Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1837
Description
This is a late example on a letter of 1837 sent from BARELLY to SAUGOR, with postage paid of 8 annas. It ought to have been receipt stamped "SAUGOR / Pt. Pd.", under the Post Office rules of 1832, but no such stamp was applied.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Barelly
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Barelly are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Barelly HG 2 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 10 surviving covers with this mark recorded.