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
1828-53, Specialised collection of 23 pre-stamp en 2016, Lot Lot 40684
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Landour
8 marks8 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.
- Landour HG 2handstampBlack1833–1835
- Landour HG 3handstampRed1838–1852
- Landour HG 4handstampRed1845–1854
- Landour HG 4AhandstampRed1844
- Landour HG 5handstampRed1852-54
- Landour HG 6handstampRed1853
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About this Landour pre stamp cover
COV-512 is a Landour pre stamp cover of 8 April 1831 bearing the Landour HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Landour postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
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)
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 182 (Oct. 2000); and David Feldman 1828-53, Specialised collection of 23 pre-stamp en 2016 lot Lot 40684.
1 image of COV-512 is recorded (front); the Landour HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1830-31.
Questions about COV-512
- What is COV-512?
- COV-512 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Landour, North Western Provinces of 8 April 1831, bearing the Landour HG 1 handstamp in black. 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)
- How scarce is the Landour HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Landour HG 1 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1830-31.
- What is the provenance of COV-512?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 182 (Oct. 2000); and David Feldman 1828-53, Specialised collection of 23 pre-stamp en 2016 lot Lot 40684.
- When was COV-512 posted?
- COV-512 is dated 8 April 1831, within the recorded period of use of Landour HG 1 (1830-31).
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 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 182, (Oct. 2000); David Feldman, 1828-53, Specialised collection of 23 pre-stamp en 2016, lot Lot 40684.