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Date
1844
Description
Lucknow: 1844 (c.) printed "LUCKNOW POST OFFICE" envelope unused and showing two trial strikes of the famous "POST/OFFICE/LUCKNOW/P O" brooch handstamp (HG 6) on reverse, with pencil notation "my brooch used as a pattern for Post Office stamp" presumably in the hand of Lady Login whose husband was Postmaster-General of Lucknow at the time. Very attractive and almost certainly unique.
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Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor
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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 4handstampBlack1832–1836
- Lucknow HG 5handstampRed1842–1845
- Lucknow HG 5ahandstampRed1841
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About this Lucknow pre stamp cover
COV-1103 is a Lucknow pre stamp cover of 1844 bearing the Lucknow HG 6 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Lucknow postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Lucknow: 1844 (c.) printed "LUCKNOW POST OFFICE" envelope unused and showing two trial strikes of the famous "POST/OFFICE/LUCKNOW/P O" brooch handstamp (HG 6) on reverse, with pencil notation "my brooch used as a pattern for Post Office stamp" presumably in the hand of Lady Login whose husband was Postmaster-General of Lucknow at the time. Very attractive and almost certainly unique.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 125.
1 image of COV-1103 is recorded; the Lucknow HG 6 mark itself is recorded in use 1844–1847.
Questions about COV-1103
- What is COV-1103?
- COV-1103 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Lucknow, North Western Provinces of 1844, bearing the Lucknow HG 6 handstamp in black. Lucknow: 1844 (c.) printed "LUCKNOW POST OFFICE" envelope unused and showing two trial strikes of the famous "POST/OFFICE/LUCKNOW/P O" brooch handstamp (HG 6) on reverse, with pencil notation "my brooch used as a pattern for Post Office stamp" presumably in the hand of Lady Login whose husband was Postmaster-General of Lucknow at the time. Very attractive and almost certainly unique.
- How scarce is the Lucknow HG 6 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Lucknow HG 6 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1844–1847.
- What is the provenance of COV-1103?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 125.
- When was COV-1103 posted?
- COV-1103 is dated 1844, within the recorded period of use of Lucknow HG 6 (1844–1847).
About this record
This 1844 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lucknow HG 6 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 125.