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Description
Postal cover from ferozepore (punjab), bearing HG 4 handstamp in Black. Note: Military handover point – Receiving House (?). Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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Other recorded marks at Ferozepore
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Ferozepore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Ferozepore HG 1handstampRed1842–1848
- Ferozepore HG 2handstampBlack1839–1846
- Ferozepore HG 3handstampBlack1842
- Ferozepore HG 3ahandstampBlack1842
- Ferozepore HG 5handstampBlack1842-53
- Ferozepore HG 6handstampRed1852-53
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About this Ferozepore pre stamp cover
COV-2892 is a Ferozepore pre stamp cover bearing the Ferozepore HG 4 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Ferozepore postal history — the office known today as Firozpur, Punjab. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from ferozepore (punjab), bearing HG 4 handstamp in Black. Note: Military handover point – Receiving House (?). Scarce example of postal history from this office.
1 image of COV-2892 is recorded; the Ferozepore HG 4 mark itself is recorded in use 1850.
Questions about COV-2892
- What is COV-2892?
- COV-2892 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Ferozepore, Punjab, bearing the Ferozepore HG 4 handstamp in black. Postal cover from ferozepore (punjab), bearing HG 4 handstamp in Black. Note: Military handover point – Receiving House (?). Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Ferozepore HG 4 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Ferozepore HG 4 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1850.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Ferozepore HG 4 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.