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Date
1818
Description
Scare entire posted from Calcutta to Inverness with scare short lived Calcutta SD6 King Post "Calcutta Post Not Paid" handstamp in black along with Maritime "India Letter Deal' and other handstamps in 1818. Calcutta SD6 handstamp was shot lived and existed for only two years.
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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-4033 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?
Scare entire posted from Calcutta to Inverness with scare short lived Calcutta SD6 King Post "Calcutta Post Not Paid" handstamp in black along with Maritime "India Letter Deal' and other handstamps in 1818. Calcutta SD6 handstamp was shot lived and existed for only two years.
1 image of COV-4033 is recorded (front); the Calcutta SD6 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1819.
Questions about COV-4033
- What is COV-4033?
- COV-4033 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1818, bearing the Calcutta SD6 handstamp in black. Scare entire posted from Calcutta to Inverness with scare short lived Calcutta SD6 King Post "Calcutta Post Not Paid" handstamp in black along with Maritime "India Letter Deal' and other handstamps in 1818. Calcutta SD6 handstamp was shot lived and existed for only two years.
- 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.
- When was COV-4033 posted?
- COV-4033 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.