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Date
1839
Description
(x) Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Transit Mail 1850 (23 Feb.) entire letter ex the Huth correspondence from Manila to London, rated "4/1" and showing, on reverse across join, fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s. (18.3) and red arrival datestamp (17.4); also 1837 (24 Mar.) entire letter from India showing, on reverse, despatch and Calcutta datestamps in red Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
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Other recorded marks at Barrackpore
6 marks6 other pre-1854 postal markings of Barrackpore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this Barrackpore pre stamp cover
COV-5581 is a Barrackpore pre stamp cover of 1839 bearing the Barrackpore HG 5 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Barrackpore postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
(x) Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Transit Mail 1850 (23 Feb.) entire letter ex the Huth correspondence from Manila to London, rated "4/1" and showing, on reverse across join, fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s. (18.3) and red arrival datestamp (17.4); also 1837 (24 Mar.) entire letter from India showing, on reverse, despatch and Calcutta datestamps in red Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A. (Sale 22026) lot 382 (6 December 2022).
1 image of COV-5581 is recorded; the Barrackpore HG 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1837–1854.
Questions about COV-5581
- What is COV-5581?
- COV-5581 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Barrackpore, Bengal Presidency of 1839, bearing the Barrackpore HG 5 handstamp in red. (x) Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Transit Mail 1850 (23 Feb.) entire letter ex the Huth correspondence from Manila to London, rated "4/1" and showing, on reverse across join, fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s. (18.3) and red arrival datestamp (17.4); also 1837 (24 Mar.) entire letter from India showing, on reverse, despatch and Calcutta datestamps in red Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.
- How scarce is the Barrackpore HG 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Barrackpore HG 5 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1837–1854.
- What is the provenance of COV-5581?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A. (Sale 22026) lot 382 (6 December 2022).
- When was COV-5581 posted?
- COV-5581 is dated 1839, within the recorded period of use of Barrackpore HG 5 (1837–1854).
About this record
This 1839 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Barrackpore HG 5 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Stamps and Covers of Asia featuring the Peter Cockburn FRPSL Collection of Malaya B.M.A. (Sale 22026), lot 382, (6 December 2022).