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Date
5 April 1811
Description
BENARES BEARING POSTAGE - the only recorded example of Giles 2 on 1811 entire with G.P.O. PtPd Giles 10 and G.P.O. BgPg Giles 11 - Unique
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles Private
Same office
Other recorded marks at Benares
18 marks18 other pre-1854 postal markings of Benares are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Benares HG 1handstampBlack1810–1820
- Benares HG 3handstampBlack1824–1836
- Benares HG 4handstampBlack1827-35
- Benares HG 5handstampBlack1829
- Benares HG 6handstampBlack1832–1835
- Benares HG 7handstampRed1840-53
- Benares HG 8handstampBlack1839–1852
- Benares HG 9handstampRed1839-45
- Benares HG 10handstampRed1839
- Benares HG 11handstampBlack1850–1856
- Benares HG 12handstampRed1845–1850
- Benares HG 13handstampBlack1847-53
- Benares HG 14handstampRed1844
- Benares HG 15handstampBlack1847–1852
- Benares HG 16handstampBlack1845–1851
- Benares HG 17handstampRed1854
- Benares HG 18handstampBlack1851–1854
- Benares MN 1manuscript1808
About this record
This 5 April 1811 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Benares HG 2 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 2 examples recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 160, (Oct. 2000); India Study Circle, (2018); StampBay, 4, lot 1.