Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
1839
Description
1839 : H.G.1: A entire folded letter from BURKAGHUR to CALCUTTA, addressed to some MAJOR. Postage prepaid in cashThis handstamp: A finestrike of "BURKAGHUR / PAID" in reddish purple ink. Stamp used is almost 4 years earlier than the recorded date of Giles. Probably the earliest used cover. Very rare.
About this Burkaghur pre stamp cover
COV-734 is a Burkaghur pre stamp cover of 1839 bearing the Burkaghur HG 1 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Burkaghur postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1839 : H.G.1: A entire folded letter from BURKAGHUR to CALCUTTA, addressed to some MAJOR. Postage prepaid in cashThis handstamp: A finestrike of "BURKAGHUR / PAID" in reddish purple ink. Stamp used is almost 4 years earlier than the recorded date of Giles. Probably the earliest used cover. Very rare.
1 image of COV-734 is recorded; the Burkaghur HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1839–1845.
Questions about COV-734
- What is COV-734?
- COV-734 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Burkaghur, Bengal Presidency of 1839, bearing the Burkaghur HG 1 handstamp in red. 1839 : H.G.1: A entire folded letter from BURKAGHUR to CALCUTTA, addressed to some MAJOR. Postage prepaid in cashThis handstamp: A finestrike of "BURKAGHUR / PAID" in reddish purple ink. Stamp used is almost 4 years earlier than the recorded date of Giles. Probably the earliest used cover. Very rare.
- How scarce is the Burkaghur HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Burkaghur HG 1 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1839–1845.
- When was COV-734 posted?
- COV-734 is dated 1839, within the recorded period of use of Burkaghur HG 1 (1839–1845).
About this record
This 1839 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Burkaghur HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 8 surviving covers with this mark recorded.