COV-343
22 December 1825 Agra HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
22 December 1825
Description
India, Agra, 1825, "AGRA/POST PAID" Double-Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Well-struck on back of 1825 folded letter to "H. Clark Esqr, Asst Surgeon 36th N.I., 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division" in Bhurtpore, small piece missing from front panel, Very Fine strike, a scarce ex-Territorial postal marking
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10003, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Provenance
"Magnolia"
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 22 December 1825 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 19 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10003.