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COV-1679

30 January 1835 Calcutta SR9a Cover

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30 January 1835 Calcutta SR9a pre stamp cover — COV-1679

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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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Derek Hammond Giles

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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.