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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 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.