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Description
Postal cover from calcutta (bengal), bearing HG 24A handstamp in Red. Note: Similar to 24 but smaller gap between CALCUTTA and ‘Paid’. As per Giles this was used in Branch Offices and since there were multiple branch offices, different stamps must have been issued. (c. 36x28mm).. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
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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
+177 more at this office.View all Calcutta marks and postal history →
About this Calcutta pre stamp cover
COV-3041 is a Calcutta pre stamp cover bearing the Calcutta X16 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?
Postal cover from calcutta (bengal), bearing HG 24A handstamp in Red. Note: Similar to 24 but smaller gap between CALCUTTA and ‘Paid’. As per Giles this was used in Branch Offices and since there were multiple branch offices, different stamps must have been issued. (c. 36x28mm).. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
1 image of COV-3041 is recorded (front); the Calcutta X16 mark itself is recorded in use 1848-51.
Questions about COV-3041
- What is COV-3041?
- COV-3041 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, bearing the Calcutta X16 handstamp in black. Postal cover from calcutta (bengal), bearing HG 24A handstamp in Red. Note: Similar to 24 but smaller gap between CALCUTTA and ‘Paid’. As per Giles this was used in Branch Offices and since there were multiple branch offices, different stamps must have been issued. (c. 36x28mm).. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the Calcutta X16 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Calcutta X16 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1848-51.
- What is the provenance of COV-3041?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Private.
About this record
This pre-1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Calcutta X16 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Private.