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Date
15 May 1829
Description
Benares: 1829 (15 May) native wrapper (opened-out) to Jeypore showing the sole example recorded of the framed "BENARES/U P. P./18" datestamp (HG 5), and 1834 (15 Aug.) entire letter from Calcutta to the Post Office at Benares, not collected and returned to Calcutta with framed "BENARES/BEARING" (HG 6, the third recorded example). Photo for first.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
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 3handstampBlack1824–1836
- Benares HG 4handstampBlack1827-35
- Benares HG 6handstampBlack1832–1835
- Benares HG 7handstampRed1838–1853
- 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 15 May 1829 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Benares HG 5 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 161.