COV-3721
17 August 1845 Cawnpore HG 9 Cover
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Date
17 August 1845
Description
India 1845 Postal History Cover from Cawnpore to Bath, redirected to Edinburgh via Bombay and Southampton. Features handstamped 'CAWNPORE/1845 AUG 17/PAID 10as' and multiple transit marks.
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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 8handstampBlack1833–1836
- Cawnpore HG 10handstampBlack1837-45
- Cawnpore HG 11handstampRed1845–1848
- Cawnpore HG 12handstampRed1847–1849
- Cawnpore HG 13handstampBlack1849
- Cawnpore HG 13AhandstampBlack1849
- Cawnpore HG 14handstampRed1848
- Cawnpore HG 15handstampBlack1851-52
- Cawnpore HG 16handstampRed1852
- Cawnpore HG 17handstampBlack1858
About this record
This 17 August 1845 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Cawnpore HG 9 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Sephils, 499, lot 0094, (2026).