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Date
20 February 1819
Description
INDIA, Kedgeree, 1819, "KEDGEREE POST OFFICE" Handstamp (Giles 1). Bold double-oval strike with manuscript "20th Feby" date added and "Kedgeree Ship Letter" boxed handstamp (Giles S1), both on back of folded letter datelined Cape of Good Hope Nov. 20, 1819, addressed to "Capt Burrows, H.M. 8th Lt. Dragoons" in Calcutta, forwarded to Kedgeree, Calcutta ship letter receipt handstamp (Giles SR8) and Calcutta G.P.O. Feb. 19 transit datestamp, Very Fine and attractive combination of postal markings
Auction
Sale 1301, Lot 6022, (Nov. 2023)
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 20 February 1819 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, Sale 1301, lot 6022, (Nov. 2023).