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Date
21 August 1831
Description
India, Dacca, 1831, "DACCA POST PAID/18__" Oval Handstamp (Giles 6). Particularly strong strike with manuscript "21 Augt" date marking on back of 1831 folded letter to Captain J.W. Ouseley in Calcutta, red "PM" handstamp, Calcutta (Aug. 24, Giles G9) arrival backstamp, transcribed version of letter accompanies, Very Fine strike, particularly scarce this well-struck
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10039, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Provenance
"Magnolia" Dr. Soli Contractor
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 21 August 1831 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 Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9020, lot 10039; Spink, Dec. 1999, lot 74.