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Date
1791
Description
1790 UK Stampless Cover to India, Markings!Very Scarce 1790 Stampless Cover from Scotland, addressed to Mr. William Dick, Surgeon in Calcutta, East Indies, written by his father Robert Dick. Cover has various transit and recieving postmarks and inside is a 3 page, hand-written letter with much personal and business content, including talk about Bleurgourie Castle. Truly a Great Research and Display Cover and Letter, with very unusual markings!
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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-4745 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 1791 bearing the Calcutta HG 11 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?
1790 UK Stampless Cover to India, Markings!Very Scarce 1790 Stampless Cover from Scotland, addressed to Mr. William Dick, Surgeon in Calcutta, East Indies, written by his father Robert Dick. Cover has various transit and recieving postmarks and inside is a 3 page, hand-written letter with much personal and business content, including talk about Bleurgourie Castle. Truly a Great Research and Display Cover and Letter, with very unusual markings!
Its recorded auction history runs through eBay.
4 images of COV-4745 are recorded (front, back, detail); the Calcutta HG 11 mark itself is recorded in use 1791–1818.
Questions about COV-4745
- What is COV-4745?
- COV-4745 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1791, bearing the Calcutta HG 11 handstamp in black. 1790 UK Stampless Cover to India, Markings!Very Scarce 1790 Stampless Cover from Scotland, addressed to Mr. William Dick, Surgeon in Calcutta, East Indies, written by his father Robert Dick. Cover has various transit and recieving postmarks and inside is a 3 page, hand-written letter with much personal and business content, including talk about Bleurgourie Castle. Truly a Great Research and Display Cover and Letter, with very unusual markings!
- How scarce is the Calcutta HG 11 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta HG 11 as very common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1791–1818.
- What is the provenance of COV-4745?
- Its recorded auction history runs through eBay.
- When was COV-4745 posted?
- COV-4745 is dated 1791, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta HG 11 (1791–1818).
About this record
This 1791 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta HG 11 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 16 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with eBay.