COV-426
25 February 1810 Lucknow HG 1 Cover
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Date
25 February 1810
Description
India, Lucknow, 1810, "LUCKNOW/POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 1). Bold and complete strike with manuscript "25 Feby" date and "13 As" rate added on back of 1810 folded cover to Sittingbourne, England, sender's directive "Pr. Earl Howe" , Calcutta "Bengal/G.P.O./MARCH/POST PAID" (Giles SD2, affected by opening tears), crowned Ship Letter London (Aug. 8), and London (Aug. 8) transit datestamps, manuscript "8" crossed out and "1/8" updated rate markings, Very Fine, an early strike of this Lucknow postal marking which is recorded from 1809 onwards, particularly scarce this well-struck
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10087, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Same office
Other recorded marks at Lucknow
15 marks15 other pre-1854 postal markings of Lucknow are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Lucknow HG 2handstampRed1838–1845
- Lucknow HG 3handstampBlack1833
- Lucknow HG 4handstampBlack1835–1836
- Lucknow HG 5handstampRed1842–1845
- Lucknow HG 5ahandstampRed1841
- Lucknow HG 5bhandstampRed1837
- Lucknow HG 6handstampBlack1844–1847
- Lucknow HG 7handstampGreen1846
- Lucknow HG 8handstampRed1844–1849
- Lucknow HG 9handstampBlack1845
- Lucknow HG 10handstampBlack1849–1855
- Lucknow HG 11handstampRed1849
- Lucknow HG 12handstampBlack1852-54
- Lucknow HG 12AhandstampBlack1853
- Lucknow HG 13handstampRed1838–1854
About this record
This 25 February 1810 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lucknow HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 20 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10087.