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29 July 1826 Agra HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
29 July 1826
Description
1826 Agra – Calcutta inland entire, with Agra Giles 1 "AGRA/POST PAID" despatch handstamp, date "29 July" & rate "Rs1 – As12" (paid 28A comprising 14A × 2 as 2nd weight step letter weighing between 1–2 Tolah) applied in manuscript. At Calcutta, Giles G8 "CALCUTTA/G.P.O./12 AG 12/1826" & "AM" receipt & time marks applied prior to delivery. Addressed to Lt. Joseph Ousley at Writers' Buildings, Calcutta.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Agra
21 marks21 other pre-1854 postal markings of Agra are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Agra HG 2handstampRed1828
- Agra HG 3handstampBlack1835
- Agra HG 4handstampBlack1833–1837
- Agra HG 4AhandstampRed1837
- Agra HG 5handstampBlack1837–1850
- Agra HG 6handstampRed1838–1849
- Agra HG 7handstampOrange1843
- Agra HG 8handstampRed1844–1850
- Agra HG 9handstampBlack1844
- Agra HG 10handstampRed1844
- Agra HG 11handstampRed1845–1851
- Agra HG 12handstampBlack1842–1850
- Agra HG 13handstampRed1848
- Agra HG 14handstampBlack1851
- Agra HG 14ahandstampRed1854
- Agra HG 15handstampRed1852–1854
- Agra HG 16handstampBlack1853
- Agra HG 17handstampRed1851–1853
- Agra HG 18handstampBlack1853
- Agra HG 19handstampRed1850
- Agra HG 20handstampRed1855
About this record
This 29 July 1826 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Agra HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 21 surviving covers with this mark recorded.