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Date
25 December 1816
Description
Calcutta: 1816 (25 Dec.) entire letter (horizontal filing crease) "per Warren Hastings" rated "3/6" and showing good to fine strikes of the rare framed "KING'S SEA/POST' PAID/calcurra" in red (HG SD5) and the very scarce oval "CALCUTTA/PACKET LETTER" d.s. (HG SD7) also a faint arrival d.s. One of the rarities of Indian prephilately and a splendid exhibition item
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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.
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- 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-1043 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 25 December 1816 bearing the Calcutta SD7 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?
Calcutta: 1816 (25 Dec.) entire letter (horizontal filing crease) "per Warren Hastings" rated "3/6" and showing good to fine strikes of the rare framed "KING'S SEA/POST' PAID/calcurra" in red (HG SD5) and the very scarce oval "CALCUTTA/PACKET LETTER" d.s. (HG SD7) also a faint arrival d.s. One of the rarities of Indian prephilately and a splendid exhibition item
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 53.
1 image of COV-1043 is recorded; the Calcutta SD7 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1819.
Questions about COV-1043
- What is COV-1043?
- COV-1043 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 25 December 1816, bearing the Calcutta SD7 handstamp in red. Calcutta: 1816 (25 Dec.) entire letter (horizontal filing crease) "per Warren Hastings" rated "3/6" and showing good to fine strikes of the rare framed "KING'S SEA/POST' PAID/calcurra" in red (HG SD5) and the very scarce oval "CALCUTTA/PACKET LETTER" d.s. (HG SD7) also a faint arrival d.s. One of the rarities of Indian prephilately and a splendid exhibition item
- How scarce is the Calcutta SD7 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SD7 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1816–1819.
- What is the provenance of COV-1043?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 53.
- When was COV-1043 posted?
- COV-1043 is dated 25 December 1816, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SD7 (1816–1819).
About this record
This 25 December 1816 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD7 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 9 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 53.