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Date
1844
Description
Postal cover from merut (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 10 handstamp in Red. Dated 1844. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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Other recorded marks at Merut
17 marks17 other pre-1854 postal markings of Merut are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Merut HG 1handstampBlack1809–1827
- Merut HG 1AhandstampRed1827
- Merut HG 2handstampRed1814–1828
- Merut HG 3handstampBlack1831–1837
- Merut HG 3AhandstampBlack1827–1832
- Merut HG 4handstampBlack1835–1837
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About this Merut pre stamp cover
COV-4499 is a Merut pre stamp cover of 1844 bearing the Merut HG 10 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Merut postal history — the office known today as Meerut, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from merut (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 10 handstamp in Red. Dated 1844. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
1 image of COV-4499 is recorded (front); the Merut HG 10 mark itself is recorded in use 1841–1852.
Questions about COV-4499
- What is COV-4499?
- COV-4499 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Merut, North Western Provinces of 1844, bearing the Merut HG 10 handstamp in red. Postal cover from merut (n-w-provinces), bearing HG 10 handstamp in Red. Dated 1844. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Merut HG 10 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Merut HG 10 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1841–1852.
- When was COV-4499 posted?
- COV-4499 is dated 1844, within the recorded period of use of Merut HG 10 (1841–1852).
About this record
This 1844 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Merut HG 10 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 13 surviving covers with this mark recorded.