Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
7 September 1844
Description
1844 Sirsa – Lucknow inland cover, with Sirsa "SIRSA/(HANSIE)/Paid" despatch handstamp, date "7 Sept 44" & rate "6as" (paid 6A double-letter inland postage to Lucknow, for a letter between ½–1 Tolah, sent between 400–600 miles; Sirsa–Lucknow distance was around 440 miles) applied in manuscript. At Lucknow, Giles 8 "LUCKNOW/184. SEPT 11/PAID" delivery mark applied.
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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 9handstampBlack1845
- Lucknow HG 10handstampBlack1849–1855
- Lucknow HG 11handstampRed1849
- Lucknow HG 12handstampBlack1852-54
- Lucknow HG 12AhandstampBlack1853
- Lucknow HG 13handstampRed1838–1854
About this record
This 7 September 1844 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lucknow HG 8 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Private.