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Description
Postal cover from koorjah (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. 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
+13 more at this office.View all Delhi marks and postal history →
About this Delhi pre stamp cover
COV-3069 is a Delhi pre stamp cover bearing the Delhi HG 9 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Delhi postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from koorjah (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
1 image of COV-3069 is recorded (front); the Delhi HG 9 mark itself is recorded in use 1846-52.
Questions about COV-3069
- What is COV-3069?
- COV-3069 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Delhi, North Western Provinces, bearing the Delhi HG 9 handstamp in black. Postal cover from koorjah (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Delhi HG 9 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Delhi HG 9 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1846-52.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Delhi HG 9 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded.