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Date
1832
Description
India, Jessore, 1832, "JESSORE/POST OFFICE/Sa Wt Rs As/18__" Framed Handstamp (Giles 1). Clear strike on arrival with manuscript "4 as" rate and " (18) 32 Dec. 17" date markings on back of folded letter originating in England, addressed to Jessore, forwarded to Calcutta, presumably carried privately as no despatch markings are present, faint Calcutta transit and arrival (Dec. 19) datestamps, cover with some slight overall soiling and splitting along folds which are strengthened by tape (slightly affecting Jessore marking), still Fine, a particularly scarce Jessore marking of which few are thought to exist, noted as "scarce" by Giles
Auction
Sale 9020, Lot 10058, — The Magnolia Collection Part 5
Same office
Other recorded marks at Jessore
2 marks2 other pre-1854 postal markings of Jessore are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
About this record
This 1832 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Jessore HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” 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 9020, lot 10058.