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Date
1834
Description
DEAL/DOVER/EASTBOURNE/FALMOUTH INDIA LETTERS GROUP INC. BOXED "CUDDAPAH/Paid" MARK; 1825/34 pair ex Poona/Bareilly with fine or overstruck black or red DEAL mark, 1837 E ex Bombay with scarce red boxed "DOVER/INDIA LETTER", 1839 EL ex Bombay with fine scarce pale blue boxed EASTBOURNE mark (closed tear), and 1829/36/40 trio all with mainly fine bright red boxed FALMOUTH marks (1840 also with partly fine boxed red "CUDDAPAH/Paid" with ms date and "Inland Postage As2, Ship Do As.2" alongside. (7 covers) Cross Reference: KENT, SUSSEX, SHIP LETTERS
Auction
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, Lot 487, (2024)
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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 Barelly pre stamp cover
COV-4870 is a Barelly pre stamp cover of 1834 bearing the Barelly HG 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Barelly postal history — the office known today as Bareilly, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
DEAL/DOVER/EASTBOURNE/FALMOUTH INDIA LETTERS GROUP INC. BOXED "CUDDAPAH/Paid" MARK; 1825/34 pair ex Poona/Bareilly with fine or overstruck black or red DEAL mark, 1837 E ex Bombay with scarce red boxed "DOVER/INDIA LETTER", 1839 EL ex Bombay with fine scarce pale blue boxed EASTBOURNE mark (closed tear), and 1829/36/40 trio all with mainly fine bright red boxed FALMOUTH marks (1840 also with partly fine boxed red "CUDDAPAH/Paid" with ms date and "Inland Postage As2, Ship Do As.2" alongside. (7 covers) Cross Reference: KENT, SUSSEX, SHIP LETTERS
Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History lot 487 (2024).
1 image of COV-4870 is recorded; the Barelly HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1824–1837.
Questions about COV-4870
- What is COV-4870?
- COV-4870 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Barelly, North Western Provinces of 1834, bearing the Barelly HG 2 handstamp in black. DEAL/DOVER/EASTBOURNE/FALMOUTH INDIA LETTERS GROUP INC. BOXED "CUDDAPAH/Paid" MARK; 1825/34 pair ex Poona/Bareilly with fine or overstruck black or red DEAL mark, 1837 E ex Bombay with scarce red boxed "DOVER/INDIA LETTER", 1839 EL ex Bombay with fine scarce pale blue boxed EASTBOURNE mark (closed tear), and 1829/36/40 trio all with mainly fine bright red boxed FALMOUTH marks (1840 also with partly fine boxed red "CUDDAPAH/Paid" with ms date and "Inland Postage As2, Ship Do As.2" alongside. (7 covers) Cross Reference: KENT, SUSSEX, SHIP LETTERS
- How scarce is the Barelly HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Barelly HG 2 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1824–1837.
- What is the provenance of COV-4870?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History lot 487 (2024).
- When was COV-4870 posted?
- COV-4870 is dated 1834, within the recorded period of use of Barelly HG 2 (1824–1837).
About this record
This 1834 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. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, lot 487, (2024).