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Date
1854
Description
India, Dacca, 1854, "DACCA/18__/BEARING" Framed Handstamp (Giles Unrecorded). Clear strike with manuscript " (18) 54 28/11" date and rate added on petite folded mourning letter to Calcutta, well-struck Calcutta "G.P.O. 2nd Dy" (Dec. 4, Giles G20) arrival backstamp, Very Fine strike, similar to Giles No. 9 which is the "Paid" version in red with the exception this is "Bearing" and in black
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10062, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
Same office
Other recorded marks at Dacca
10 marks10 other pre-1854 postal markings of Dacca are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Dacca HG 1handstampBlack1775–1783
- Dacca HG 2handstampBlack1799
- Dacca HG 3handstampBlack1806–1820
- Dacca HG 4handstampBlack1813
- Dacca HG 5handstampBlack1815–1821
- Dacca HG 6handstampBlack1820–1836
- Dacca HG 7handstampBlack1812–1818
- Dacca HG 8handstampBlack1824–1834
- Dacca HG 9handstampRed1854
- Dacca HG 10AhandstampRed1852–1854
About this record
This 1854 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dacca HG 10 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 Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10062.