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Date
5 May 1845
Description
1845 Off-Mud Point–Calcutta/Kolkata letter, written on board of SS Plymouth, off-Mud Point in Ghoramara Island of Sagar delta region of the mouth of river Ganga, offloaded and posted at Kedgeree/Khejuri at Western bank, opposite to Mud Point, from where it was sent to Calcutta/Kolkata by faster mail sloops. The letter has Giles 7 Bearing rectangular dispatch mark dt. 5 May 45 of Kedgeree/Khejuri, indicating 2A due for single letter from Kedgeree/Khejuri to Calcutta/Kolkata, Giles G14 (ex-CG21)/Lowe HS431 bipartite rectangular G.P.O. receipt mark dt. 1845 May. 5 in red of Calcutta/Kolkata GPO, apparently delivered on the next day. The letter was written by an American John S Parker to opium trader Rajkrishna Mitra.
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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 1handstampBlack1817-20
- Kedgeree HG 2handstampBlack1821-27
- Kedgeree HG 3handstampBlack1828–1832
- Kedgeree HG 4handstampBlack1835–1836
- Kedgeree HG 5handstampBlack1837–1842
- Kedgeree HG 6handstampBlack1846
- Kedgeree HG 7AhandstampRed1844
- Kedgeree HG 7BhandstampBlack1854
- Kedgeree HG 8handstampBlack1857–1858
- Kedgeree S1handstampBlack1815–1822
- Kedgeree S2handstampBlack1822-28
- Kedgeree S3handstampBlack1828-39
- Kedgeree S4handstampBlack1839-45
- Kedgeree S5handstampBlack1855-57
About this record
This 5 May 1845 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kedgeree HG 7 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 NityaPushta.