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Date
4 August 1830
Description
Entire posted from Calcutta to Delhi addressed to William with Calcutta G9 GPO handstamp and Calcutta Post-Free handstamp on August 4th 1830. This is the most later usage of the Post-Free handstamp as it was previously recorded until 1828.
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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-4035 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 4 August 1830 bearing the Calcutta G9 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?
Entire posted from Calcutta to Delhi addressed to William with Calcutta G9 GPO handstamp and Calcutta Post-Free handstamp on August 4th 1830. This is the most later usage of the Post-Free handstamp as it was previously recorded until 1828.
1 image of COV-4035 is recorded (front); the Calcutta G9 mark itself is recorded in use 1827–1837.
Questions about COV-4035
- What is COV-4035?
- COV-4035 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 4 August 1830, bearing the Calcutta G9 handstamp in red. Entire posted from Calcutta to Delhi addressed to William with Calcutta G9 GPO handstamp and Calcutta Post-Free handstamp on August 4th 1830. This is the most later usage of the Post-Free handstamp as it was previously recorded until 1828.
- How scarce is the Calcutta G9 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta G9 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1827–1837.
- When was COV-4035 posted?
- COV-4035 is dated 4 August 1830, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta G9 (1827–1837).
About this record
This 4 August 1830 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta G9 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 18 surviving covers with this mark recorded.