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Date
1816
Description
Letter from CALCUTTA to EDINBRO required 204 days to reach the destination. Letter carried by the ship "Pattan". A single letter rate of 3/ 6d for a packet has been charged and marked in manuscript.This handstamp: Black octagonal "KINGS.SEA / POST*PAID. / CALCUTTA" was in use between Mar to July 1816, and is considered as a Rare ship despatch stamp.
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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-739 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?
Letter from CALCUTTA to EDINBRO required 204 days to reach the destination. Letter carried by the ship "Pattan". A single letter rate of 3/ 6d for a packet has been charged and marked in manuscript.This handstamp: Black octagonal "KINGS.SEA / POST*PAID. / CALCUTTA" was in use between Mar to July 1816, and is considered as a Rare ship despatch stamp.
1 image of COV-739 is recorded; the Calcutta SD5 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1818.
Questions about COV-739
- What is COV-739?
- COV-739 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1816, bearing the Calcutta SD5 handstamp in red. Letter from CALCUTTA to EDINBRO required 204 days to reach the destination. Letter carried by the ship "Pattan". A single letter rate of 3/ 6d for a packet has been charged and marked in manuscript.This handstamp: Black octagonal "KINGS.SEA / POST*PAID. / CALCUTTA" was in use between Mar to July 1816, and is considered as a Rare ship despatch stamp.
- 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.
- When was COV-739 posted?
- COV-739 is dated 1816, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SD5 (1816–1818).
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.