COV-237
24 December 1834 Ghazeepore HG 5 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
24 December 1834
Description
India, Ghazeepore, 1834, "GHAZEEPORE/ptpd/18__" Circular Handstamp (Giles 5). Bold strike with manuscript "8" (annas) rate and "24 Dec (18) 34" date markings on back of folded cover to Agra, Very Fine and clear strike of this marking
Auction
Provenance
"Magnolia" Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Ghazeepore
10 marks10 other pre-1854 postal markings of Ghazeepore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Ghazeepore HG 1handstampBlack1815–1832
- Ghazeepore HG 2handstampBlack1824–1826
- Ghazeepore HG 3handstampBlack1826
- Ghazeepore HG 4handstampBlack1829
- Ghazeepore HG 6handstampBlack1835–1836
- Ghazeepore HG 7handstampBlack1838
- Ghazeepore HG 8handstampRed1839–1841
- Ghazeepore HG 9handstampRed1842–1858
- Ghazeepore HG 10handstampRed1848
- Ghazeepore HG 11handstampBlack1857
About this record
This 24 December 1834 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ghazeepore HG 5 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 8 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 178, (Oct. 2000); Spink, lot 187, (Oct. 2001); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10044.