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27 Aug 1827 Cawnpore HG 4 Cover
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Date
27 Aug 1827
Description
PRESTAMP MAIL TO GB: Small 1806-1851 range inc. 27 Aug. 1827 EL to Suffolk with "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LONDON" hs on front (applied in error and cancelled, with ms "1/2" showing the correct rate), and faint 2-ring "CAWNPORE/POST OFFICE" hs on flap; 9 Apr. 1851 EL to Yorkshire with fine black double-ring "CALLAO" cds (from a British Post Office in Callao) and red Receiver's Mark on reverse; plus other related examples. (10)Cross Reference: INDIA
Auction
Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, Lot 279
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 27 Aug 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. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Philatelic Auctions Ltd Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, lot 279.