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Date
1850
Description
India 1850s Bengal Presidency maritime mail sent towards France showing red GPO cachet plus boxed accountancy handstamp and black manuscript ten decimes postal fee for delivery through Mediterranean
Auction
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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-3641 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 1850 bearing the Calcutta SD17 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?
India 1850s Bengal Presidency maritime mail sent towards France showing red GPO cachet plus boxed accountancy handstamp and black manuscript ten decimes postal fee for delivery through Mediterranean
Its recorded auction history runs through Sephils 570 lot 0101 (2026).
3 images of COV-3641 are recorded; the Calcutta SD17 mark itself is recorded in use 1846–1856.
Questions about COV-3641
- What is COV-3641?
- COV-3641 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1850, bearing the Calcutta SD17 handstamp in red. India 1850s Bengal Presidency maritime mail sent towards France showing red GPO cachet plus boxed accountancy handstamp and black manuscript ten decimes postal fee for delivery through Mediterranean
- How scarce is the Calcutta SD17 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SD17 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1846–1856.
- What is the provenance of COV-3641?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Sephils 570 lot 0101 (2026).
- When was COV-3641 posted?
- COV-3641 is dated 1850, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SD17 (1846–1856).
About this record
This 1850 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD17 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 15 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Sephils, 570, lot 0101, (2026).