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Date
1828
Description
Soldiers Letters. 1830 Entire letter from D. Mackay, Adjutant of the 1st Brigade Horse Artillery at Cawnpore, to England, informing the addressee that her husband died en route to Calcutta in 1828, the address panel headed "Soldiers Letter" and countersigned, with large part circular "INDIA SOLDIERS &c / 3 / LONDON" (upper flap missing); and 1852 entire letter from Poona to Ireland headed "Soldiers Letter From Regimental No. 1639 Private John O'Brien, No. 8 Company 1st Bombay European Regiment Fusiliers" and countersigned, charged 2d, informing the addressee his son had died and his Punjaub medal with two bars will be forwarded on. Also an 1826 letter from Lt. Brown, 41st Regt., posted from Beverley to Col. Gossip in York informing him of the death of his son killed in action near Prome (with two associated family letters), and 1849 letter to East India House concerning the conduct of a former soldier who ran off with the writers wife despite having a wife back in India, has since married another woman, and has committed two robberies. (6).
Auction
Worldwide Stamps & Postal History Featuring Great Britain Postal History, British Colonial Proofs & Essays, Valentines, Crash Mail, WW2 Far East P.O.W Mail, India, Sweden, Boer War & Zanzibar, Lot 1180, (14 Oct 2021)
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Other recorded marks at Cawnpore
19 marks19 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
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About this Cawnpore pre stamp cover
COV-4839 is a Cawnpore pre stamp cover of 1828 bearing the Cawnpore HG 8 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Cawnpore postal history — the office known today as Kanpur, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Soldiers Letters. 1830 Entire letter from D. Mackay, Adjutant of the 1st Brigade Horse Artillery at Cawnpore, to England, informing the addressee that her husband died en route to Calcutta in 1828, the address panel headed "Soldiers Letter" and countersigned, with large part circular "INDIA SOLDIERS &c / 3 / LONDON" (upper flap missing); and 1852 entire letter from Poona to Ireland headed "Soldiers Letter From Regimental No. 1639 Private John O'Brien, No. 8 Company 1st Bombay European Regiment Fusiliers" and countersigned, charged 2d, informing the addressee his son had died and his Punjaub medal with two bars will be forwarded on. Also an 1826 letter from Lt. Brown, 41st Regt., posted from Beverley to Col. Gossip in York informing him of the death of his son killed in action near Prome (with two associated family letters), and 1849 letter to East India House concerning the conduct of a former soldier who ran off with the writers wife despite having a wife back in India, has since married another woman, and has committed two robberies. (6).
Its recorded auction history runs through Argyll Etkin Worldwide Stamps & Postal History Featuring Great Britain Postal History, British Colonial Proofs & Essays, Valentines, Crash Mail, WW2 Far East P.O.W Mail, India, Sweden, Boer War & Zanzibar lot 1180 (14 Oct 2021).
3 images of COV-4839 are recorded (front, back, detail); the Cawnpore HG 8 mark itself is recorded in use 1828–1836.
Questions about COV-4839
- What is COV-4839?
- COV-4839 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Cawnpore, North Western Provinces of 1828, bearing the Cawnpore HG 8 handstamp in black. Soldiers Letters. 1830 Entire letter from D. Mackay, Adjutant of the 1st Brigade Horse Artillery at Cawnpore, to England, informing the addressee that her husband died en route to Calcutta in 1828, the address panel headed "Soldiers Letter" and countersigned, with large part circular "INDIA SOLDIERS &c / 3 / LONDON" (upper flap missing); and 1852 entire letter from Poona to Ireland headed "Soldiers Letter From Regimental No. 1639 Private John O'Brien, No. 8 Company 1st Bombay European Regiment Fusiliers" and countersigned, charged 2d, informing the addressee his son had died and his Punjaub medal with two bars will be forwarded on. Also an 1826 letter from Lt. Brown, 41st Regt., posted from Beverley to Col. Gossip in York informing him of the death of his son killed in action near Prome (with two associated family letters), and 1849 letter to East India House concerning the conduct of a former soldier who ran off with the writers wife despite having a wife back in India, has since married another woman, and has committed two robberies. (6).
- How scarce is the Cawnpore HG 8 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Cawnpore HG 8 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1828–1836.
- What is the provenance of COV-4839?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Argyll Etkin Worldwide Stamps & Postal History Featuring Great Britain Postal History, British Colonial Proofs & Essays, Valentines, Crash Mail, WW2 Far East P.O.W Mail, India, Sweden, Boer War & Zanzibar lot 1180 (14 Oct 2021).
- When was COV-4839 posted?
- COV-4839 is dated 1828, within the recorded period of use of Cawnpore HG 8 (1828–1836).
About this record
This 1828 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 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Argyll Etkin, Worldwide Stamps & Postal History Featuring Great Britain Postal History, British Colonial Proofs & Essays, Valentines, Crash Mail, WW2 Far East P.O.W Mail, India, Sweden, Boer War & Zanzibar, lot 1180, (14 Oct 2021).