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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.
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Other recorded marks at Agra
22 marks22 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
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About this Agra pre stamp cover
COV-2458 is an Agra pre stamp cover of 29 July 1826 bearing the Agra HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Agra postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
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.
1 image of COV-2458 is recorded (front); the Agra HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1823–1837.
Questions about COV-2458
- What is COV-2458?
- COV-2458 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Agra, North Western Provinces of 29 July 1826, bearing the Agra HG 1 handstamp in black. 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.
- How scarce is the Agra HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Agra HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1823–1837.
- When was COV-2458 posted?
- COV-2458 is dated 29 July 1826, within the recorded period of use of Agra HG 1 (1823–1837).
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 22 surviving covers with this mark recorded.