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Description
India, Landour, ca. 1850s, "LANDOUR/18?? JULY 3/BEARING" Framed Datestamp (Giles Unrecorded). Relatively bold strike with manuscript "12" rate marking on back of mourning to Sir Robert Maddock in Alipore, Ceylon, Calcutta transit backstamp, accompanied by original enclosure, Very Fine and presumably quite scarce as it is unrecorded in Giles or his later supplements
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10085, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Provenance
"Magnolia"
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 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-424 is a Landour pre stamp cover bearing the Landour HG 8 handstamp, recorded in the census of Landour postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Landour, ca. 1850s, "LANDOUR/18?? JULY 3/BEARING" Framed Datestamp (Giles Unrecorded). Relatively bold strike with manuscript "12" rate marking on back of mourning to Sir Robert Maddock in Alipore, Ceylon, Calcutta transit backstamp, accompanied by original enclosure, Very Fine and presumably quite scarce as it is unrecorded in Giles or his later supplements
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9042 lot 10085.
2 images of COV-424 are recorded (front, back); the Landour HG 8 mark itself is recorded in use 1849–1850.
Questions about COV-424
- What is COV-424?
- COV-424 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Landour, North Western Provinces, bearing the Landour HG 8 handstamp. India, Landour, ca. 1850s, "LANDOUR/18?? JULY 3/BEARING" Framed Datestamp (Giles Unrecorded). Relatively bold strike with manuscript "12" rate marking on back of mourning to Sir Robert Maddock in Alipore, Ceylon, Calcutta transit backstamp, accompanied by original enclosure, Very Fine and presumably quite scarce as it is unrecorded in Giles or his later supplements
- How scarce is the Landour HG 8 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Landour HG 8 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1849–1850.
- What is the provenance of COV-424?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9042 lot 10085.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Landour HG 8 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10085.