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Description
Postal cover from calcutta (bengal), bearing SD5 handstamp in Red. Note: March to July. Rare. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Provenance
Private
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-2123 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 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?
Postal cover from calcutta (bengal), bearing SD5 handstamp in Red. Note: March to July. Rare. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Private
1 image of COV-2123 is recorded (front); the Calcutta SD5 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1818.
Questions about COV-2123
- What is COV-2123?
- COV-2123 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1816, bearing the Calcutta SD5 handstamp in red. Postal cover from calcutta (bengal), bearing SD5 handstamp in Red. Note: March to July. Rare. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- 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-2123?
- Private
About this record
This 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.