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Date
1851
Description
India, Agra, 1851, "AGRA/No. 1 RECG. HOUSE/MARCH/WEIGHT TOLA/BEARING" Framed Handstamp (Giles 14). Clear and mostly complete strike on back of 1851 folded native cover to Moorsheedabad, cover with piece missing at top right corner, small insect hole just affecting top of postal marking, Fine, thought to be the only recorded example, noted as "V. Scarce" by Giles, ex Giles
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10005, — 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 1handstampBlack1823–1837
- 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 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 1851 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Agra HG 14 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10005.