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Date
29 September 1853
Description
1853 Landour – London overland cover via Bombay & Southampton route, with Landour Giles 7 "LANDOUR/Sep 29 1853/Paid" despatch handstamp, rate "12" (indicating 12A double-letter inland postage to Bombay, applied on the back side) & "1–4" (indicating 12A inland to Bombay + 8A India–UK British Packet rate, for a letter under ½ oz, sent via the Southampton route) applied in manuscript. At Bombay, Giles SD8 "INDIA/PAID" port transit applied & "Pd/8a" applied in red manuscript (indicating the 8A steamer postage was fully prepaid by the sender), & sent to Aden via the EIC regular steamer SEMIRAMIS II, then to Suez via P&O steamer BENTINCK, travelled overland to Alexandria, & sent to Southampton via P&O steamer RIPON, reached London via Southampton & there "V/PAID/17 NO 17/1853" receipt mark applied, & delivered to the recipient.
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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 1handstampBlack1830-31
- Landour HG 2handstampBlack1833–1835
- Landour HG 3handstampRed1838–1852
- Landour HG 4handstampRed1845–1854
- Landour HG 4AhandstampRed1844
- Landour HG 5handstampRed1852-54
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About this Landour pre stamp cover
COV-2395 is a Landour pre stamp cover of 29 September 1853 bearing the Landour HG 7 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Landour postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
1853 Landour – London overland cover via Bombay & Southampton route, with Landour Giles 7 "LANDOUR/Sep 29 1853/Paid" despatch handstamp, rate "12" (indicating 12A double-letter inland postage to Bombay, applied on the back side) & "1–4" (indicating 12A inland to Bombay + 8A India–UK British Packet rate, for a letter under ½ oz, sent via the Southampton route) applied in manuscript. At Bombay, Giles SD8 "INDIA/PAID" port transit applied & "Pd/8a" applied in red manuscript (indicating the 8A steamer postage was fully prepaid by the sender), & sent to Aden via the EIC regular steamer SEMIRAMIS II, then to Suez via P&O steamer BENTINCK, travelled overland to Alexandria, & sent to Southampton via P&O steamer RIPON, reached London via Southampton & there "V/PAID/17 NO 17/1853" receipt mark applied, & delivered to the recipient.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-2395 is recorded (front); the Landour HG 7 mark itself is recorded in use 1853–1854.
Questions about COV-2395
- What is COV-2395?
- COV-2395 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Landour, North Western Provinces of 29 September 1853, bearing the Landour HG 7 handstamp in red. 1853 Landour – London overland cover via Bombay & Southampton route, with Landour Giles 7 "LANDOUR/Sep 29 1853/Paid" despatch handstamp, rate "12" (indicating 12A double-letter inland postage to Bombay, applied on the back side) & "1–4" (indicating 12A inland to Bombay + 8A India–UK British Packet rate, for a letter under ½ oz, sent via the Southampton route) applied in manuscript. At Bombay, Giles SD8 "INDIA/PAID" port transit applied & "Pd/8a" applied in red manuscript (indicating the 8A steamer postage was fully prepaid by the sender), & sent to Aden via the EIC regular steamer SEMIRAMIS II, then to Suez via P&O steamer BENTINCK, travelled overland to Alexandria, & sent to Southampton via P&O steamer RIPON, reached London via Southampton & there "V/PAID/17 NO 17/1853" receipt mark applied, & delivered to the recipient.
- How scarce is the Landour HG 7 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Landour HG 7 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1853–1854.
- What is the provenance of COV-2395?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
- When was COV-2395 posted?
- COV-2395 is dated 29 September 1853, within the recorded period of use of Landour HG 7 (1853–1854).
About this record
This 29 September 1853 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Landour HG 7 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.