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Date
23 April 1825
Description
India, Mirzapore, 1825, "MIRZAPORE POST PAID" Double-Circle Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint but just legible strike with manuscript "8 as" rate and "the 23rd April 1825" date added on back of folded letter to Kholalpoor, sender's directive "via Calcutta" , red Calcutta (Apr. 30) transit backstamp, Fine strike noted as "Scarce" by Giles
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10097, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Mirzapore
12 marks12 other pre-1854 postal markings of Mirzapore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Mirzapore HG 2handstampBlack1823–1837
- Mirzapore HG 3handstampBlack1826
- Mirzapore HG 4handstampBlack1833-37
- Mirzapore HG 5handstampRed1838-50
- Mirzapore HG 6handstampBlack1838–1839
- Mirzapore HG 7handstampRed1841–1852
- Mirzapore HG 8handstampRed1847–1855
- Mirzapore HG 9handstampBlack1848
- Mirzapore HG 10handstampRed1852
- Mirzapore HG 11handstampRed1854
- Mirzapore HG 12handstampBlack1828–1856
- Mirzapore HG 13handstampRed1846–1851
About this record
This 23 April 1825 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mirzapore HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10097.