COV-1112
5 May 1842 Lodianah HG 4 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
5 May 1842
Description
Cover from Captain Riddell to his wife at Indore. The letter was written at Jellalabad on 5th May 1842 and posted from Loodiana. It bears a boxed “LOODIANA / Bearing” datestamp on the reverse, together with a boxed “L.P.O.” handstamp. Rate: Loodiana to Indore – 10 annas.
Auction
1303 12/06-07/2023 Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, Lot 636
Provenance
"Magnolia"
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 5handstampRed1844
- Lodianah HG 6handstampRed1837-51
- Lodianah HG 7handstampRed1840–1844
- Lodianah HG 8handstampRed1844
- Lodianah HG 9handstampBlack1837-42
- Lodianah HG 10handstampBlack1850s
- Lodianah HG 11handstampBlack1850
- Lodianah HG 12handstampRed1852-58
- Lodianah HG 13handstampRed1855
About this record
This 5 May 1842 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Lodianah HG 4 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, 1303 12/06-07/2023 Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, lot 636.