recorded (front); the Wallajahabad HG 7 mark itself is recorded in use 1845.
Questions about COV-2451
- What is COV-2451?
- COV-2451 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Wallajahabad, Madras Presidency of 24 March 1845, bearing the Wallajahabad HG 7 handstamp in red. 1845 Wallajabad – London overland entire, with Wallajabad Giles 7 "WALLAJABAD/FREE" handstamp, date "24 March 1845" applied in manuscript. Passed free to Bombay as an EIC service letter. The sender endorsed his name at the left bottom corner, "Thomas Wheeler". At Bombay, Giles G2 "GPO/1845 MR 29" & SD7 "INDIA" transit marks applied. Sent to Suez via EIC steamer CLEOPATRA from Bombay on 1st April, then travelled overland to Alexandria & from there sent to Malta via P&O steamer IBERIA, then sent to Marseilles via H.M.'s packet SYDENHAM, and finally reached London. There "LI/4 MY 4/1845" receipt mark applied. "1/10" (indicating 1s 10d India–UK combined British packet rate, comprising 1s 5d British postage & 5d French postage via the Marseilles route, for a letter under ¼ oz.) bearing postage was collected from the recipient.
- How scarce is the Wallajahabad HG 7 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Wallajahabad HG 7 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1845.
- When was COV-2451 posted?
- COV-2451 is dated 24 March 1845, within the recorded period of use of Wallajahabad HG 7 (1845).
About this record
This 24 March 1845 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Wallajahabad HG 7 handstamp of the Madras Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.