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 record
This 1839 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Burkaghupr HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded.