COV-358
3 March 1827 Benares HG 3 Cover
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Date
3 March 1827
Description
India, Benares, 1827, "BENARES POST PAID/18__" Double-Circle Handstamp (Giles 3). Clearly struck with manuscript "3 March 1827" date and "6" (annas) rate added on back of folded cover (missing inner panel) to Glasgow, Scotland, forwarded to Rothsay, sender's directive "Ship letter" , framed "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" handstamp (Robertson In. 3), Calcutta G.P.O. (Mar. 9, Giles G9), Calcutta General Post Office (Mar. 10, Giles SD8b), London (Oct. 8), and Holytown transit and arrival backstamps, framed "1/2" handstamp and various manuscript rate markings, cover with slight soiling, Very Fine
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10018, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
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 2handstampBlack1811
- 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 3 March 1827 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Benares HG 3 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 17 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10018.