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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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Dr. Soli Contractor Santosh MS
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Other recorded marks at Berhampore
9 marks9 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.
- Berhampore HG 1handstampBlack1790
- Berhampore HG 1ahandstampBlack1794
- Berhampore HG 2handstampBlack1800
- Berhampore HG 3handstampBlack1807–1836
- Berhampore HG 4handstampBlack1833–1838
- Berhampore HG 6handstampRed1838-57
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About this Berhampore pre stamp cover
COV-1028 is a Berhampore pre stamp cover of 1837 bearing the Berhampore HG 5 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Berhampore postal history — the office known today as Baharampur, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
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.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 26.
1 image of COV-1028 is recorded (front); the Berhampore HG 5 mark itself is recorded in use 1817–1837.
Questions about COV-1028
- What is COV-1028?
- COV-1028 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Berhampore, Bengal Presidency of 1837, bearing the Berhampore HG 5 handstamp in black. 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.
- How scarce is the Berhampore HG 5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Berhampore HG 5 as very scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1817–1837.
- What is the provenance of COV-1028?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 26.
- When was COV-1028 posted?
- COV-1028 is dated 1837, within the recorded period of use of Berhampore HG 5 (1817–1837).
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.