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Description
Postal cover from goruckpoor (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Goruckpoor
4 marks4 other pre-1854 postal markings of Goruckpoor are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Goruckpoor pre stamp cover
COV-2968 is a Goruckpoor pre stamp cover bearing the Goruckpoor HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Goruckpoor postal history — the office known today as Gorakhpur, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from goruckpoor (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
1 image of COV-2968 is recorded (front); the Goruckpoor HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1821–1838.
Questions about COV-2968
- What is COV-2968?
- COV-2968 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Goruckpoor, North Western Provinces, bearing the Goruckpoor HG 1 handstamp in black. Postal cover from goruckpoor (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 1 handstamp in Black. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Goruckpoor HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Goruckpoor HG 1 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1821–1838.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Goruckpoor HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 20 surviving covers with this mark recorded.