Scan or Photo Courtesy of Private
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
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 1handstampBlack1802–1803
- 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 13AhandstampBlack1849
- Cawnpore HG 14handstampRed1847–1848
- Cawnpore HG 15handstampBlack1851-52
- Cawnpore HG 16handstampRed1852
- Cawnpore HG 17handstampBlack1858
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.