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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
The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History and Stamps Used Abroad, Part 2, Lot 6022, (11/14/2023)
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 1handstampBlack1817–1820
- Kedgeree HG 2handstampBlack1821–1827
- Kedgeree HG 3handstampBlack1828–1833
- Kedgeree HG 4handstampBlack1835–1836
- Kedgeree HG 5handstampBlack1837–1842
- Kedgeree HG 6handstampBlack1846
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About this Kedgeree pre stamp cover
COV-4857 is a Kedgeree pre stamp cover of 20 February 1819 bearing the Kedgeree S1 handstamp, struck in black, recorded in the census of Kedgeree postal history — the office known today as Khejuri, Bengal Presidency. What is a pre stamp cover?
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
Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History and Stamps Used Abroad, Part 2 lot 6022 (11/14/2023).
2 images of COV-4857 are recorded (front, back); the Kedgeree S1 mark itself is recorded in use 1815–1822.
Questions about COV-4857
- What is COV-4857?
- COV-4857 is a recorded pre stamp cover of Kedgeree, Bengal Presidency of 20 February 1819, bearing the Kedgeree S1 handstamp in black. 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
- How scarce is the Kedgeree S1 mark on this cover?
- The census grades Kedgeree S1 as scarce, counted from surviving recorded covers rather than estimated. The mark is recorded in use 1815–1822.
- What is the provenance of COV-4857?
- Its recorded auction history runs through Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History and Stamps Used Abroad, Part 2 lot 6022 (11/14/2023).
- When was COV-4857 posted?
- COV-4857 is dated 20 February 1819, within the recorded period of use of Kedgeree S1 (1815–1822).
About this record
This 20 February 1819 pre stamp cover of British India bears the Kedgeree S1 handstamp of the Bengal Presidency, a mark graded “Scarce” in this census — one of 5 surviving covers with this mark recorded. It has appeared at auction with Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, The Magnolia Collection: India Postal History and Stamps Used Abroad, Part 2, lot 6022, (11/14/2023).