COV-2248
13 March 1829 Dacca HG 6 Cover
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Date
13 March 1829
Description
INTERNAL MAIL INC. OVAL "DACCA/+POST.PAID+", BOXED "NEEMUCH/Paid" & 2-ring "GHAZEEPORE FULL POST Pd."; 1826-39 covers inc. Mar. 1829 EL (slight toning) to Calcutta with beautiful strike of the scarce double-oval "DACCA/+POST PAID+" mark with ms date, 1826 EL to Madras with partial but very rare 2-ring "GHAZEEPORE FULL POST Pd." with ms "13as" in centre [ex H. Giles; full typescript], 1828/9 pair ex Calcutta to Assam with "G.P.O./Pt. Pd." ds (one redirected back to Calcutta & so also with oval "G.P.O./Bg.Pg." ds), and May 1839 EL to Calcutta with fine red boxed "NEEMUCH/Paid [15ans]" ds (short seal tear), and long hastily written 8 July 1842 letter (no wrapper) from Lucknow concerning diplomatic moves with the "King of Oude" etc. (would repay careful deciphering). (6 items)
Auction
Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, Lot 481, (4th Sep 2024)
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 7handstampBlack1812–1818
- Dacca HG 8handstampBlack1824–1834
- Dacca HG 9handstampRed1854
- Dacca HG 10handstampBlack1854
- Dacca HG 10AhandstampRed1852–1854
About this record
This 13 March 1829 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dacca HG 6 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 12 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Worldwide & Great Britain Stamps & Postal History, lot 481, (4th Sep 2024).