COV-751
27 January 1806 Dacca HG 3 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Kishore Chandak
Date
27 January 1806
Description
1806 : H.G. 1: This entire letter was written in PUTTAHAUT, but was posted in LUCKEEPOOR, 12 miles away to CALCUTTA Inland postage, under the 1802-09 rates, for a Single" letter to CALCUTTA was 5 as. LUCKEEPOOR, 270 miles from CALCUTTA in EASTERN BENGAL, and a Post Office which was established as early as 1795, and became subordinate to the Main Post Office at BULLOOAH, 23 miles away, in the Dist. ofNOAKALI. In the 20th Century it was renamed as LAKSMIPUR.
Auction
Provenance
Derek Hammond Giles
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 January 1806 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 Spink, lot 125, (Oct. 2000).