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Date
18 September 1847
Description
Entire posted from Jansi to Delhie with "Jansi/ Paid" All India type handstamp in purple color along with unrecorded "Delhie/ 1847 Sept 18/ Weight Tola" handstamp in red color with other manuscript in native language.
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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-4119 is a Delhi pre stamp cover of 18 September 1847 bearing the Delhi HG 8a handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Delhi postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Entire posted from Jansi to Delhie with "Jansi/ Paid" All India type handstamp in purple color along with unrecorded "Delhie/ 1847 Sept 18/ Weight Tola" handstamp in red color with other manuscript in native language.
1 image of COV-4119 is recorded (front); the Delhi HG 8a mark itself is recorded in use 1847.
Questions about COV-4119
- What is COV-4119?
- COV-4119 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Delhi, North Western Provinces of 18 September 1847, bearing the Delhi HG 8a handstamp in red. Entire posted from Jansi to Delhie with "Jansi/ Paid" All India type handstamp in purple color along with unrecorded "Delhie/ 1847 Sept 18/ Weight Tola" handstamp in red color with other manuscript in native language.
- How scarce is the Delhi HG 8a mark on this cover?
- The census grades Delhi HG 8a as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1847.
- When was COV-4119 posted?
- COV-4119 is dated 18 September 1847, within the recorded period of use of Delhi HG 8a (1847).
About this record
This 18 September 1847 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Delhi HG 8a handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.