Skip to content
Hand Struck Stamps

COV-2423 — 3 February 1847 Barelly HG 3 Cover

Back to census|Barelly HG 3 · 2 covers recorded
← COV-2323
COV-2423 — 3 February 1847 Barelly HG 3 pre-stamp cover
front

Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak

Census record COV-2423 is a 3 February 1847 pre-stamp cover of British India bearing the Barelly HG 3 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.

Date

3 February 1847

Description

This handstamp : Though looks like H.G.3 “BAREILY / PAID” in red as mentioned by Giles, the letters BAREILY are bigger in size, used during 1840 to 45 per Giles. This being a later use, may treated as new type.