COV-344
12 December 1825 Agra HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
12 December 1825
Description
India, Agra, 1825, "AGRA/POST PAID" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Clear strike with manuscript "2a" rate added on back of folded letter datelined "Custom House, 12th Dec. 1825", addressed to "H. Clark Esqre, Assist Surgeon 36th Regt. N.I, Grand Camp" , cover with minor edgewear, Very Fine and scarce ex-Territorial postal marking
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10004, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
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 12 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 10004.