Scan or Photo Courtesy of D Pittie
This 15 August 1834 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Benares HG 6 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.
Date
15 August 1834
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 3handstampBlack1824-36
- Benares HG 4handstampBlack1827-35
- Benares HG 5handstampBlack1829
- Benares HG 7handstampRed1840-53
- Benares HG 8handstampBlack1839-46
- Benares HG 9handstampRed1839-45
- Benares HG 10handstampRed1839
- Benares HG 11handstampBlack1850-56
- Benares HG 12handstampRed1845-50
- Benares HG 13handstampBlack1847-53
- Benares HG 14handstampRed1844
- Benares HG 15handstampBlack1852
- Benares HG 16handstampBlack1846–1851
- Benares HG 17handstampRed1854
- Benares HG 18handstampBlack1851–1854
- Benares MN 1manuscript1808