Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Description
Entire posted to Maharaja of Mirzapore with rare Mirzapore intaglio HG12: This is the most earliest recorded cover with this intaglio, previous recorded cover of the same by Mr Giles was in 1856. This cover makes an important point where the intaglio can be recorded as early as 1846 along with Mirzapore free HG7 and Mutra HG6 free landstamps.
Same office
Other recorded marks at Muttra
10 marks10 other pre-1854 postal markings of Muttra are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Muttra HG AddhandstampBlack1805–1813
- Muttra HG Add.2handstampBlack1823
- Muttra HG 1handstampBlack1823–1836
- Muttra HG 2handstampBlack1832–1836
- Muttra HG 3handstampBlack1832
- Muttra HG 4handstampBlack1832
- Muttra HG 5handstampBlack1842
- Muttra HG 5ahandstampRed1843–1847
- Muttra HG 7handstampRed—
- Muttra HG 8handstampBlack—
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Muttra HG 6 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.