Scan or Photo Courtesy of D Pittie
This 3 May 1837 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 14 surviving covers with this mark recorded.
Date
3 May 1837
Same office
Other recorded marks at Agra
20 marks20 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 4handstampBlack1833-37
- Agra HG 4AhandstampRed1837
- Agra HG 5handstampBlack1837-50
- Agra HG 6handstampRed1838-48
- Agra HG 7handstampOrange1843
- Agra HG 8handstampRed1844
- Agra HG 9handstampBlack1844
- Agra HG 10handstampRed1844
- Agra HG 11handstampRed1845-51
- Agra HG 12handstampBlack1845-50
- Agra HG 13handstampRed1848
- Agra HG 14handstampBlack1851
- Agra HG 14ahandstampRed1854
- Agra HG 15handstampRed1852
- Agra HG 16handstampBlack1853
- Agra HG 17handstampRed1853
- Agra HG 18handstampBlack1853
- Agra HG 19handstampRed1850