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Date
1827
Description
Entire posted from Cawnpore to Calcutta with large "CAWNPORE / POST OFFICE" in double ring mark, with "PST.P D / 18" clear in centre, in black HG4 handstamp in 1827 with postage of 16 annas paid along with Calcutta GPO hexagonal handstamp addressd to Andrew Wright, the attorney of Supreme court.
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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 4ahandstampBlack1825–1833
- Cawnpore HG 5handstampBlack1826
- Cawnpore HG 6handstampBlack1834–1837
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About this Cawnpore pre stamp cover
COV-4127 is a Cawnpore pre stamp cover of 1827 bearing the Cawnpore HG 4 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?
Entire posted from Cawnpore to Calcutta with large "CAWNPORE / POST OFFICE" in double ring mark, with "PST.P D / 18" clear in centre, in black HG4 handstamp in 1827 with postage of 16 annas paid along with Calcutta GPO hexagonal handstamp addressd to Andrew Wright, the attorney of Supreme court.
1 image of COV-4127 is recorded (front); the Cawnpore HG 4 mark itself is recorded in use 1820–1833.
Questions about COV-4127
- What is COV-4127?
- COV-4127 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Cawnpore, North Western Provinces of 1827, bearing the Cawnpore HG 4 handstamp in black. Entire posted from Cawnpore to Calcutta with large "CAWNPORE / POST OFFICE" in double ring mark, with "PST.P D / 18" clear in centre, in black HG4 handstamp in 1827 with postage of 16 annas paid along with Calcutta GPO hexagonal handstamp addressd to Andrew Wright, the attorney of Supreme court.
- How scarce is the Cawnpore HG 4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Cawnpore HG 4 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1820–1833.
- When was COV-4127 posted?
- COV-4127 is dated 1827, within the recorded period of use of Cawnpore HG 4 (1820–1833).
About this record
This 1827 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.