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Date
10 March 1818
Description
INDIA, Dacca, 1818, "DACCA POST PAID" Handstamp (Giles 5). Strong strike with manuscript "10 March" date added on bottom flap of 1818 folded letter to Calcutta, red Calcutta Mar. 13 arrival backstamp (Giles G3), transcription of letter accompanies regarding death of military individual's estate, cover affected by tropicalization and some splitting along folds, otherwise Fine and scarce strike
Auction
Sale 1301, Lot 6018, (Nov. 2023)
Provenance
"Magnolia"
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 6handstampBlack1820–1836
- Dacca HG 7handstampBlack1812–1818
- Dacca HG 8handstampBlack1824–1834
- Dacca HG 9handstampRed1854
- Dacca HG 10handstampBlack1854
- Dacca HG 10AhandstampRed1852–1854
About this record
This 10 March 1818 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dacca HG 5 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 1301, lot 6018, (Nov. 2023).