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Date
1844
Description
Postal cover from dumdum (bengal), bearing HG 7 handstamp in Red. Dated 1844. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Provenance
Private
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.
- DumDum HG 1handstampBlack1825–1836
- DumDum HG 2handstampBlack1835–1837
- DumDum HG 3handstampBlack1843–1847
- DumDum HG 4handstampRed1841–1854
- DumDum HG 5handstampBlack1838–1845
- DumDum HG 6handstampRed1848
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About this DumDum pre stamp cover
COV-2138 is a DumDum pre stamp cover of 1844 bearing the DumDum HG 7 handstamp, struck in red, recorded in the census of DumDum postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
Postal cover from dumdum (bengal), bearing HG 7 handstamp in Red. Dated 1844. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
Private
1 image of COV-2138 is recorded (front); the DumDum HG 7 mark itself is recorded in use 1842–1848.
Questions about COV-2138
- What is COV-2138?
- COV-2138 is a recorded pre stamp cover of DumDum, Bengal Presidency of 1844, bearing the DumDum HG 7 handstamp in red. Postal cover from dumdum (bengal), bearing HG 7 handstamp in Red. Dated 1844. Scarce example of postal history from this office.
- How scarce is the DumDum HG 7 mark on this cover?
- The census grades DumDum HG 7 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1842–1848.
- What is the provenance of COV-2138?
- Private
- When was COV-2138 posted?
- COV-2138 is dated 1844, within the recorded period of use of DumDum HG 7 (1842–1848).
About this record
This 1844 pre stamp cover of British India bears the DumDum HG 7 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 7 surviving covers with this mark recorded.