COV-512
8 April 1831 Landour HG 1 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
8 April 1831
Description
1828-53, Specialised collection of 23 pre-stamp entires all neatly mounted and written up on album pages, some with letters including transcripts, showing straight-line mkgs LANDOUR (Hammond Giles unlisted), LANDOUR POST PAID on three entires, boxed markings in red Landour Paid two types, plus Landour boxed ds in red (Hammond Giles Type 5), Mussooree Paid, Sultapore Bearing in black, Hansi Bearing (Hammond Giles Type 1) also in black etc., plus 1842 soldier’s entire from Landour convalescent hospital, a wonderful assembly for the specialist (23)
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Landour
9 marks9 other pre-1854 postal markings of Landour are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 8 April 1831 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Landour HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 182, (Oct. 2000); Davidfeldman – 1828-53, Specialised collection of 23 pre-stamp en 2016, lot Lot 40684.