Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
Date
7 September 1844
Description
1844 Sirsa – Lucknow inland cover, with Sirsa "SIRSA/(HANSIE)/Paid" despatch handstamp, date "7 Sept 44" & rate "6as" (paid 6A double-letter inland postage to Lucknow, for a letter between ½–1 Tolah, sent between 400–600 miles; Sirsa–Lucknow distance was around 440 miles) applied in manuscript. At Lucknow, Giles 8 "LUCKNOW/184. SEPT 11/PAID" delivery mark applied.
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About this Sirsa pre stamp cover
COV-2398 is a Sirsa pre stamp cover of 7 September 1844 bearing the Sirsa HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Sirsa postal history, North Western Provinces. What is a pre stamp cover?
1844 Sirsa – Lucknow inland cover, with Sirsa "SIRSA/(HANSIE)/Paid" despatch handstamp, date "7 Sept 44" & rate "6as" (paid 6A double-letter inland postage to Lucknow, for a letter between ½–1 Tolah, sent between 400–600 miles; Sirsa–Lucknow distance was around 440 miles) applied in manuscript. At Lucknow, Giles 8 "LUCKNOW/184. SEPT 11/PAID" delivery mark applied.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-2398 is recorded (front); the Sirsa HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1844.
Questions about COV-2398
- What is COV-2398?
- COV-2398 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Sirsa, North Western Provinces of 7 September 1844, bearing the Sirsa HG 1 handstamp in red. 1844 Sirsa – Lucknow inland cover, with Sirsa "SIRSA/(HANSIE)/Paid" despatch handstamp, date "7 Sept 44" & rate "6as" (paid 6A double-letter inland postage to Lucknow, for a letter between ½–1 Tolah, sent between 400–600 miles; Sirsa–Lucknow distance was around 440 miles) applied in manuscript. At Lucknow, Giles 8 "LUCKNOW/184. SEPT 11/PAID" delivery mark applied.
- How scarce is the Sirsa HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Sirsa HG 1 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1844.
- What is the provenance of COV-2398?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
- When was COV-2398 posted?
- COV-2398 is dated 7 September 1844, within the recorded period of use of Sirsa HG 1 (1844).
About this record
This 7 September 1844 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Sirsa HG 1 handstamp of the North Western Provinces, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Private.