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Date
1841
Description
Malta: Early Letters and Documents: 1841 (Aug. 13 and Nov. 14) two entire letters to Melbourne, Australia, the latter sent via India with framed “CALCUTTA/G.P.O.” datestamp on the reverse and redirected to Penrith via Sydney and other with Melbourne and Sydney datestamps on the reverse, rare destination, mostly fine.
Auction
GPA 174: British Empire & Foreign Countries, Lot 58
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Other recorded marks at Calcutta
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- 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-5386 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 1841 bearing the Calcutta SD11 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?
Malta: Early Letters and Documents: 1841 (Aug. 13 and Nov. 14) two entire letters to Melbourne, Australia, the latter sent via India with framed “CALCUTTA/G.P.O.” datestamp on the reverse and redirected to Penrith via Sydney and other with Melbourne and Sydney datestamps on the reverse, rare destination, mostly fine.
Its recorded auction history runs through Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions GPA 174: British Empire & Foreign Countries lot 58.
1 image of COV-5386 is recorded; the Calcutta SD11 mark itself is recorded in use 1837–1855.
Questions about COV-5386
- What is COV-5386?
- COV-5386 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1841, bearing the Calcutta SD11 handstamp in black. Malta: Early Letters and Documents: 1841 (Aug. 13 and Nov. 14) two entire letters to Melbourne, Australia, the latter sent via India with framed “CALCUTTA/G.P.O.” datestamp on the reverse and redirected to Penrith via Sydney and other with Melbourne and Sydney datestamps on the reverse, rare destination, mostly fine.
- How scarce is the Calcutta SD11 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SD11 as very common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1837–1855.
- What is the provenance of COV-5386?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions GPA 174: British Empire & Foreign Countries lot 58.
- When was COV-5386 posted?
- COV-5386 is dated 1841, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SD11 (1837–1855).
About this record
This 1841 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD11 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 25 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Grosvenor Philatelic Auctions, GPA 174: British Empire & Foreign Countries, lot 58.