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Date
12 May 1842
Description
Lodianah:1842 (12 May) entire letter ex the Cqrf. W Riddell correspondence (No. 61) "uia Loodianah" to his wife at Ii{9.., headed "Major General Pollocks Camp Jellalabad" and showing, on reverse, framed "r.p.o." h.s. (HG 9), the M-ilitary handover point to civil P.O., alongside framed Bearing h.s. (HG 4); an interesring cover from the 1st. Afghanistan War. Photo
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond 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 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 12 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 Spink, lot 204.