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Date
2 March 1838
Description
1838: H.G. H.G.2: Letter from LUCKNOW [2 Mar.] to SAUGOR. Postage prepaid at LUCKNOW The "LUCKNOW / POST PAID" above, measuring 51 mm x 34 mm, was impressed in black during 1809-1835, and probably up to Sept. 1837, when the Post Office Act, 1837 came into force. From that time, the LUCKNOW Post Office should have introduced an "ALL INDIA" type of stamp, as specified in the Act. Instead, a new stamp resembling the 1809-1835, stamp, but measuring 49mm x 32 mm, was introduced, and applied in red ink. The Stamp impressed on this cover on 2nd March 1838.
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Kishore Chandak Derek Hammond Giles
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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 3handstampBlack1833
- Lucknow HG 4handstampBlack1832–1836
- Lucknow HG 5handstampRed1842–1845
- Lucknow HG 5ahandstampRed1841
- Lucknow HG 5bhandstampRed1837
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About this Lucknow pre stamp cover
COV-807 is a Lucknow pre stamp cover of 2 March 1838 bearing the Lucknow HG 2 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Lucknow postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
1838: H.G. H.G.2: Letter from LUCKNOW [2 Mar.] to SAUGOR. Postage prepaid at LUCKNOW The "LUCKNOW / POST PAID" above, measuring 51 mm x 34 mm, was impressed in black during 1809-1835, and probably up to Sept. 1837, when the Post Office Act, 1837 came into force. From that time, the LUCKNOW Post Office should have introduced an "ALL INDIA" type of stamp, as specified in the Act. Instead, a new stamp resembling the 1809-1835, stamp, but measuring 49mm x 32 mm, was introduced, and applied in red ink. The Stamp impressed on this cover on 2nd March 1838.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Giles lot 398 (Oct. 2000).
1 image of COV-807 is recorded; the Lucknow HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1838–1845.
Questions about COV-807
- What is COV-807?
- COV-807 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Lucknow, North Western Provinces of 2 March 1838, bearing the Lucknow HG 2 handstamp in red. 1838: H.G. H.G.2: Letter from LUCKNOW [2 Mar.] to SAUGOR. Postage prepaid at LUCKNOW The "LUCKNOW / POST PAID" above, measuring 51 mm x 34 mm, was impressed in black during 1809-1835, and probably up to Sept. 1837, when the Post Office Act, 1837 came into force. From that time, the LUCKNOW Post Office should have introduced an "ALL INDIA" type of stamp, as specified in the Act. Instead, a new stamp resembling the 1809-1835, stamp, but measuring 49mm x 32 mm, was introduced, and applied in red ink. The Stamp impressed on this cover on 2nd March 1838.
- How scarce is the Lucknow HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Lucknow HG 2 as 3 examples recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1838–1845.
- What is the provenance of COV-807?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Giles lot 398 (Oct. 2000).
- When was COV-807 posted?
- COV-807 is dated 2 March 1838, within the recorded period of use of Lucknow HG 2 (1838–1845).
About this record
This 2 March 1838 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, Giles, lot 398, (Oct. 2000).