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Date
30 January 1835
Description
1835 (30 Jan.) entire letter from London ruted "3/2" and showing, on reverse, a good strike of the unframed "Inl' Ptgj /Ship D"'with "Ship D" deleted and repiaced by manuscript "Stedm" (HG SR10, rare), London and Calcutta c.d.s.; a rare example of this corrected handstamp, believed to have been carried on the 5th. experimental voyage of the Hugh Lindsay. Photo {)50_2OO Note: The aboue couer wentJrom the Red Sea by steamship to Bombay and inlandfrom there to Calcutta, the charges being 7r. and 14a. respectiuely. If the couer had trauelled to Calcutta by steamship tl'Le inland postage would only haue been 5a.Jrom Kedgree, or nil f landed at Cakutta
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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-1679 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover of 30 January 1835 bearing the Calcutta SR9a 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?
1835 (30 Jan.) entire letter from London ruted "3/2" and showing, on reverse, a good strike of the unframed "Inl' Ptgj /Ship D"'with "Ship D" deleted and repiaced by manuscript "Stedm" (HG SR10, rare), London and Calcutta c.d.s.; a rare example of this corrected handstamp, believed to have been carried on the 5th. experimental voyage of the Hugh Lindsay. Photo {)50_2OO Note: The aboue couer wentJrom the Red Sea by steamship to Bombay and inlandfrom there to Calcutta, the charges being 7r. and 14a. respectiuely. If the couer had trauelled to Calcutta by steamship tl'Le inland postage would only haue been 5a.Jrom Kedgree, or nil f landed at Cakutta
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 54.
1 image of COV-1679 is recorded; the Calcutta SR9a mark itself is recorded in use 1821–1837.
Questions about COV-1679
- What is COV-1679?
- COV-1679 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency of 30 January 1835, bearing the Calcutta SR9a handstamp in black. 1835 (30 Jan.) entire letter from London ruted "3/2" and showing, on reverse, a good strike of the unframed "Inl' Ptgj /Ship D"'with "Ship D" deleted and repiaced by manuscript "Stedm" (HG SR10, rare), London and Calcutta c.d.s.; a rare example of this corrected handstamp, believed to have been carried on the 5th. experimental voyage of the Hugh Lindsay. Photo {)50_2OO Note: The aboue couer wentJrom the Red Sea by steamship to Bombay and inlandfrom there to Calcutta, the charges being 7r. and 14a. respectiuely. If the couer had trauelled to Calcutta by steamship tl'Le inland postage would only haue been 5a.Jrom Kedgree, or nil f landed at Cakutta
- How scarce is the Calcutta SR9a mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta SR9a as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1821–1837.
- What is the provenance of COV-1679?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 54.
- When was COV-1679 posted?
- COV-1679 is dated 30 January 1835, within the recorded period of use of Calcutta SR9a (1821–1837).
About this record
This 30 January 1835 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta SR9a handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 54.