COV-388
10 December 1817 Cawnpore HG 2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
10 December 1817
Description
India, Cawnpore, 1817, "CAWNPORE/PPd" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2). Faint but mostly legible strike with manuscript "4as" rate marking on back of folded letter datelined Dec. 10, 1817, addressed to Major Anburey, Principal Field Engineer, Camp, cover heavily toned, heavy file fold, and splitting along folds which have been extensively reinforced, Fine and rare strike
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10048, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Provenance
"Magnolia"
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 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 10 December 1817 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cawnpore HG 2 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10048.