COV-2104
June 1816 Calcutta Cover
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Date
June 1816
Description
TIPPERAH - LONDON SHIP LRE OFFICE RED “MORE TO PAY” WITH “PAID” C.D.S. + CALCUTTA “KING’S SEA/POST PAID”; Remarkable and fine 9/13 June 1816 EL from “Tipperah” (fine octagon-boxed “TIPPERAH/[1]Sr.WT/[12]PtPd” - HG2 - “Scarce” - on flap) to GB “p. First Ship” with fine octagon-boxed “KING’S SEA/POSTAGE PAID./CALCUTTA” (HG SD5 - “Rare” - only in black Mar. to July 1816) on the front; so having a very fine red “PAID SHIP LETTER/[Crown]/LONDON” c.d.s. (15? Dec.) across the join beside a matching rare red Ship Letter Office “MORE TO PAY”; endorsed “Europe 8as/King’s Postage 4a 9p” [=] 10a 9p” on the flap and “Paid only [8], to pay 2/-” on the front. Spectacular example of this rare period. PHOTO - see page 21.
Auction
Lot 53, (Sept. 2015)
Provenance
Michael Manning
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-2104 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of June 1816 bearing the Calcutta SD5 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?
TIPPERAH - LONDON SHIP LRE OFFICE RED “MORE TO PAY” WITH “PAID” C.D.S. + CALCUTTA “KING’S SEA/POST PAID”; Remarkable and fine 9/13 June 1816 EL from “Tipperah” (fine octagon-boxed “TIPPERAH/[1]Sr.WT/[12]PtPd” - HG2 - “Scarce” - on flap) to GB “p. First Ship” with fine octagon-boxed “KING’S SEA/POSTAGE PAID./CALCUTTA” (HG SD5 - “Rare” - only in black Mar. to July 1816) on the front; so having a very fine red “PAID SHIP LETTER/[Crown]/LONDON” c.d.s. (15? Dec.) across the join beside a matching rare red Ship Letter Office “MORE TO PAY”; endorsed “Europe 8as/King’s Postage 4a 9p” [=] 10a 9p” on the flap and “Paid only [8], to pay 2/-” on the front. Spectacular example of this rare period. PHOTO - see page 21.
Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd lot 53 (Sept. 2015).
4 images of COV-2104 are recorded (front, back); the Calcutta SD5 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1818.
Questions about COV-2104
- What is COV-2104?
- COV-2104 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of June 1816, bearing the Calcutta SD5 handstamp in red. TIPPERAH - LONDON SHIP LRE OFFICE RED “MORE TO PAY” WITH “PAID” C.D.S. + CALCUTTA “KING’S SEA/POST PAID”; Remarkable and fine 9/13 June 1816 EL from “Tipperah” (fine octagon-boxed “TIPPERAH/[1]Sr.WT/[12]PtPd” - HG2 - “Scarce” - on flap) to GB “p. First Ship” with fine octagon-boxed “KING’S SEA/POSTAGE PAID./CALCUTTA” (HG SD5 - “Rare” - only in black Mar. to July 1816) on the front; so having a very fine red “PAID SHIP LETTER/[Crown]/LONDON” c.d.s. (15? Dec.) across the join beside a matching rare red Ship Letter Office “MORE TO PAY”; endorsed “Europe 8as/King’s Postage 4a 9p” [=] 10a 9p” on the flap and “Paid only [8], to pay 2/-” on the front. Spectacular example of this rare period. PHOTO - see page 21.
- How scarce is the Calcutta SD5 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SD5 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1816–1818.
- What is the provenance of COV-2104?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd lot 53 (Sept. 2015).
- When was COV-2104 posted?
- COV-2104 is dated June 1816, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SD5 (1816–1818).
About this record
This June 1816 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD5 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 27 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, lot 53, (Sept. 2015).