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Date
1 September 1843
Description
Agra: 1843 (1 Sept.) entire-letter tom Douglas, Isle of Man "By ouerland mail uia Southampton" to Dum l)um showing, on rev_erse across join, framed "acna" (HG 7) in red and the sole example recorded in this colour, Calcutta Shfu Letter Bearing and Dum Dum Bearing d.s. phoro dl2o_rso Note: only one other exaruple oJthis mark k recorded, in black on an 1848 couer-from Gwalior
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
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 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 1 September 1843 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Agra HG 7 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 2 examples recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 386, (Oct. 2000).