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Description
1836 Glenageary – Dum Dum service entire via Cape & Calcutta route, with Glenageary "PAID/SE 1 A/1836" despatch, London "A/PAID/3 SE 3/1836" receipt & "PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/3 SE 3/1836/LONDON" transit applied, red "1" indicating 1s (comprising 2d outward sea postage & 10d single letter inland to London) paid by sender. Upon reaching Calcutta via Cape route, Giles G13 "GPO/JAN 24/1837" receipt applied, primarily addressed to Agra, redirected to Meerutt & returned back to Calcutta. Giles G13 "GPO/JAN 29/1837" receipt mark applied, then sent to Dum Dum & there Giles 2 "DUM DUM/POST OFFICE" dated "29 Jany 1837" applied. 2A import sea postage + 3A inland to Calcutta + 11A inland to Meerutt + 2A inland to Dum Dum, total 1R2A, should have been collected from the recipient, but as the recipient was a soldier in the Bengal Artillery, he was exempted from the bearing postage.
Provenance
Santosh MS
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Other recorded marks at DumDum
7 marks7 other pre-1854 postal markings of DumDum are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- DumDum HG 1handstampBlack1825–1836
- DumDum HG 3handstampBlack1843–1847
- DumDum HG 4handstampRed1841–1854
- DumDum HG 5handstampBlack1838–1845
- DumDum HG 6handstampRed1848
- DumDum HG 7handstampRed1842–1848
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About this DumDum pre stamp cover
COV-2152 is a DumDum pre stamp cover of 1836 bearing the DumDum HG 2 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of DumDum postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
1836 Glenageary – Dum Dum service entire via Cape & Calcutta route, with Glenageary "PAID/SE 1 A/1836" despatch, London "A/PAID/3 SE 3/1836" receipt & "PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/3 SE 3/1836/LONDON" transit applied, red "1" indicating 1s (comprising 2d outward sea postage & 10d single letter inland to London) paid by sender. Upon reaching Calcutta via Cape route, Giles G13 "GPO/JAN 24/1837" receipt applied, primarily addressed to Agra, redirected to Meerutt & returned back to Calcutta. Giles G13 "GPO/JAN 29/1837" receipt mark applied, then sent to Dum Dum & there Giles 2 "DUM DUM/POST OFFICE" dated "29 Jany 1837" applied. 2A import sea postage + 3A inland to Calcutta + 11A inland to Meerutt + 2A inland to Dum Dum, total 1R2A, should have been collected from the recipient, but as the recipient was a soldier in the Bengal Artillery, he was exempted from the bearing postage.
Santosh MS
1 image of COV-2152 is recorded (front); the DumDum HG 2 mark itself is recorded in use 1835–1837.
Questions about COV-2152
- What is COV-2152?
- COV-2152 is a recorded pre stamp cover of DumDum, Bengal Presidency of 1836, bearing the DumDum HG 2 handstamp in black. 1836 Glenageary – Dum Dum service entire via Cape & Calcutta route, with Glenageary "PAID/SE 1 A/1836" despatch, London "A/PAID/3 SE 3/1836" receipt & "PAID SHIP LETTER/[crown]/3 SE 3/1836/LONDON" transit applied, red "1" indicating 1s (comprising 2d outward sea postage & 10d single letter inland to London) paid by sender. Upon reaching Calcutta via Cape route, Giles G13 "GPO/JAN 24/1837" receipt applied, primarily addressed to Agra, redirected to Meerutt & returned back to Calcutta. Giles G13 "GPO/JAN 29/1837" receipt mark applied, then sent to Dum Dum & there Giles 2 "DUM DUM/POST OFFICE" dated "29 Jany 1837" applied. 2A import sea postage + 3A inland to Calcutta + 11A inland to Meerutt + 2A inland to Dum Dum, total 1R2A, should have been collected from the recipient, but as the recipient was a soldier in the Bengal Artillery, he was exempted from the bearing postage.
- How scarce is the DumDum HG 2 mark on this cover?
- The census grades DumDum HG 2 as common, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1835–1837.
- What is the provenance of COV-2152?
- Santosh MS
About this record
This 1836 pre stamp cover of British India bears the DumDum HG 2 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded.