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Date
1847
Description
GIBRALTAR - "TO/PAY" MARK ON INGOING CONCESSION RATE COVER FROM LAHORE; 1847 EL (minor wear; typed transcript) sent from "Lahore" headed & countersigned for a Private with a partly fine red oval "LAHORE/FREE" ds (closed tear) on the top flap, most exceptionally addressed to a Captain in "Gibraltar, Mediterranean, Europe" and routed via Bombay (v. fine red oval "INDIA") and London (red transit backstamp and v. fine black Handstruck "2" (on the front); on arrival in Gibraltar the P.O. also applied the boxed Gibraltar "TO/PAY" mark on the front. Extremely rare destination for a Concession Rate cover from India! Cross Reference: GIBRALTAR, MILITARY - PENNY CONCESSION RATES, POSTAGE DUE STAMPS & COVERS, FREES
Auction
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, Lot 502, (4th Sep 2024)
Same office
Other recorded marks at Lahore
9 marks9 other pre-1854 postal markings of Lahore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1847 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lahore 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 Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, lot 502, (4th Sep 2024).