COV-1208 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, bearing the Calcutta HG 29A handstamp in black. Calcutta large oval unrecorded dispatch similar to HG 29 but BEARING instead of FREE on parcel cover to Jaipur

How scarce is the Calcutta HG 29A mark on this cover?

The census grades Calcutta HG 29A as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1852.

COV-1208

Calcutta Cover

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Pre-stamp cover of India — Calcutta HG 29A handstruck folded letter (COV-1208)

Pre-stamp cover of India — Calcutta HG 29A, scan 2 (COV-1208)

Pre-stamp cover of India — Calcutta HG 29A, scan 3 (COV-1208)

Scan or Photo Courtesy of Gowtham BJ

Description

Calcutta large oval unrecorded dispatch similar to HG 29 but BEARING instead of FREE on parcel cover to Jaipur

Auction

StampBay

5, Lot 6

Same office

Other recorded marks at Calcutta

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About this Calcutta pre stamp cover

COV-1208 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover bearing the Calcutta HG 29A 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?

Calcutta large oval unrecorded dispatch similar to HG 29 but BEARING instead of FREE on parcel cover to Jaipur

Its recorded auction history runs through StampBay 5 lot 6.

3 images of COV-1208 are recorded; the Calcutta HG 29A mark itself is recorded in use 1852.

Questions about COV-1208

What is COV-1208?: COV-1208 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, bearing the Calcutta HG 29A handstamp in black. Calcutta large oval unrecorded dispatch similar to HG 29 but BEARING instead of FREE on parcel cover to Jaipur
How scarce is the Calcutta HG 29A mark on this cover?: The census grades Calcutta HG 29A as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1852.
What is the provenance of COV-1208?: Its recorded auction history runs through StampBay 5 lot 6.

About this record

This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta HG 29A handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 5, lot 6.