COV-2110
18 November 1819 Calcutta Cover
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Date
18 November 1819
Description
ALMORA - RARE CALCUTTA RED ENCIRCLED “INDIA/Packet Letter/PAID” WITH PACKET LETTER D.S. & “INDIA LETTER/DEAL”; Very fine 18 Nov. 1819 EL (part interesting letter from “the jungul” near the Himalayas) from “Almora (P.O. “King’s Pd 3rs/Company Pd 2r 6as [=] 5-6” dated endorsement across join of flaps) to London (redirected to Cheltenham) endorsed “Pr H.M. Ship” on the front with a very fine early usage of the very rare red encircled Calcutta “INDIA/Packet Letter/PAID” mark and a very fine rare oval “CALCUTTA/PACKET LETTER” d.s. slightly overstruck by a large part framed “INDIA LETTER/DEAL”, which was applied because the 1815 Act establishing the Packet system had been repealed on 14 July 1819 but news had not reached India when this letter was posted (with London transit c.d.s.’s of 26 Jan. 1820). Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see below
Auction
Lot 66, (Sept. 2015)
Provenance
Michael Manning
Same office
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About this Calcutta pre stamp cover
COV-2110 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 18 November 1819 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?
ALMORA - RARE CALCUTTA RED ENCIRCLED “INDIA/Packet Letter/PAID” WITH PACKET LETTER D.S. & “INDIA LETTER/DEAL”; Very fine 18 Nov. 1819 EL (part interesting letter from “the jungul” near the Himalayas) from “Almora (P.O. “King’s Pd 3rs/Company Pd 2r 6as [=] 5-6” dated endorsement across join of flaps) to London (redirected to Cheltenham) endorsed “Pr H.M. Ship” on the front with a very fine early usage of the very rare red encircled Calcutta “INDIA/Packet Letter/PAID” mark and a very fine rare oval “CALCUTTA/PACKET LETTER” d.s. slightly overstruck by a large part framed “INDIA LETTER/DEAL”, which was applied because the 1815 Act establishing the Packet system had been repealed on 14 July 1819 but news had not reached India when this letter was posted (with London transit c.d.s.’s of 26 Jan. 1820). Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see below
Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd lot 66 (Sept. 2015).
2 images of COV-2110 are recorded (front); the Calcutta SD7 mark itself is recorded in use 1816–1819.
Questions about COV-2110
- What is COV-2110?
- COV-2110 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 18 November 1819, bearing the Calcutta SD7 handstamp in red. ALMORA - RARE CALCUTTA RED ENCIRCLED “INDIA/Packet Letter/PAID” WITH PACKET LETTER D.S. & “INDIA LETTER/DEAL”; Very fine 18 Nov. 1819 EL (part interesting letter from “the jungul” near the Himalayas) from “Almora (P.O. “King’s Pd 3rs/Company Pd 2r 6as [=] 5-6” dated endorsement across join of flaps) to London (redirected to Cheltenham) endorsed “Pr H.M. Ship” on the front with a very fine early usage of the very rare red encircled Calcutta “INDIA/Packet Letter/PAID” mark and a very fine rare oval “CALCUTTA/PACKET LETTER” d.s. slightly overstruck by a large part framed “INDIA LETTER/DEAL”, which was applied because the 1815 Act establishing the Packet system had been repealed on 14 July 1819 but news had not reached India when this letter was posted (with London transit c.d.s.’s of 26 Jan. 1820). Exhibition Quality. PHOTO - see below
- 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-2110?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd lot 66 (Sept. 2015).
- When was COV-2110 posted?
- COV-2110 is dated 18 November 1819, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SD7 (1816–1819).
About this record
This 18 November 1819 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 Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, lot 66, (Sept. 2015).