COV-1094
22 June 1850 Karatchee HG 8 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Grosvenor Auctions
Date
22 June 1850
Description
India: Postal History: Free Mail to Captain Young, 1850 (June 22) mourning envelope (opened-out and creased) to Kurrachee with content on mourning note-paper from General Sir Charles Napier (1782-1853) with a double-arc "KURRACHEE/FREE" datestamp with heart-shaped Sind Dawk mark above containing the digits "E" ' 1""C". Scarce official mail.
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Other recorded marks at Karatchee
10 marks10 other pre-1854 postal markings of Karatchee are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Karatchee HG 1handstampRed1841–1846
- Karatchee HG 2handstampRed1843–1845
- Karatchee HG 3handstampRed1846-48
- Karatchee HG 4handstampRed1846–1848
- Karatchee HG 5handstampBlack1850-56
- Karatchee HG 6handstampBlack1850–1856
- Karatchee HG 7handstampRed1851–1856
- Karatchee S1handstampRed1848–1853
- Karatchee S2handstampBlack1849
- Karatchee S3handstampBlack1849–1851
About this record
This 22 June 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Karatchee HG 8 handstamp of the Sindh, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, lot 1776.