COV-2088
12 January 1818 Dacca Cover
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Date
12 January 1818
Description
1818 Bristol – Dacca entire via Cape & Calcutta route, with Bristol despatch, London GPO receipt, crown type "INDIA PACKET LETTER/LONDON" transit marks applied. 10d as Bristol–London single letter inland postage & 3s 6d single letter UK–India packet postage, total "4/4" bearing, sent via Cape route per Packet ship Norfolk. Upon reaching Calcutta, Giles SR7 "KINGS POSTAGE/Co's INLD. Do/181.." bearing handstamp applied, rate "2R2A9P" comprising 1R13A9P (equivalent of Bristol–London inland & UK–London single letter packet postage in Bengal Sicca Rupees) & 5A (Calcutta–Dacca inland postage), with date "1818 8 July" applied in manuscript. Then sent to Dacca & there Giles 7 "D.P.O." Dacca Post Office handstamp, date "26 July" & bearing rate "5 as" applied. Whole bearing postage of 2R2A9P collected from the recipient.
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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 6handstampBlack1820–1836
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About this Dacca pre stamp cover
COV-2088 is a Dacca pre stamp cover of 12 January 1818 bearing the Dacca HG 7 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Dacca postal history — the office known today as Dhaka, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1818 Bristol – Dacca entire via Cape & Calcutta route, with Bristol despatch, London GPO receipt, crown type "INDIA PACKET LETTER/LONDON" transit marks applied. 10d as Bristol–London single letter inland postage & 3s 6d single letter UK–India packet postage, total "4/4" bearing, sent via Cape route per Packet ship Norfolk. Upon reaching Calcutta, Giles SR7 "KINGS POSTAGE/Co's INLD. Do/181.." bearing handstamp applied, rate "2R2A9P" comprising 1R13A9P (equivalent of Bristol–London inland & UK–London single letter packet postage in Bengal Sicca Rupees) & 5A (Calcutta–Dacca inland postage), with date "1818 8 July" applied in manuscript. Then sent to Dacca & there Giles 7 "D.P.O." Dacca Post Office handstamp, date "26 July" & bearing rate "5 as" applied. Whole bearing postage of 2R2A9P collected from the recipient.
Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 531 (Oct. 2000).
2 images of COV-2088 are recorded (front); the Dacca HG 7 mark itself is recorded in use 1812–1818.
Questions about COV-2088
- What is COV-2088?
- COV-2088 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Dacca, Bengal Presidency of 12 January 1818, bearing the Dacca HG 7 handstamp in black. 1818 Bristol – Dacca entire via Cape & Calcutta route, with Bristol despatch, London GPO receipt, crown type "INDIA PACKET LETTER/LONDON" transit marks applied. 10d as Bristol–London single letter inland postage & 3s 6d single letter UK–India packet postage, total "4/4" bearing, sent via Cape route per Packet ship Norfolk. Upon reaching Calcutta, Giles SR7 "KINGS POSTAGE/Co's INLD. Do/181.." bearing handstamp applied, rate "2R2A9P" comprising 1R13A9P (equivalent of Bristol–London inland & UK–London single letter packet postage in Bengal Sicca Rupees) & 5A (Calcutta–Dacca inland postage), with date "1818 8 July" applied in manuscript. Then sent to Dacca & there Giles 7 "D.P.O." Dacca Post Office handstamp, date "26 July" & bearing rate "5 as" applied. Whole bearing postage of 2R2A9P collected from the recipient.
- How scarce is the Dacca HG 7 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Dacca HG 7 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1812–1818.
- What is the provenance of COV-2088?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Spink lot 531 (Oct. 2000).
- When was COV-2088 posted?
- COV-2088 is dated 12 January 1818, within the recorded period of use of Dacca HG 7 (1812–1818).
About this record
This 12 January 1818 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dacca HG 7 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 3 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 531, (Oct. 2000).