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Date
1 July 1852
Description
1852 Kangra – Loodiana inland cover, with unrecorded "Bearing/1 JULY 1852/KANGRA" hand stamp, rate "½" (bearing ½A for a letter under ¼ tolah, not exceeding 100 miles) applied in manuscript. At Loodiana, Giles 12 (Sup. 93) "LOODIANA/JUL 5 1852" delivery mark applied.
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 11handstampBlack1850
- Lodianah HG 13handstampRed1855
About this record
This 1 July 1852 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lodianah HG 12 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded.