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Date
1825
Description
Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Incoming Mail Singapore 1825/26 entire letter from London carried privately on the Elisa via the Cape of Good Hope to Calcutta and forwarded by Fergusson & Co through the Indian P.O. with Calcutta G.P.O. datestamp and " Inld Ptg/Ship Do" handstamp, 1828 entire letter from Major General Willian Farquhar at Perth " p Guardian" with Post Paid Ship Lr. London oval datestamp, the contents concerning the dispute Farquhar was having over an estate in Malacca, and 1857 envelope from Haverhill, Mass. " Overland via Marseilles " to Capt. John Anderson, variously rated and with boxed " p.d." Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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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-5569 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 1825 bearing the Calcutta G8 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Calcutta postal history — the office known today as Kolkata, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Incoming Mail Singapore 1825/26 entire letter from London carried privately on the Elisa via the Cape of Good Hope to Calcutta and forwarded by Fergusson & Co through the Indian P.O. with Calcutta G.P.O. datestamp and " Inld Ptg/Ship Do" handstamp, 1828 entire letter from Major General Willian Farquhar at Perth " p Guardian" with Post Paid Ship Lr. London oval datestamp, the contents concerning the dispute Farquhar was having over an estate in Malacca, and 1857 envelope from Haverhill, Mass. " Overland via Marseilles " to Capt. John Anderson, variously rated and with boxed " p.d." Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors (Sale 21014) lot 121 (23 February 2021).
1 image of COV-5569 is recorded; the Calcutta G8 mark itself is recorded in use 1825–1832.
Questions about COV-5569
- What is COV-5569?
- COV-5569 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1825, bearing the Calcutta G8 handstamp in black. Straits Settlements Early Letters and Handstamps Incoming Mail Singapore 1825/26 entire letter from London carried privately on the Elisa via the Cape of Good Hope to Calcutta and forwarded by Fergusson & Co through the Indian P.O. with Calcutta G.P.O. datestamp and " Inld Ptg/Ship Do" handstamp, 1828 entire letter from Major General Willian Farquhar at Perth " p Guardian" with Post Paid Ship Lr. London oval datestamp, the contents concerning the dispute Farquhar was having over an estate in Malacca, and 1857 envelope from Haverhill, Mass. " Overland via Marseilles " to Capt. John Anderson, variously rated and with boxed " p.d." Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
- How scarce is the Calcutta G8 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta G8 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1825–1832.
- What is the provenance of COV-5569?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors (Sale 21014) lot 121 (23 February 2021).
- When was COV-5569 posted?
- COV-5569 is dated 1825, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta G8 (1825–1832).
About this record
This 1825 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta G8 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, Stamps and Covers of South East Asia - conducted behind closed doors (Sale 21014), lot 121, (23 February 2021).