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Date
2 July 1839
Description
India, Allahabad, 1839, "ALLAHABAD/1839 July 2/Paid" Framed Datestamp (Giles 4). Bold strike with manuscript "10 as" rate marking on back of folded letter to Calcutta, red framed "PM" handstamp, Calcutta G.P.O. (Jul. 9) arrival backstamp, mild file fold thru Allahabad marking, still Very Fine strike
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10006, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Allahabad
14 marks14 other pre-1854 postal markings of Allahabad are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Allahabad HG 1handstampRed1830–1836
- Allahabad HG 1ahandstampBlack1838
- Allahabad HG 1bhandstampBlack—
- Allahabad HG 2handstampRed1836
- Allahabad HG 3handstampBlack1835–1836
- Allahabad HG 4ahandstampBlack1844
- Allahabad HG 4bhandstampRed1843-44
- Allahabad HG 5handstampRed1845–1850
- Allahabad HG 6handstampBlack1848
- Allahabad HG 7handstampRed1828–1848
- Allahabad HG 8handstampRed1838-48
- Allahabad HG 9handstampRed1844
- Allahabad HG 10handstampBlack1844–1854
- Allahabad HG 11handstampRed1855
About this record
This 2 July 1839 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Allahabad HG 4 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10006.