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Date
31 July 1850
Description
1850 Lucknow – Belfast overland entire via Marseilles route, with Lucknow Giles 10 "LUCKNOW/18../Post Paid" despatch handstamp, place "Ct" (indicating Cantonment), date "50 July 31st" & rate "8as" (paid 8A, 2nd-weight inland rate between ¼–1 Tolah, for a distance between 600 to 800 miles; distance between Calcutta & Lucknow was 619 miles) applied in manuscript. At Calcutta, Giles SD11 "CALCUTTA/G.P.O./SHIP LETTER/7 AG 7/1850" & SD17 "INDIA" transit marks applied, sent bearing from India via the Marseilles route & "1/10" (India–UK combined packet postage via France, comprising 1s5d British + 5d French postage under ¼ oz.) bearing applied in manuscript. In the UK, London GPO "UL/22 SP 22/1850" receipt and "4/SE 23/1850/E" despatch, and Belfast receipt "BELFAST/SE 24/1850" marks were applied; bearing postage was collected from the recipient.
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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 1handstampBlack1809–1835
- 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 11handstampRed1849
- Lucknow HG 12handstampBlack1852-54
- Lucknow HG 12AhandstampBlack1853
- Lucknow HG 13handstampRed1838–1854
About this record
This 31 July 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lucknow HG 10 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.