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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 5handstampBlack1829
- Benares HG 6handstampBlack1832–1835
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About this Benares pre stamp cover
COV-1188 is a Benares pre stamp cover of 29 August 1852 bearing the Benares HG 8 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Benares postal history — the office known today as Varanasi, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Benares City Paid/Bearing strike on fl
Its recorded auction history runs through StampBay 3 lot 13.
1 image of COV-1188 is recorded; the Benares HG 8 mark itself is recorded in use 1839–1852.
Questions about COV-1188
- What is COV-1188?
- COV-1188 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Benares, North Western Provinces of 29 August 1852, bearing the Benares HG 8 handstamp in black. Benares City Paid/Bearing strike on fl
- How scarce is the Benares HG 8 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Benares HG 8 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1839–1852.
- What is the provenance of COV-1188?
- Its recorded auction history runs through StampBay 3 lot 13.
- When was COV-1188 posted?
- COV-1188 is dated 29 August 1852, within the recorded period of use of Benares HG 8 (1839–1852).
About this record
This 29 August 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Benares HG 8 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 3, lot 13.