COV-203
26 September 1825 Bauleah HG 1 Cover
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Date
26 September 1825
Description
India, Bauleah, 1825, "BAULEAH/P.t P.d" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Bold and complete strike with manuscript "26th Sept." date and "7as" rate markings on back of 1825 folded letter to Sussex, England, framed "INDIA LETTER/GRAVESEND" handstamp (Robertson In. 1), Calcutta (Sept. 29) and faint London transit datestamps, manuscript "2/1" rate marking, contents regarding the death of a soldier in the 11th Dragoons, Very Fine strike of this particularly elusive marking
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Provenance
"Magnolia"
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Other recorded marks at Bauleah
5 marks5 other pre-1854 postal markings of Bauleah are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 26 September 1825 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bauleah HG 1 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 David Feldman, lot 40885, (Sept. 2013); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10010.