Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
1 May 1833
Description
Spink - 1833 (1 May) soldier's entire letter Cawnpore to Scotland countersigned by the C.O. and showing a fair to good strike of the boxed "CAWNPORE/FREE/r8" d.s. (HG B) and (on front) a fair to good strike of the circular "INDIA solDrERs/3/Llvrnroor"; some creasing and light staining, nevertheless a rare item Cavendish - LIVERPOOL/CAWNPORE - “INDIA SOLDIER &c/3/LIVERPOOL” COVER WITH RARE BOXED “CAWNPORE/FREE”; 1 May 1833 EL (some wear, dusting, etc.; long interesting contents about military life and wildlife in India) to Scotland headed & countersigned for the Soldier ’s Concession Rate for a Horse Artillery Sergeant with a mainly very fine boxed “CAWNPORE/FREE/18” (HG8; “Scarce” - only known for 1836) nicely placed on the top flap with a large part large encircled “INDIA [SOL]DIERS &c/3/LIVERPOOL” on the front, crossed through on redirection from Ayr (faint backstamp) to Edinburgh with the only other charge being a fine boxed Scottish Mail Tax “½” mark (unusual charged alone). PHOTO - see page 43
Auction
Manning, Lot 135, (Sept. 2015)
Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor Michael Manning
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 6handstampBlack1834–1837
- Cawnpore HG 7handstampBlack1836
- 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 1 May 1833 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cawnpore HG 8 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Contractor, lot 209, (Dec. 1999); Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 135, (Sept. 2015).