Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1837
Description
This handstamp: A framed rectangular two tired in single frame "AGRA / POST PAID" and used only in 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 1handstampBlack1823–1836
- Agra HG 2handstampRed1828
- Agra HG 3handstampBlack1835
- 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
About this record
This 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Agra HG 4 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.