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Date
2 April 1815
Description
INDIA, Moradabad, 1819, "MORADABAD/POST FREE" Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint but clear oval strike with manuscript "4 Apr. 1815" despatch date on top flap of folded letter from Lt. H. Dwyer datelined "Deoklie 2nd April 1815" , addressed to Major C. S. Doyle in Futtegur, with manuscript "Service" along top, accompanying military letter regarding the Anglo-Nepalese War mentions Col. Nicholls, arrival of Col. Gardner (at "critical point") and Lord Moria, continues with need of "heavy guns", "lack of medical aid", and "I shall endeavor to confine the enemy to their blocks and cut-off their supplies unless a favourable opportunity should present itself of getting possession of any of their posts...," small piece of letter missing due to opening FINE AND RARE STRIKE OF THE MORADABAD POST FREE HANDSTAMP—ONLY FOUR ARE RECORDED BY GILES. A REMARKABLE MILITARY LETTER TO MAJOR DOYLE ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND. Ex Giles.
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Provenance
"Magnolia" Medina Dr. Soli Contractor
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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-99 is a Moradabad pre stamp cover of 2 April 1815 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?
INDIA, Moradabad, 1819, "MORADABAD/POST FREE" Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint but clear oval strike with manuscript "4 Apr. 1815" despatch date on top flap of folded letter from Lt. H. Dwyer datelined "Deoklie 2nd April 1815" , addressed to Major C. S. Doyle in Futtegur, with manuscript "Service" along top, accompanying military letter regarding the Anglo-Nepalese War mentions Col. Nicholls, arrival of Col. Gardner (at "critical point") and Lord Moria, continues with need of "heavy guns", "lack of medical aid", and "I shall endeavor to confine the enemy to their blocks and cut-off their supplies unless a favourable opportunity should present itself of getting possession of any of their posts...," small piece of letter missing due to opening FINE AND RARE STRIKE OF THE MORADABAD POST FREE HANDSTAMP—ONLY FOUR ARE RECORDED BY GILES. A REMARKABLE MILITARY LETTER TO MAJOR DOYLE ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND. Ex Giles.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 303 (Dec. 1999); Spink Auction: 13021 - The award winning "Medina" collection of India Part I. lot 18 (2012); and Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries 1301 11/14/2023 The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History and Stamps Used Abroad, Part 2 lot 6030 (2023).
2 images of COV-99 are recorded (front, back); the Moradabad HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1815–1819.
Questions about COV-99
- What is COV-99?
- COV-99 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Moradabad, North Western Provinces of 2 April 1815, bearing the Moradabad HG 1 handstamp in black. INDIA, Moradabad, 1819, "MORADABAD/POST FREE" Handstamp (Giles 1). Faint but clear oval strike with manuscript "4 Apr. 1815" despatch date on top flap of folded letter from Lt. H. Dwyer datelined "Deoklie 2nd April 1815" , addressed to Major C. S. Doyle in Futtegur, with manuscript "Service" along top, accompanying military letter regarding the Anglo-Nepalese War mentions Col. Nicholls, arrival of Col. Gardner (at "critical point") and Lord Moria, continues with need of "heavy guns", "lack of medical aid", and "I shall endeavor to confine the enemy to their blocks and cut-off their supplies unless a favourable opportunity should present itself of getting possession of any of their posts...," small piece of letter missing due to opening FINE AND RARE STRIKE OF THE MORADABAD POST FREE HANDSTAMP—ONLY FOUR ARE RECORDED BY GILES. A REMARKABLE MILITARY LETTER TO MAJOR DOYLE ABOUT THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND. Ex Giles.
- 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-99?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 303 (Dec. 1999); Spink Auction: 13021 - The award winning "Medina" collection of India Part I. lot 18 (2012); and Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries 1301 11/14/2023 The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History and Stamps Used Abroad, Part 2 lot 6030 (2023).
- When was COV-99 posted?
- COV-99 is dated 2 April 1815, within the recorded period of use of Moradabad HG 1 (1815–1819).
About this record
This 2 April 1815 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 303, (Dec. 1999); Spink, Auction: 13021 - The award winning "Medina" collection of India Part I., lot 18, (2012); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1301 11/14/2023 The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History and Stamps Used Abroad, Part 2, lot 6030, (2023).