COV-400

1824 Dacca HG 8 Cover

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1824 Dacca HG 8 pre stamp cover — COV-400 — front

Dacca HG 8 pre stamp cover — back (COV-400) — back

Scan or Photo Courtesy of Siegel Auction Galleries

Date

1824

Description

Siegel - India, Dacca, 1824, "D.P.O." Oval Handstamp (Giles 8). Exceptional strike in transit on back of folded printed prices current in French datelined " Liverpool, le 4 Octobre, 1824", addressed to Dacca, then forwarded to Chandernagore, French India, faint strike of "KEDGREE/POST OFFICE/SHIP LETTER" (Giles S2) and red Calcutta (May 4, May 9, May 10) backstamps, Very Fine, one of the finest "D.P.O." strikes we have encountered, this strike was used on mail which went from military to civilian post offices Cavendish - LIVERPOOL/DACCA - INGOING COVER REDIRECTED WITH RARE DACCA OVAL-FRAMED “D.P.O.” MARK; Fine 4 Oct. 1824 printed Liverpool Prices Current (in French) to “Dacca” with fair boxed Kedgeree “SHIP LETTER” mark on the flap beside two large Calcutta c.d.s.’s (one with inverted month) and a superb strike of the rare 2nd- Type oval framed Dacca “D.P.O.” Mark (HG8; hand-over mark for mail transferred from Military P.O. to Civil P.O.) due to redirection to “Chandernagore” (French India). These Military P.O. Hand-over marks are seldom seen. PHOTO - see page 67.

Auction

Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd

Manning, Lot 223, (Sept. 2015)

Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries

Sale 9042, Lot 10061, (Nov. 2025), — The Magnolia Collection Part 6

Provenance

"Magnolia" Michael Manning

Same office

Other recorded marks at Dacca

10 marks

10 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.

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About this record

This 1824 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dacca HG 8 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Cavendish Philatelic Auctions Ltd, Manning, lot 223, (Sept. 2015); Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10061, (Nov. 2025).