COV-5779 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, bearing the Calcutta HG 10 handstamp in black. INDE ANGLAISE - Lettre ancienne de Calcutta ayant circulée, voir cachet au dos - S 512

How scarce is the Calcutta HG 10 mark on this cover?

The census grades Calcutta HG 10 as very common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1788–1820.

COV-5779

Calcutta Cover

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Pre-stamp cover of India — Calcutta HG 10 handstruck folded letter (COV-5779)

Pre-stamp cover of India — Calcutta HG 10, scan 2 (COV-5779)

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Description

INDE ANGLAISE - Lettre ancienne de Calcutta ayant circulée, voir cachet au dos - S 512

Auction

Delcampe

Lot 2597999057

Same office

Other recorded marks at Calcutta

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About this Calcutta pre stamp cover

COV-5779 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover bearing the Calcutta HG 10 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?

INDE ANGLAISE - Lettre ancienne de Calcutta ayant circulée, voir cachet au dos - S 512

Its recorded auction history runs through Delcampe lot 2597999057.

2 images of COV-5779 are recorded; the Calcutta HG 10 mark itself is recorded in use 1788–1820.

Questions about COV-5779

What is COV-5779?: COV-5779 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, bearing the Calcutta HG 10 handstamp in black. INDE ANGLAISE - Lettre ancienne de Calcutta ayant circulée, voir cachet au dos - S 512
How scarce is the Calcutta HG 10 mark on this cover?: The census grades Calcutta HG 10 as very common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1788–1820.
What is the provenance of COV-5779?: Its recorded auction history runs through Delcampe lot 2597999057.

About this record

This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta HG 10 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 20 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Delcampe, lot 2597999057.