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Description
Postal cover from waghorn (), bearing Unknown handstamp in unknown. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Same office
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-2801 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover bearing the Calcutta SD13 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of Calcutta postal history — the office known today as Kolkata, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from waghorn (), bearing Unknown handstamp in unknown. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
1 image of COV-2801 is recorded; the Calcutta SD13 mark itself is recorded in use 1837–1853.
Questions about COV-2801
- What is COV-2801?
- COV-2801 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, bearing the Calcutta SD13 handstamp in red. Postal cover from waghorn (), bearing Unknown handstamp in unknown. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Calcutta SD13 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SD13 as very common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1837–1853.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD13 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 15 surviving covers with this mark recorded.