COV-81
27 November 1817 Calcutta Cover
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Date
27 November 1817
Description
INDIA, Calcutta, 1817, "KING'S POSTE./Cos INLd. do./181_" Boxed Datestamp (Giles SR7). Bold boxed three-line datestamp with manuscript "27 (181)7, Novb." date added on back of folded letter and applied on arrival from Inverness, Scotland, addressed to Calcutta, Inverness May 11 despatch datestamp, "Addl 1/2" handstamp and Crowned India Packet Letter London with May 13 transit datestamp, rated "1/4" erroneously and rerated "2/10", Very Fine, this datestamp was in use from 1816 to Oct. 1819
Auction
Sale 1301, Lot 6012
Provenance
"Magnolia"
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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
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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-81 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 27 November 1817 bearing the Calcutta SR7 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?
INDIA, Calcutta, 1817, "KING'S POSTE./Cos INLd. do./181_" Boxed Datestamp (Giles SR7). Bold boxed three-line datestamp with manuscript "27 (181)7, Novb." date added on back of folded letter and applied on arrival from Inverness, Scotland, addressed to Calcutta, Inverness May 11 despatch datestamp, "Addl 1/2" handstamp and Crowned India Packet Letter London with May 13 transit datestamp, rated "1/4" erroneously and rerated "2/10", Very Fine, this datestamp was in use from 1816 to Oct. 1819
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1301 lot 6012.
2 images of COV-81 are recorded (front, back); the Calcutta SR7 mark itself is recorded in use 1815–1819.
Questions about COV-81
- What is COV-81?
- COV-81 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 27 November 1817, bearing the Calcutta SR7 handstamp in black. INDIA, Calcutta, 1817, "KING'S POSTE./Cos INLd. do./181_" Boxed Datestamp (Giles SR7). Bold boxed three-line datestamp with manuscript "27 (181)7, Novb." date added on back of folded letter and applied on arrival from Inverness, Scotland, addressed to Calcutta, Inverness May 11 despatch datestamp, "Addl 1/2" handstamp and Crowned India Packet Letter London with May 13 transit datestamp, rated "1/4" erroneously and rerated "2/10", Very Fine, this datestamp was in use from 1816 to Oct. 1819
- How scarce is the Calcutta SR7 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SR7 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1815–1819.
- What is the provenance of COV-81?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 1301 lot 6012.
- When was COV-81 posted?
- COV-81 is dated 27 November 1817, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SR7 (1815–1819).
About this record
This 27 November 1817 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SR7 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 27 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1301, lot 6012.