Scan or Photo Courtesy of Santosh MS
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
Same office
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.
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.