COV-1882
30 July 1802 Cawnpore HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
30 July 1802
Description
Cawnpore: 1802 (30 July) entire letter to Bath showing, on reverse, a superb strike of the very rare "CAWNPORE" (HG 1) alongside light oval-framed "Bengal/G.P.O./POST PAID" (HG SD2).
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Cawnpore
18 marks18 other pre-1854 postal markings of Cawnpore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Cawnpore HG 2handstampBlack1810–1818
- Cawnpore HG 3handstampBlack1818
- Cawnpore HG 4handstampBlack1820–1833
- Cawnpore HG 4ahandstampBlack1825–1833
- Cawnpore HG 5handstampBlack1826
- Cawnpore HG 6handstampBlack1834–1837
- Cawnpore HG 7handstampBlack1836
- Cawnpore HG 8handstampBlack1833–1836
- Cawnpore HG 9handstampRed1837–1845
- Cawnpore HG 10handstampBlack1837-45
- Cawnpore HG 11handstampRed1845–1848
- Cawnpore HG 12handstampRed1847–1849
- Cawnpore HG 13handstampBlack1849
- Cawnpore HG 13AhandstampBlack1849
- Cawnpore HG 14handstampRed1847–1848
- Cawnpore HG 15handstampBlack1851-52
- Cawnpore HG 16handstampRed1852
- Cawnpore HG 17handstampBlack1858
About this record
This 30 July 1802 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cawnpore HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 165.