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Date
6 August 1835
Description
Ghazeepore: 1835 (6 Aug.) entire letter from Monkwood_, G.B. apparently c.rrricd privately t.9,,CaJ3utta from whence it was forward"a,o ct-"1""p-. rrJ "grir-, redirected, showing'&"1 "GHAZEEPORE/sEano/r8" with rate (3) and-rest "f ar,. in ms. (HG 6) fine strike also ialcutta oval framed "c."p.o./rtan/p'r'"" (HG 15a). Scarce and interesting
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor
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 5handstampBlack1831–1839
- Ghazeepore HG 7handstampBlack1838
- Ghazeepore HG 8handstampRed1839–1841
- Ghazeepore HG 9handstampRed1842–1858
- Ghazeepore HG 10handstampRed1848
- Ghazeepore HG 11handstampBlack1857
About this record
This 6 August 1835 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ghazeepore HG 6 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 88.