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Date
1850
Description
Postal cover from delhi (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 15 handstamp in Black. Dated 1850. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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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 1handstampBlack1809–1837
- Delhi HG 2handstampRed1828
- Delhi HG 3handstampRed1838–1845
- Delhi HG 4handstampBlack1841–1857
- Delhi HG 5handstampBlack1841-45
- Delhi HG 6handstampRed1843–1845
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About this Delhi pre stamp cover
COV-4564 is a Delhi pre stamp cover of 1850 bearing the Delhi HG 15 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Delhi postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from delhi (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 15 handstamp in Black. Dated 1850. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
1 image of COV-4564 is recorded (front); the Delhi HG 15 mark itself is recorded in use 1845-53.
Questions about COV-4564
- What is COV-4564?
- COV-4564 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Delhi, North Western Provinces of 1850, bearing the Delhi HG 15 handstamp in black. Postal cover from delhi (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 15 handstamp in Black. Dated 1850. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Delhi HG 15 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Delhi HG 15 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1845-53.
- When was COV-4564 posted?
- COV-4564 is dated 1850, within the recorded period of use of Delhi HG 15 (1845-53).
About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Delhi HG 15 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.