COV-4270
19 October 1835 Kedgeree HG 4 Cover
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Date
19 October 1835
Description
The cover below, dated 1835, shows a further stamp KEDGREE/POST OFFICE with the same spelling, but without a surrounding oval frame, and it appears to be in rather a worn state, as though it had been in use for some years. Perhaps i this was issued soon after 1829, the last known date d'its predecessor. This cover was despatched from Calcutta under the stamp "G. P.O./OCTr/Pt. Pd" the postage of 3 annas having been prepaid to Kedgree. On arrival at the latter place the KEDGREE POST OFFICE mark was applied as a receipt stamp.
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 1handstampBlack1817–1820
- Kedgeree HG 2handstampBlack1821–1827
- Kedgeree HG 3handstampBlack1828–1832
- 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 19 October 1835 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kedgeree HG 4 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Common” in this census — one of 2 surviving covers with this mark recorded.