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Date
21 June 1825
Description
India, Cawnpore, 1826, "CAWNPORE POST OFFICE/Pst Pd/18__" Double-Circle Handstamp (Giles 4). Clear strike on back of folded letter datelined "Cawnpore 21st June 1825" , addressed to Teignmouth, England, forwarded to Launceston, framed "INDIA LETTER/DEAL" (Robertson In. 3) and blue "Launceton/PY POST" handstamps, Calcutta General Post Office (Jul. 1, Giles SD8b), Teignmouth, and Mar. 14 transit and arrival datestamps, manuscript "1/2" and "1/8" rate markings crossed out and "2/-" written, Very Fine
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10049, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
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 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 21 June 1825 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cawnpore HG 4 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 10 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10049.