Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
18 October 1857
Description
Kussowlee: 1857 (18 Oct.) entire letter "via Lahore and Bombay" to Calcutta showing "KUSSOWLEE" c.d.s. (HG 3) in black (unrecorded by Hammond Giles) alongside framed "PM"; interesting contents showing the feelings of a lady residing in the hills for safety at the time of the Indian Mutiny, while her husband was with the Forces engaged in putting down the uprising, and "letters take so long in the circumstances". Photo.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Kussowlee
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Kussowlee are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 18 October 1857 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kussowlee HG 3 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 200.