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16 May 1837 Kamptee HG 2 Cover
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Date
16 May 1837
Description
1837 Kamptee – Chester – Parkgate via Madras entire, with Kamptee Giles 2 "KAMPTEE/POST PAID" handstamp, date "16 May 1837" & rate "12 Annas" (paid 12A, comprising 10A second-weight inland postage to Madras & 2A outward sea postage) applied in manuscript. At Madras, SD11 "OUT STATION/MADRAS/28 MY 28/1837/SHIP LETTER" & MX4 "MADRAS/28 MY 28/1837" transit marks applied. Sent to Portsmouth via Cape route; in the UK "INDIA LETTER/PORTSMOUTH" transit mark plus "1/4" (comprising 1s single-letter Portsmouth–Chester inland postage + 4d India incoming sea postage) applied in manuscript. The recipient at Chester paid this amount due and redirected the letter to Parkgate; for that, 4d Chester–Parkgate inland postage & "CHESTER/OC 9/1837" despatch mark were applied, and this bearing postage was collected from the recipient at Parkgate.
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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 16 May 1837 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 Private.