Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1851
Description
1851 : H.G. 7, 13 & 3 : An official Criminal Court letter from MIRZAPORE [12 March] to The Nawab of REWAH State with the request to reply the letter soon and second of 1851: A official letter from Latsahab Walter Bahadur of MIRZAPORE [15 Nov.] to The Nawab of REWAH [17 Nov.], hence postage was free.
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 6handstampBlack1838–1839
- 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 1851 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Mirzapore HG 7 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded.