COV-435
10 April 1831 Merut HG 3A Cover
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Date
10 April 1831
Description
India, Merut, 1831, "MERUT./Pt Pd" Oval Handstamp (Giles 2). Complete strike with manuscript "10 April 31" date and rate markings on back of folded cover (missing inner sheet) to London, England, exceptional and mostly complete strike of large "INDIA SHIP LETTER, LONDON/4" double-circle handstamp (Robertson In. 3), Calcutta Ship Letter (Apr. 12, Giles SD9) transit and red London (Dec. 10) arrival backstamps, Very Fine, despite this "4" Ship Letter marking being recorded used between 1827-40 and concurrently with other Ship Letter markings, only a handful of examples are known, it is not a concessionary rate marking but was a special sea post rate from India indicating only a charge of 4p was necessary to port of entry (London)
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10096, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Same office
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 2handstampRed1814–1827
- Merut HG 3handstampBlack1831–1837
- Merut HG 4handstampBlack1835–1837
- Merut HG 5handstampRed1837–1845
- Merut HG 6handstampBlack1839-43
- Merut HG 7handstampRed1843-51
- Merut HG 8handstampBlack1840-43
- Merut HG 9handstampBlack1843–1845
- Merut HG 10handstampRed1841–1852
- Merut HG 11handstampRed1845–1848
- Merut HG 11ahandstampBlack1848
- Merut HG 12handstampRed1848–1851
- Merut HG 13handstampRed1851
- Merut HG 14handstampRed1853-54
- Merut HG 15handstampBlack1854
About this record
This 10 April 1831 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Merut HG 3A handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 16 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10096.