COV-1064
6 December 1845 DumDum HG 5 Cover
Scan or Photo Courtesy of Spink
Date
6 December 1845
Description
Durn Durn: 1845 (6 Dec.) entire letter written from French Rocks to an Officer with the Bengal Artillery at Dum Dum, showing a fine strike of the rare boxed "o.o.p.o." h.s. of the military handover point to the civil P.O. (HG3) also boxed "DUMDUM/date/Bearing" (HG5) and "MADRAS/SHIP LETIER/Bearing" d.s. (HG SR3). An exceptional item of Indian prephilately
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Provenance
Dr. Soli Contractor
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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.
About this record
This 6 December 1845 pre stamp cover of British India bears the DumDum HG 5 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 6 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Spink, lot 81.