COV-1089
October 1840 Barrackpore HG 6 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries
Date
October 1840
Description
AFGHANISTAN - First Anglo-Afghan War, 1841 "AFFGHANISTAN/B" Handstamp. Clear strike showing all letters of negative intaglio strike in black with manuscript "21st September" and "6a" date and rate added on back of folded letter datelined "Cabul 21st September 1841" and addressed to Cawnpore, India, forwarded to Tuttypoo, manuscript "If necessary to be fowarded via Benares to Barrackpore, Bearing 6as" instructional marking, Cawnpore Bearing (Giles 10) boxed datestamp (slightly affected by opening tear), cover with some minor splitting along folds and mild file fold thru Afghanistan marking VERY FINE STRIKE FOR THIS MAJOR FIRST ANGLO-AFGHAN WAR POSTAL MARKING. AN IMPORTANT RARITY WITH ONLY THREE STRIKES KNOWN. The cover offered here was unrecorded by Wilkins in Afghanistan: 1840-1996 Postal History Handbook. The other two examples are dated Jun. 27, 1841 (Kabul to Kishnagur, ex Dietrich) and Jul. 4, 1841 (Kabul to India).
Auction
1303 12/06-07/2023 Worldwide Stamps and Postal History, Lot 632
Provenance
ex Dietrich
Same office
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 record
This October 1840 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Barrackpore HG 6 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 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 632.