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COV-3122

14 July 1828 Calcutta SD8b Cover

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14 July 1828 Calcutta SD8b pre stamp cover — COV-3122
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Calcutta SD8b pre stamp cover — back (COV-3122)
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Calcutta SD8b pre stamp cover — detail (COV-3122)
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Date

14 July 1828

Description

1828 (July 14) entire sent from Calcutta to London with Calcutta Shipletter Despatch (HG# SD8b) mark along with rectangular boxed ‘INDIA LETTER….’ and 1/3 in manuscript and arrival cds. on back

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183 marks

183 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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About this record

This 14 July 1828 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SD8b handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Very common” in this census — one of 8 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with collectorbazar.