Scan or Photo Courtesy of Akshay Suresh
This 15 Aug 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Delhi HG 4 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.
Date
15 Aug 1852
Provenance
AGANJAM COLLECTION
Same office
Other recorded marks at Delhi
17 marks17 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 1handstampBlack1813–1837
- Delhi HG 2handstampRed1828
- Delhi HG 3handstampRed1839-45
- Delhi HG 5handstampBlack1841-45
- Delhi HG 6handstampRed1843-45
- Delhi HG 7handstampBlack1843
- Delhi HG 8handstampRed1846-52
- Delhi HG 9handstampBlack1846-52
- Delhi HG 10handstampBlack1853-58
- Delhi HG 10ahandstampRed1855
- Delhi HG 11handstampRed1857
- Delhi HG 12handstampBlack1857–1858
- Delhi HG 13handstampBlack1841
- Delhi HG 14handstampRed1846-48
- Delhi HG 15handstampBlack1845-53
- Delhi HG 16handstampRed1853
- Delhi HG 17handstampRed1849