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Description
Entire native cover posted from delhi to Jeypore with "Delhie/ 18 June 16/ Bearing" All India type HG4 handstamp in black color with 1 anna postage due as indicated in manuscript.
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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 5handstampBlack1841-45
- Delhi HG 6handstampRed1843–1845
- Delhi HG 7handstampBlack1843
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About this Delhi pre stamp cover
COV-3985 is a Delhi pre stamp cover bearing the Delhi HG 4 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Delhi postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Entire native cover posted from delhi to Jeypore with "Delhie/ 18 June 16/ Bearing" All India type HG4 handstamp in black color with 1 anna postage due as indicated in manuscript.
2 images of COV-3985 are recorded (front, back); the Delhi HG 4 mark itself is recorded in use 1841–1857.
Questions about COV-3985
- What is COV-3985?
- COV-3985 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Delhi, North Western Provinces, bearing the Delhi HG 4 handstamp in black. Entire native cover posted from delhi to Jeypore with "Delhie/ 18 June 16/ Bearing" All India type HG4 handstamp in black color with 1 anna postage due as indicated in manuscript.
- How scarce is the Delhi HG 4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Delhi HG 4 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1841–1857.
About this record
This pre-1854 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 10 surviving covers with this mark recorded.