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17 November 1836 Cawnpore HG 8 Cover
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Date
17 November 1836
Description
1836 Cawnpore – Lancaster soldiers' rate entire via Cape route, with Cawnpore Giles 8 "CAWNPORE/FREE/18.." despatch handstamp, as soldiers' letter sent to Calcutta free & there SD11 "CALCUTTA/GPO/SHIP LETTER/17 NO 17/1836" transit mark applied, sent bearing from India via the Cape route. Upon reaching the UK, "INDIA LETTER/LIVERPOOL" transit mark & "INDIA SOLDIERS/3/LIVERPOOL" handstamp (indicating 3d bearing postage, comprising 2d sea postage & 1d soldiers' India–UK privilege rate) were applied, which was collected from the recipient at Lancaster.
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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 2handstampBlack1810–1818
- 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 17 November 1836 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 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.