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Date
1820
Description
INDE ANGLAISE - Lettre de Calcutta (Bureau central) pour Édimbourg en 1820 - Voir cachets - A étudier - Rare - S 1079
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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-4819 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 1820 bearing the Calcutta SD8 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?
INDE ANGLAISE - Lettre de Calcutta (Bureau central) pour Édimbourg en 1820 - Voir cachets - A étudier - Rare - S 1079
Its recorded auction history runs through Delcampe lot 2604560153.
2 images of COV-4819 are recorded; the Calcutta SD8 mark itself is recorded in use 1820-24.
Questions about COV-4819
- What is COV-4819?
- COV-4819 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 1820, bearing the Calcutta SD8 handstamp in black. INDE ANGLAISE - Lettre de Calcutta (Bureau central) pour Édimbourg en 1820 - Voir cachets - A étudier - Rare - S 1079
- How scarce is the Calcutta SD8 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SD8 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1820-24.
- What is the provenance of COV-4819?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Delcampe lot 2604560153.
- When was COV-4819 posted?
- COV-4819 is dated 1820, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SD8 (1820-24).
About this record
This 1820 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD8 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 16 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Delcampe, lot 2604560153.