Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
1850
Description
Rare Loodianah Bhangy posted in 1850 Small undated cover with LOODIANAH/Bearing/(2) Annas newspaper stamp (Giles 11 recorded from this example). Very few examples recorded.
Provenance
Ex Giles
Same office
Other recorded marks at Lodianah
12 marks12 other pre-1854 postal markings of Lodianah are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Lodianah HG 1handstampBlack1824-37
- Lodianah HG 2handstampBlack1835
- Lodianah HG 3handstampRed1838-44
- Lodianah HG 4handstampBlack1839-48
- Lodianah HG 5handstampRed1844
- Lodianah HG 6handstampRed1837-51
- Lodianah HG 7handstampRed1840–1844
- Lodianah HG 8handstampRed1844
- Lodianah HG 9handstampBlack1837-42
- Lodianah HG 10handstampBlack1850s
- Lodianah HG 12handstampRed1852-58
- Lodianah HG 13handstampRed1855
About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lodianah HG 11 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far.