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COV-1209

1819 Calcutta SD6 Cover

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1819 Calcutta SD6 pre stamp cover — COV-1209
Calcutta SD6 pre stamp cover — scan 2 (COV-1209)

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Date

1819

Description

1819 CALCUTTA POST NOT PAID on folded letter to London, one of the latest usage as this mark was in use until Nov 1819

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181 marks

181 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.

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About this record

This 1819 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD6 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 12 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with StampBay, 5, lot 7.