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21 January 1820 Kedgeree HG 1 Cover
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Date
21 January 1820
Description
India, Kedgeree, 1820, "KEDGEREE POST OFFICE" Double-Oval Handstamp (Giles 1). Fair strike with manuscript "21 Jany 1821" date added and applied on arrival, cover presumably from London with red India Letter London Jul. 16, 1820 crowned double-oval despatch datestamp, addressed to Calcutta, forwarded to Kedgeree
Auction
Lot 10050, (May 2026)
Provenance
"Magnolia"
Same office
Other recorded marks at Kedgeree
14 marks14 other pre-1854 postal markings of Kedgeree are recorded in the census. Compare their figure numbers, dates and colours to identify the mark on your cover.
- Kedgeree HG 2handstampBlack1821–1827
- Kedgeree HG 3handstampBlack1828–1832
- Kedgeree HG 4handstampBlack1835–1836
- Kedgeree HG 5handstampBlack1837–1842
- Kedgeree HG 6handstampBlack1846
- Kedgeree HG 7handstampBlack1838–1848
- Kedgeree HG 7AhandstampRed1844
- Kedgeree HG 7BhandstampBlack1854
- Kedgeree HG 8handstampBlack1857–1858
- Kedgeree S1handstampBlack1815–1822
- Kedgeree S2handstampBlack1822-28
- Kedgeree S3handstampBlack1828-39
- Kedgeree S4handstampBlack1836–1846
- Kedgeree S5handstampBlack1855-57
About this record
This 21 January 1820 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kedgeree HG 1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 4 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, lot 10050, (May 2026).