COV-1028
1837 Berhampore HG 5 Cover
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Date
1837
Description
Berhampore 1837 "Private Service" envelope to Calcutta showing large oval-framed "BERHAMPORE/Post Office" (HG5); good strike and rare. 1837 Berhampore – Calcutta inland cover, with Berhampore Giles 5 "BERHAMPORE/Post Office" dispatch handstamp, date "14 September" & rate "৩" (paid 3A single letter inland postage to Calcutta) applied in Bengali numeral, at Calcutta Giles G13 "G.P.O./SEP 16/1837" receipt & "AM" delivery time mark applied.
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Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor Santosh MS
Same office
Other recorded marks at Berhampore
8 marks8 other pre-1854 postal markings of Berhampore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1837 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Berhampore HG 5 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Very scarce” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 26.