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Description
1799 Bhaugulpore – Belfast entire letter via Calcutta & Cape route, with Bhaugulpore Giles 2 "Post Paid / BHAUGULPORE / VASUL" bilingual intaglio hand stamp, sent bearing through Calcutta & Cape route, entered in UK & sent to London, there "SHIP LETTER / [crown] / LONDON" transit & double circular "B/24/JU/1800" Chief Office receipt mark applied. "1/" applied & obliterated, updated "1/5" & "4" (total 1s 9d, comprising 8d British incoming sea postage + 1s London–Belfast double letter inland postage + 1d Captain's Gratuity) bearing postage applied in manuscript & sent to Belfast, there single circular "xx/xx/1800" delivery mark applied & bearing postage collected from the recipient.
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Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor Santosh MS
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Other recorded marks at Bhauglepoor
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of Bhauglepoor are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1799 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Bhauglepoor HG 2 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Contractor, lot 28, (Dec. 1999); Spink, lot 170, (Oct. 2001).