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.
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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 4AhandstampRed1837
- Agra HG 5handstampBlack1837–1850
- Agra HG 6handstampRed1838–1849
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About this Agra pre stamp cover
COV-768 is an Agra pre stamp cover of 1837 bearing the Agra HG 4 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Agra postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
This handstamp: A framed rectangular two tired in single frame "AGRA / POST PAID" and used only in 1837.
1 image of COV-768 is recorded; the Agra HG 4 mark itself is recorded in use 1833–1837.
Questions about COV-768
- What is COV-768?
- COV-768 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Agra, North Western Provinces of 1837, bearing the Agra HG 4 handstamp in black. This handstamp: A framed rectangular two tired in single frame "AGRA / POST PAID" and used only in 1837.
- How scarce is the Agra HG 4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Agra HG 4 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1833–1837.
- When was COV-768 posted?
- COV-768 is dated 1837, within the recorded period of use of Agra HG 4 (1833–1837).
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.