COV-854
12 July 1819 Moradabad Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
12 July 1819
Description
1819: H.G.1 : A letter sent in 1819 from an officer, H. Wood to CALCUTTA and on despatch it was endorsed "On the Service"& was stamped with a black previously unrecorded "MORADABAD / POST FREE" despatch mark. The cover was countersigned by the writer to certify the free postage entitlement. Since the discovery of this example, two more covers have been found with the same stamp in 1976, but no others.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Moradabad
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Moradabad are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Moradabad pre stamp cover
COV-854 is a Moradabad pre stamp cover of 12 July 1819 bearing the Moradabad HG 1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Moradabad postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
1819: H.G.1 : A letter sent in 1819 from an officer, H. Wood to CALCUTTA and on despatch it was endorsed "On the Service"& was stamped with a black previously unrecorded "MORADABAD / POST FREE" despatch mark. The cover was countersigned by the writer to certify the free postage entitlement. Since the discovery of this example, two more covers have been found with the same stamp in 1976, but no others.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 193 (Oct. 2000).
1 image of COV-854 is recorded; the Moradabad HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1815–1819.
Questions about COV-854
- What is COV-854?
- COV-854 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Moradabad, North Western Provinces of 12 July 1819, bearing the Moradabad HG 1 handstamp in black. 1819: H.G.1 : A letter sent in 1819 from an officer, H. Wood to CALCUTTA and on despatch it was endorsed "On the Service"& was stamped with a black previously unrecorded "MORADABAD / POST FREE" despatch mark. The cover was countersigned by the writer to certify the free postage entitlement. Since the discovery of this example, two more covers have been found with the same stamp in 1976, but no others.
- How scarce is the Moradabad HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Moradabad HG 1 as 5 examples recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1815–1819.
- What is the provenance of COV-854?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 193 (Oct. 2000).
- When was COV-854 posted?
- COV-854 is dated 12 July 1819, within the recorded period of use of Moradabad HG 1 (1815–1819).
About this record
This 12 July 1819 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Moradabad HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 5 examples recorded in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 193, (Oct. 2000).