COV-1096
19 January 1845 Lucknow HG 2 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
19 January 1845
Description
Lucknow: 1845 (19 Jan.) entire letter (heavy vertical crease) to Cambridge showing good, light strike -of the extremely rare orial framed "LUCKNOW/posrpAID" in pale red with date and rtte (12 -as) in ms. (HG 2, one recorded),'partly or.erstruck by London and arrival c.d.s., ilso showing G.B. "1/-" charge h.s. One of the rarest Indian prestamp markings.
Auction
Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor
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 1handstampBlack1809–1835
- 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 19 January 1845 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lucknow HG 2 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 3 examples recorded in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 126.