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Date
15 June 1836
Description
1836 Cawnpore/Kanpur– Scotland Ship letter, with rare Giles 6 (ex-U41)/Lowe HS203 circular Pt. Pd. (Post Paid) postmark of Cawnpore/Kanpur with manuscript date 15 June within parallel chords and year 18 followed by 36 in ms in the segment below, indicating total 13A postage prepaid inclusive of 10A inland postage from Cawnpore/Kanpur to Calcutta/Kolkata covering 988km (614 mile) and 3A ship postage leviable from Calcutta/Kolkata for single letter weighing upto 11.66gm (1 Sikka Wt. which was the weight of 1 Murshidabadi Rupaya), Giles SD10 (ex-CS17)/Lowe HS59 rectangular SHIP LETTER dispatch mark dt. 22 JU 22 1836 of Calcutta/Kolkata GPO, Robertson In1 oblong INDIA LETTER receipt mark of New Romney, England, octagonal SHIP LETTER receipt mark of New Romney, double-circular datestamp dt. 9 DE 9 1836 in red of London and dt. DEC 11 1836 in red. The letter was first marked 1/2 (1sh2d), later struck out and correct 1/8 (1sh8d) ship letter postage due in manuscript was entered for weight upto 14.18gm (½oz). The letter has rectangular ½ penny Scottish additional mail tax stamp for carriage by stage coach with more than two wheels on a toll road in Scotland.
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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 2handstampBlack1810-18
- Cawnpore HG 3handstampBlack1818
- Cawnpore HG 4handstampBlack1820-33
- Cawnpore HG 4ahandstampBlack1825–1833
- Cawnpore HG 5handstampBlack1826
- Cawnpore HG 7handstampBlack1836
- Cawnpore HG 8handstampBlack1833-36
- Cawnpore HG 9handstampRed1837-45
- Cawnpore HG 10handstampBlack1837-45
- Cawnpore HG 11handstampRed1845–1848
- Cawnpore HG 12handstampRed1847-48
- Cawnpore HG 13handstampBlack1849
- Cawnpore HG 13AhandstampBlack1849
- Cawnpore HG 14handstampRed1848
- Cawnpore HG 15handstampBlack1851-52
- Cawnpore HG 16handstampRed1852
- Cawnpore HG 17handstampBlack1858
About this record
This 15 June 1836 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cawnpore HG 6 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with NityaPushta.