Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ
Date
29 September 1845
Description
Letter send on 29th September 1845 from Umballah, India to England and addressed in it correct form, has been signed by Lt. Col Brooke and sent at the solfier's unpaid concession rate of postage by British Packet and specifically routed overland "Per Steamer via Bombay and Aden" NOTE: The red oval 3.5 x 2.7mm handstamp "UMBALLA/ Aden /OVERLAND" the only recorded example.
Auction
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Other recorded marks at Umbalah
13 marks13 other pre-1854 postal markings of Umbalah are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Umbalah HG 1handstampRed1844–1850
- Umbalah HG 2handstampBlack1846
- Umbalah HG 3handstampRed1845-47
- Umbalah HG 5handstampBlack1845
- Umbalah HG 6handstampBlack1848–1849
- Umbalah HG 7handstampRed1848
- Umbalah HG 7ahandstampBlack1848
- Umbalah HG 8handstampRed1848-53
- Umbalah HG 9handstampRed1845-49
- Umbalah HG 10handstampBlack1851
- Umbalah HG 11handstampRed1852
- Umbalah HG 12handstampRed1853-54
- Umbalah HG 13handstampRed1852
About this record
This 29 September 1845 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Umbalah HG 4 handstamp of the Punjab, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, 107.