Scan or Photo Courtesy of Argyll Etkin Auctions
Date
18 April 1840
Description
1823-51 Entire letters, entires and a cover (5), also a front + flap, five with boxed "Paid" handstamps of Juanpore (not recorded by Hammond Giles, file folds), Negapatam (applied in black in error), Almora (a little faint), Darjeeling or Purnea (front), also 1823 boxed "MADRAS / POST FRee". (6).
Auction
Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, Lot 1138, (6th Nov 2025)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Juanpore
1 markOne other pre-1854 postal marking of Juanpore is recorded in the census. Compare it against this mark to place your cover.
About this record
This 18 April 1840 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Juanpore HG 2 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 Argyll Etkin, Auction Number 57 of G.B & Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, lot 1138, (6th Nov 2025).