Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
12 April
Description
This handstamp: A fine ".ALLY.GHUR./POST.PAID/18" oval, despatch stamp, having dots separating ALLYGHUR & POSTPAID. However there are two more dots separating ALLY & GHUR and POST & PAID. Other postmarks are Calcutta receiving stamp G.8 and broad AM in box, both in red colour.
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Other recorded marks at Allyghur
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Allyghur are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Allyghur HG 1handstampBlack1811–1814
- Allyghur HG 3handstampBlack1836
- Allyghur HG 4handstampRed1838-51
- Allyghur HG 5handstampBlack1837
- Allyghur HG 6handstampBlack1853
- Allyghur HG 7handstampBlack1851
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About this Allyghur pre stamp cover
COV-780 is an Allyghur pre stamp cover of 12 April bearing the Allyghur HG 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Allyghur postal history — the office known today as Aligarh, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
This handstamp: A fine ".ALLY.GHUR./POST.PAID/18" oval, despatch stamp, having dots separating ALLYGHUR & POSTPAID. However there are two more dots separating ALLY & GHUR and POST & PAID. Other postmarks are Calcutta receiving stamp G.8 and broad AM in box, both in red colour.
1 image of COV-780 is recorded; the Allyghur HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1823–1831.
Questions about COV-780
- What is COV-780?
- COV-780 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Allyghur, North Western Provinces of 12 April, bearing the Allyghur HG 2 handstamp in black. This handstamp: A fine ".ALLY.GHUR./POST.PAID/18" oval, despatch stamp, having dots separating ALLYGHUR & POSTPAID. However there are two more dots separating ALLY & GHUR and POST & PAID. Other postmarks are Calcutta receiving stamp G.8 and broad AM in box, both in red colour.
- How scarce is the Allyghur HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Allyghur HG 2 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1823–1831.
- When was COV-780 posted?
- COV-780 is dated 12 April, within the recorded period of use of Allyghur HG 2 (1823–1831).
About this record
This 12 April pre stamp cover of British India bears the Allyghur HG 2 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.