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COV-219

1818 Calcutta SD6 Cover

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1818 Calcutta SD6 pre stamp cover — COV-219
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Calcutta SD6 pre stamp cover — back (COV-219)
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Date

1818

Description

India, Calcutta, 1818, "CALCUTTA, POST NOT PAID/181_" Double-Circle Handstamp (Giles SD6). Complete strike with manuscript " (181) 8, 7 Sept." date marking on folded letter to London, England, sender's directive "p Atlas" , Calcutta Packet Letter (Sept. 7, Giles SD7) and London (Feb. 22, 1819) arrival datestamps, manuscript rate marking, Very Fine

Auction

Sale 9020, Lot 10026, The Magnolia Collection Part 5

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Other recorded marks at Calcutta

182 marks

182 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 1818 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD6 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 17 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10026.