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Date
1837
Description
India 1837 cover from Mirzapore to Saugor featuring handstruck postage due marking of 6 annas. Includes postal history context and original letter detailing military correspondence.
Auction
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 1handstampBlack1817–1827
- Mirzapore HG 2handstampBlack1823–1837
- Mirzapore HG 3handstampBlack1826
- 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 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mirzapore HG 4 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 Sephils, 436, lot 0103, (2025).