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Date
1849
Description
A completely different type of "CANNPORE/BEARING" receipt 1849 with the word "BEARING" in large letters spread across of the lower segment stamp used in whole The letter was sent from Inverness in Sept.1849 "viaSouthampton" with 1/- paid to India by the Over; and Bombay. At this port stamped "BOMBAY/date/Bearing 10" annas inland postage to Cawnpore
Provenance
Ex Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Cawnpore
19 marks19 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 1handstampBlack1802–1803
- Cawnpore HG 2handstampBlack1810–1818
- Cawnpore HG 3handstampBlack1818
- Cawnpore HG 4handstampBlack1820–1833
- Cawnpore HG 4ahandstampBlack1825–1833
- Cawnpore HG 5handstampBlack1826
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About this Cawnpore pre stamp cover
COV-4485 is a Cawnpore pre stamp cover of 1849 bearing the Cawnpore HG 13 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Cawnpore postal history — the office known today as Kanpur, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
A completely different type of "CANNPORE/BEARING" receipt 1849 with the word "BEARING" in large letters spread across of the lower segment stamp used in whole The letter was sent from Inverness in Sept.1849 "viaSouthampton" with 1/- paid to India by the Over; and Bombay. At this port stamped "BOMBAY/date/Bearing 10" annas inland postage to Cawnpore
Ex Giles
1 image of COV-4485 is recorded (front); the Cawnpore HG 13 mark itself is recorded in use 1849.
Questions about COV-4485
- What is COV-4485?
- COV-4485 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Cawnpore, North Western Provinces of 1849, bearing the Cawnpore HG 13 handstamp in black. A completely different type of "CANNPORE/BEARING" receipt 1849 with the word "BEARING" in large letters spread across of the lower segment stamp used in whole The letter was sent from Inverness in Sept.1849 "viaSouthampton" with 1/- paid to India by the Over; and Bombay. At this port stamped "BOMBAY/date/Bearing 10" annas inland postage to Cawnpore
- How scarce is the Cawnpore HG 13 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Cawnpore HG 13 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1849.
- What is the provenance of COV-4485?
- Ex Giles
- When was COV-4485 posted?
- COV-4485 is dated 1849, within the recorded period of use of Cawnpore HG 13 (1849).
About this record
This 1849 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cawnpore HG 13 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.