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Date
27 September 1820
Description
Siegel - India, Dacca, 1820, "DACCA POST PAID" Oval Handstamp (Giles 3). Mostly clear strike with manuscript "27 Septr" date marking on back of folded cover to Jessore, internal docketing indicating 1820 year date, Fine strike of this rare marking, few are thought to exist Cavendish - DACCA - THE THREE DIFFERENT OVAL-FRAMED “POST PAID” TYPES INC. AN INDIA LETTER TO G.B.; 1820 pair of Es to Nuddea/Jessore(?) with mainly fine to very fine “DACCA/POST PAID” marks with upright or inverted “POST PAID” (HG3 & HG5; latter across the join); plus 10 Jan. 1829 E to London with a mainly very fine scarce doublering “DACCA/+POST PAID+” on the flap and a fine red boxed “PORTSMOUTH/INDIA LETTER” on the front. Good set. (3 covers) PHOTO - see page 41
Auction
Provenance
"Magnolia" Michael Manning
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 4handstampBlack1813
- Dacca HG 5handstampBlack1815–1821
- Dacca HG 6handstampBlack1820–1836
- Dacca HG 7handstampBlack1812–1818
- Dacca HG 8handstampBlack1824–1834
- Dacca HG 9handstampRed1854
- Dacca HG 10handstampBlack1854
- Dacca HG 10AhandstampRed1852–1854
About this record
This 27 September 1820 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dacca HG 3 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 4 examples recorded in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 123, (Sept. 2015); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10038.