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Date
1846
Description
Straits Settlements Covers and Cancellations Mail via Singapore 1846 (Nov.) entire from Calcutta to Batavia via Singapore c/o A.L. Johnstone & Co., showing framed "india" and, on reverse, despatch d.s. and fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s.; some light overall discolouration. (ID)
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Other recorded marks at Calcutta
183 marks183 other pre-1854 postal markings of Calcutta are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Calcutta HG 1handstampBlack1775–1787
- Calcutta HG 1ahandstampBlack1775–1786
- Calcutta HG 2handstampBlack1775–1787
- Calcutta HG 3handstampBlack1776–1789
- Calcutta HG 4handstampBlack1787
- Calcutta HG 5handstampBlack1788
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About this Calcutta pre stamp cover
COV-5512 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 1846 bearing the Calcutta G15 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Calcutta postal history — the office known today as Kolkata, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Straits Settlements Covers and Cancellations Mail via Singapore 1846 (Nov.) entire from Calcutta to Batavia via Singapore c/o A.L. Johnstone & Co., showing framed "india" and, on reverse, despatch d.s. and fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s.; some light overall discolouration. (ID)
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Spink lot 405.
1 image of COV-5512 is recorded; the Calcutta G15 mark itself is recorded in use 1847–1848.
Questions about COV-5512
- What is COV-5512?
- COV-5512 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1846, bearing the Calcutta G15 handstamp in red. Straits Settlements Covers and Cancellations Mail via Singapore 1846 (Nov.) entire from Calcutta to Batavia via Singapore c/o A.L. Johnstone & Co., showing framed "india" and, on reverse, despatch d.s. and fine framed "singapore / Bearing" d.s.; some light overall discolouration. (ID)
- How scarce is the Calcutta G15 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta G15 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1847–1848.
- What is the provenance of COV-5512?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Spink lot 405.
- When was COV-5512 posted?
- COV-5512 is dated 1846, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta G15 (1847–1848).
About this record
This 1846 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta G15 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Spink, lot 405.