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Description
Entire posted from Mirzapore to Jubalpore with 10 annas postage paid on a native cover along with "Mirzapore/ Post/ Office" intaglio HG12 handstamp in black color.
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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 1handstampBlack1817–1827
- Mirzapore HG 2handstampBlack1823–1837
- Mirzapore HG 3handstampBlack1826
- Mirzapore HG 4handstampBlack1833-37
- Mirzapore HG 5handstampRed1838-50
- Mirzapore HG 6handstampBlack1838–1839
+6 more at this office.View all Mirzapore marks and postal history →
About this Mirzapore pre stamp cover
COV-4137 is a Mirzapore pre stamp cover bearing the Mirzapore HG 12 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Mirzapore postal history — the office known today as Mirzapur, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
Entire posted from Mirzapore to Jubalpore with 10 annas postage paid on a native cover along with "Mirzapore/ Post/ Office" intaglio HG12 handstamp in black color.
1 image of COV-4137 is recorded (front); the Mirzapore HG 12 mark itself is recorded in use 1828–1856.
Questions about COV-4137
- What is COV-4137?
- COV-4137 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mirzapore, North Western Provinces, bearing the Mirzapore HG 12 handstamp in black. Entire posted from Mirzapore to Jubalpore with 10 annas postage paid on a native cover along with "Mirzapore/ Post/ Office" intaglio HG12 handstamp in black color.
- How scarce is the Mirzapore HG 12 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mirzapore HG 12 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1828–1856.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mirzapore HG 12 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 9 surviving covers with this mark recorded.