COV-4131
22 November 1837 Cawnpore HG 6 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
22 November 1837
Description
Entire posted from Cawnpore to Longore on 22nd November 1837 with HG6 circular handstamp of "Cawnpore/ Pt. Pd / 18" in black color with 8 annas postage paid. At that time the Governor General was Auckland and Post Master General was Alexander.
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 4handstampBlack1820–1833
- Cawnpore HG 4ahandstampBlack1825–1833
- Cawnpore HG 5handstampBlack1826
- 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 22 November 1837 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 12 surviving covers with this mark recorded.