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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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- Calcutta HG 4handstampBlack1787
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About this Calcutta pre stamp cover
COV-219 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 1818 bearing the Calcutta SD6 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Calcutta postal history — the office known today as Kolkata, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
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
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9020 lot 10026.
2 images of COV-219 are recorded (front, back); the Calcutta SD6 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1819.
Questions about COV-219
- What is COV-219?
- COV-219 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1818, bearing the Calcutta SD6 handstamp in black. 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
- How scarce is the Calcutta SD6 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SD6 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1816–1819.
- What is the provenance of COV-219?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9020 lot 10026.
- When was COV-219 posted?
- COV-219 is dated 1818, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SD6 (1816–1819).
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 21 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10026.