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Date
31 February
Description
Unknown year date
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 4handstampBlack1833-37
- Mirzapore HG 5handstampRed1838-50
- Mirzapore HG 7handstampRed1841–1852
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About this Mirzapore pre stamp cover
COV-2270 is a Mirzapore pre stamp cover of 31 February bearing the Mirzapore HG 6 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?
Unknown year date
1 image of COV-2270 is recorded (front); the Mirzapore HG 6 mark itself is recorded in use 1838–1839.
Questions about COV-2270
- What is COV-2270?
- COV-2270 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Mirzapore, North Western Provinces of 31 February, bearing the Mirzapore HG 6 handstamp in black. Unknown year date
- How scarce is the Mirzapore HG 6 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Mirzapore HG 6 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1838–1839.
- When was COV-2270 posted?
- COV-2270 is dated 31 February, within the recorded period of use of Mirzapore HG 6 (1838–1839).
About this record
This 31 February pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mirzapore HG 6 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.