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Date
16 January 1841
Description
India, Dummow, 1841, "DUMMOW/Bearing" Framed Handstamp (Giles Unrecorded). Excellent strike with manuscript "16 Jany" date and "8a" rate added on back of 1841 folded letter datelined in "Ghat Pipariya, on the Beiwanee (Baitarani) River, 16th Jany 1841" , addressed to " Captain Hobart, 9th Regt Lt Calvary" in Calcutta, red Calcutta G.P.O. arrival backstamp, opening tear just barely touching outer frame of Dummow handstamp, still Very Fine and presumably very rare, Giles does note Dummow as having a post office but no markings are recorded in his book or subsequent supplements
Auction
Sale 9042, Lot 10073, — The Magnolia Collection Part 6
About this Dummow pre stamp cover
COV-412 is a Dummow pre stamp cover of 16 January 1841 bearing the Dummow HG 1 handstamp, recorded in the census of Dummow postal history, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
India, Dummow, 1841, "DUMMOW/Bearing" Framed Handstamp (Giles Unrecorded). Excellent strike with manuscript "16 Jany" date and "8a" rate added on back of 1841 folded letter datelined in "Ghat Pipariya, on the Beiwanee (Baitarani) River, 16th Jany 1841" , addressed to " Captain Hobart, 9th Regt Lt Calvary" in Calcutta, red Calcutta G.P.O. arrival backstamp, opening tear just barely touching outer frame of Dummow handstamp, still Very Fine and presumably very rare, Giles does note Dummow as having a post office but no markings are recorded in his book or subsequent supplements
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9042 lot 10073.
2 images of COV-412 are recorded (front, back); the Dummow HG 1 mark itself is recorded in use 1841.
Questions about COV-412
- What is COV-412?
- COV-412 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Dummow, Bengal Presidency of 16 January 1841, bearing the Dummow HG 1 handstamp. India, Dummow, 1841, "DUMMOW/Bearing" Framed Handstamp (Giles Unrecorded). Excellent strike with manuscript "16 Jany" date and "8a" rate added on back of 1841 folded letter datelined in "Ghat Pipariya, on the Beiwanee (Baitarani) River, 16th Jany 1841" , addressed to " Captain Hobart, 9th Regt Lt Calvary" in Calcutta, red Calcutta G.P.O. arrival backstamp, opening tear just barely touching outer frame of Dummow handstamp, still Very Fine and presumably very rare, Giles does note Dummow as having a post office but no markings are recorded in his book or subsequent supplements
- How scarce is the Dummow HG 1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Dummow HG 1 as 1 example recorded, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1841.
- What is the provenance of COV-412?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Sale 9042 lot 10073.
- When was COV-412 posted?
- COV-412 is dated 16 January 1841, within the recorded period of use of Dummow HG 1 (1841).
About this record
This 16 January 1841 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Dummow HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark with 1 example recorded in this census — the only surviving cover with this mark recorded so far. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Sale 9042, lot 10073.