Scan or Photo Courtesy of Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Date
4 February 1842
Description
1842 stampless entire letter Agra to Delhi sent bearing with, on reverse boxed “AGRA/16?February1842”and boxed “DELHIE/1842 February?”. Most attractive.
Auction
Stamps & Covers of Asia | 5955, Lot 248, (10 January 2024)
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 1handstampBlack1823–1836
- 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
- Agra HG 9handstampBlack1844
- Agra HG 10handstampRed1844
- Agra HG 11handstampRed1845–1851
- 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
About this record
This 4 February 1842 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Agra HG 12 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's, Stamps & Covers of Asia | 5955, lot 248, (10 January 2024).