COV-1018
12 December 1826 Kamptee HG 2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
12 December 1826
Description
India, Kamptee, 1826, "KAMPTEE/POST PAID" Framed Handstamp (Giles 2). Bold strike with manuscript "12 Decr 1826" date and "1-4" rate added on back of folded letter to Hillsborough, Ireland, framed "INDIA LETTER/SOUTHAMPTON" handstamp, Madras Out Station Ship Letter and London transit datestamps
Auction
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Kamptee
11 marks11 other pre-1854 postal markings of Kamptee are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Kamptee HG 1handstampBlack1831–1836
- Kamptee HG 3handstampRed1837–1849
- Kamptee HG 4handstampBlack1843–1846
- Kamptee HG 5handstampRed1836–1853
- Kamptee HG 6handstampRed1849–1854
- Kamptee HG 7handstampBlack1849–1854
- Kamptee HG 8handstampRed1853
- Kamptee HG 9handstampRed1852
- Kamptee HG 10handstampRed1848–1854
- Kamptee HG 11handstampRed1849
- Kamptee HG 12handstampBlue1852
About this record
This 12 December 1826 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kamptee HG 2 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 11 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, lot 10048.