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Date
1827
Description
India 1827 DELHI PtPd HG1 on folded entire to London with CALCUTTA G.P.O. SHIPLETTER HG SD9 and CACUTTA G.P.O. HG G8 in red. Scarce. Contents state I go out to a fine and healthy country and I am glad for the sake of my people that the time is at hand for the season has been beautiful and the tour of Delhie particularly free from disease, both in and near Cantonments. Few and .... has been attacking the .... furiously - one of three regiments there are about 900 men sick & convalescence - without this there have'nt been above 4 or five fatal cases and the Europeans have not been troubled with
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Other recorded marks at Delhi
19 marks19 other pre-1854 postal markings of Delhi are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Delhi HG 2handstampRed1828
- Delhi HG 3handstampRed1838–1845
- Delhi HG 4handstampBlack1841–1857
- Delhi HG 5handstampBlack1841-45
- Delhi HG 6handstampRed1843–1845
- Delhi HG 7handstampBlack1843
- Delhi HG 8handstampRed1846-52
- Delhi HG 8khandstampRed1847
- Delhi HG 9handstampBlack1846-52
- Delhi HG 10handstampBlack1853-58
- Delhi HG 10ahandstampRed1855
- Delhi HG 10bhandstampRed1854
- Delhi HG 11handstampRed1857
- Delhi HG 12handstampBlack1857–1858
- Delhi HG 13handstampBlack1841–1852
- Delhi HG 14handstampRed1846–1849
- Delhi HG 15handstampBlack1845-53
- Delhi HG 16handstampRed1853
- Delhi HG 17handstampRed1849
About this record
This 1827 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Delhi HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 21 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with India Study Circle, lot 6.