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Date
8 June 1786
Description
An entire sent from Ganjam on the Bay of Bengal on 8** June 1786 to Luckipore (later Lucknow) with the inscription "Bearing Postage" and a straight-line "Gantam" handstamp. The letter concerns the payment of funds by a Mr Taylor to Ensign John Buckley, who in all probability, was stationed in India with forces to counter the threat to British interests, and the East India Company in particular, of French territorial expansion in the
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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 4handstampBlack1787
- Calcutta HG 5handstampBlack1788
- Calcutta HG 6handstampBlack1788
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About this Calcutta pre stamp cover
COV-5037 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 8 June 1786 bearing the Calcutta HG 3 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?
An entire sent from Ganjam on the Bay of Bengal on 8** June 1786 to Luckipore (later Lucknow) with the inscription "Bearing Postage" and a straight-line "Gantam" handstamp. The letter concerns the payment of funds by a Mr Taylor to Ensign John Buckley, who in all probability, was stationed in India with forces to counter the threat to British interests, and the East India Company in particular, of French territorial expansion in the
1 image of COV-5037 is recorded (front); the Calcutta HG 3 mark itself is recorded in use 1776–1789.
Questions about COV-5037
- What is COV-5037?
- COV-5037 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 8 June 1786, bearing the Calcutta HG 3 handstamp in black. An entire sent from Ganjam on the Bay of Bengal on 8** June 1786 to Luckipore (later Lucknow) with the inscription "Bearing Postage" and a straight-line "Gantam" handstamp. The letter concerns the payment of funds by a Mr Taylor to Ensign John Buckley, who in all probability, was stationed in India with forces to counter the threat to British interests, and the East India Company in particular, of French territorial expansion in the
- How scarce is the Calcutta HG 3 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta HG 3 as rare, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1776–1789.
- When was COV-5037 posted?
- COV-5037 is dated 8 June 1786, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta HG 3 (1776–1789).
About this record
This 8 June 1786 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta HG 3 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Rare” in this census — one of 10 surviving covers with this mark recorded.